Category: Gold Coast News
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TEENAGER ROBBED AT KNIFE POINT AT COOLANGATTA
There was a frightening ordeal for a 17-year-old boy at Coolangatta overnight, after he was bailed up by a man armed with a knife. The teenager was walking along Marine Parade just after 9:30 on Monday night when a car pulled up beside him, with a passenger in the hatchback demanding the young man’s phone.…
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OFFICER INJURED IN ARREST AT TWEED HEADS
A police officer has been left with a dislocated shoulder after he was struck by a car during an arrest near the New South Wales-Queensland border. Officers spotted a stolen BMW in the carpark of Tweed Heads Hospital at around 1 o’clock on Sunday morning, when the vehicle was allegedly driven into a police car.…
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REMOTE ACCESS DIGITAL SCAMS ON THE RISE
Police are urging the community to remain vigilant when downloading software online, after becoming aware of an increasing number of remote access scams. Remote access scams allow third party access to an individual’s private computer through the use of legitimate software. Police are aware that current remote access scams are being conducted through the use…
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MAN ARRESTED OVER FATAL HIT-AND-RUN NEAR TWEED HEADS
A 52-year-old man has been arrested in relation to a fatal hit-and-run near Tweed Heads, just hours before he attempted to board a flight to Hong Kong. New South Wales detectives are expected to apply for the man’s extradition later today, after he was early this morning taken into custody at Brisbane Airport. Police will…
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WILD GOLD COAST CHASE CAUGHT ON CAMERA
Innocent drivers have been threatened at gunpoint and suburbs sent into lockdown as a gunman went on a dangerous rampage across the Gold Coast. Our cameras capturing the moment the armed man was finally arrested, ending a four hour standoff with police.
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$1 STAMP IN DANGER: AUSTRALIA POST PROPOSES PRICE INCREASE
Australians could soon be paying 10 cents more per postage stamp, following a request by Australia Post to the ACCC to increase the Basic Postage Rate (BPR). The company is calling for the $1 stamp to be made a $1.10 stamp. If approved by the ACCC, the change will be the first increase in four…
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PRICES DROPPING IN SOME GOLD COAST SUBURBS
If you’re in the market to buy, prices in some Gold Coast suburbs are on the way down. And there’s good news for existing owners too.
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TEENAGER RECOVERING AFTER SHOOTING AT GOLD COAST PARTY
A Gold Coast teenager is recovering in hospital, after being shot while celebrating a birthday at Surfers Paradise. His attacker – a man he didn’t know – remains at large.
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20-YEAR-OLD CARJACKED AT GUNPOINT AT KINGSCLIFF
A 20-year-old man has been robbed at gun-point and had his car stolen on the state’s far north coast on Saturday night. Police have been told the man was driving with an 18-year-old male passenger, when they picked up three others, believed to be friends of the younger man, on Dry Dock Road at Tweed…
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TREATMENT ON THE HORIZON FOR ‘SURFERS EYE’
Australians have learned to check their freckles, but increasingly, those who work and play in the sun are learning to check their eyes as well. For some, the damage can cause a growth across the pupil, requiring surgery but NBN News can reveal a special eye drop might change that.