Category: Gold Coast News
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FIGHT TO REMOVE PHONE TOWER
Parents are fighting to stop a giant mobile phone tower from being built – just a few hundred metres from Southport State School. Nine objections have been lodged… from parents, the Education department as well as a state politician.
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FRIENDS PULL OFF MIRACLE
A man has miraculously survived, after being crushed by heavy machinery at his Currumbin Waters home. The 43 year-old saved by his heroic friends who helped free him.
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GAMES A SPRINGBOARD FOR GOLD COAST ECONOMY
When the Commonwealth Games opens next week, it won’t just be the start of competition. It’s the culmination of years of work to use the event as a springboard for economic growth across Australia.
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GOLD COAST LONG WEEKEND WEATHER FORECAST
Here’s your Gold Coast long weekend weather forecast.
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THE TECHNOLOGY BEHIND THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES
The focus will naturally be on the athletes, the competition and hopefully plenty of gold at next month’s Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. But there’s also a lot going on behind the scenes that will help make the games tick.
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QUEENSLAND ON CYCLONE WATCH
Queensland is right now on cyclone watch, with a system threatening to form around the Solomon Islands. Residents across the state are being warned to prepare for more wild weather.
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MAN HOSPITALISED AFTER GOLD COAST DISTURBANCE
A man has been charged with unlawful wounding following a disturbance on the Gold Coast last night. Police were called to a unit complex on Leonard Avenue in Surfers Paradise shortly before 1am, where they found a 44-year-old man with a large laceration to his arm. He was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. A…
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GOLD COAST WOMAN CHARGED OVER ALLEGED STABBING
A woman is in a Gold Coast hospital in a serious condition after being stabbed overnight. Police responded to reports of an incident at a residence on Snowgum Court in Burleigh Waters just after 8:30pm. They arrived to find a 56-year-old woman with a number of wounds to her torso and arm, and she was…
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UNLICENSED BUILDER EXTRADITED FROM QUEENSLAND
Unlicensed building contractor, Matthew Geoffrey Rixon, has been arrested on the Gold Coast – and will be extradited to face court in Newcastle. A warrant was issued for Rixon’s arrest after he failed to appear in the New South Wales Supreme Court, for allegedly defying orders banning him from carrying out residential building work. Rixon…
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FAST FOOD WORKER ASSAULTED, ROBBED ON THE GOLD COAST
Police are appealing for information after the employee of a fast-food restaurant on the Gold Coast was assaulted and robbed overnight. Just before 8:30pm last night, the employee of a fast food store at a shopping centre in Biggera Waters observed a man acting suspiciously on the roof of the premises. After calling for the…