Category: Gold Coast News
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SECOND PERSON CHARGED IN GRAFTON CHILD ABUSE CASE
A woman’s now been charged over the alleged abuse and neglect of a toddler in the state’s north. She’s one of two people extradited from Queensland to New South Wales yesterday. A 39-year-old man’s accused of injuring the 23-month-old girl at a holiday home near Grafton, and failing to seek medical care for three days.…
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INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUING INTO TWEED HEADS ASSAULT
Strike Force Ypres has been set up to investigate the serious assault of a man at Tweed Heads West earlier this week. Police have been told two men, aged 54 and 47, were involved in an altercation on Kennedy Drive at around 6 o’clock on Wednesday afternoon, when it’s alleged the younger of the pair…
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ICE CREAM TRUCK TORCHED ON THE GOLD COAST
Two men remain on the run, after an ice cream truck was torched on the Gold Coast. CCTV shows the pair entering a car yard earlier this month, and setting the vehicle alight. The truck was completely destroyed. Anyone with information should contact police.
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POINT DANGER MARINE RESCUE BASE VANDALISED TWICE IN TWO NIGHTS
Police are on the hunt for three men, captured on CCTV vandalising a Marine Rescue Base at Point Danger on the New South Wales Queensland border. The vision shows the group throwing building materials, including a metal plate and a concrete cover from the base, over the cliff edge at around 11 o’clock on Tuesday…
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MAN CHARGED OVER ASSAULTING POLICE AT TWEED HEADS
A 42-year-old man has been charged after three police officers were assaulted in an attempted arrest at Tweed Heads. Tweed-Byron Police approached the man, after he was spotted abusing passers-by near the Queensland border at around 4:30 on Friday afternoon. It’s alleged as police approached the man he became aggressive, striking the three officers. The…
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HEARTBREAKING END IN SEARCH FOR MISSING KAYAKER
Easter has ended tragically for a Robina family, with a missing kayaker found in Tallebudgera Creek this morning. Chris Dicker had been camping with his family, when he headed out on his own.
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PAIR FOUND DEAD INSIDE TENT AT MUSIC FESTIVAL
A man and a woman have been found dead at a music festival near the Queensland-New South Wales border. Police were called to the Rabbits Eat Lettuce festival in Elbow Valley, south of Warwick, on Sunday morning after the bodies of the pair were found inside a tent. An investigation has been launched to determine…
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WALLSEND WOMAN DIES AFTER GOLD COAST CRASH
A 28-year-old woman from Newcastle has died after a single-vehicle crash on the Gold Coast. The Wallsend woman was rushed to Gold Coast University Hospital in a critical condition in the early hours of Friday morning, following a crash on the Pacific Highway at Tugun. She later died in hospital. Initial reports suggest the Holden…
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GOLD COAST TRUCK ROLLOVER
A truck has veered off the road, rolled and slammed into a tree on the Gold Coast. The driver was trapped in the vehicle at Yatala for more than an hour until emergency services could free him. The 38-year-old suffered head and chest injuries and was taken to hospital in a stable condition.
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MULTIPLE RESCUES AFTER HORROR WEEKEND ON NORTHERN NSW BEACHES
A woman in her 30s continues to fight for her life in hospital, after being pulled from the water unconscious at a Far North Coast beach on Friday. She was rescued at Kingscliff Beach by a surfer around four o’clock in the afternoon, before being raced to Tweed Hospital for treatment. It was a busy…