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“It’s not wealth that gives, it’s a persons heart and it’s a lot greater.”

WHAT A WEEK: The awards and honours just keep on coming for McCosker Contracting’s Managing Director, Bob McCosker. He has been awarded the Queensland Community Foundation’s Environmental Philanthropist of the Year for 2023, and then found out he was named in the King’s Birthday Honours List for an Order of Australia award last week. Picture: SUPPLIED

Another of Gladstone's humble hero's who has work tirelessly to improve their community was recognised in the King's first Birthday […]

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