Tag: gold coast
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COUNCIL CANDIDATES VOW TO SHOW DICKSON THE DOOR
When it comes to the Council election, local voters will be spoilt for choice with 60 candidates throwing their hats into the ring for 14 divisional positions. The first thing on the agenda for some – showing Council CEO Dale Dickson the door.
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GOLD COAST PLAYERS “UNITED” FOR LAST TRAINING SESSION
Gold Coast United held its last training session of the season, and most probably ever, this morning. It was an emotional farewell, even though the club’s fate still lies with the Football Federation. Today our crew was the only media present to capture what could be the demise of a national club.
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RAPID TRANSIT PROTESTS CONTINUE AHEAD OF STATE ELECTION
Surfers Paradise business owners opposed to the rapid transit project claim a change of State Ggovernment is the only way to stop it in its tracks. They held another rally in the heart of Surfers Paradise today.
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HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM TAKE ON LOCAL AND STATE POLITICS
As if one politician in the family isn’t enough, the wife of sitting councillor Grant Pforr (FOUR) is vying to become a state member. The idea may sound a little crazy to some, but locals in their Broadwater electorate say it may be just what the area needs.
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GOLD COAST COMPANY LOSES WORK AFTER TRUCKS DUMPED IN RIVER
A construction company will be out of work for weeks, after a gang of thieves stole the business’s trucks and excavators – worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Two were found dumped and destroyed this morning.
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BLAZE’S ANTHONY PETRIE ENJOYS RETURN TO FORM
Gold Coast Blaze believes its depth is its greatest asset if the side is to win an NBL championship. It comes as Power Forward Anthony Petrie enjoys a return to form, right when the Gold Coast needs him.
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TWEED SEAGULLS LOOK FOR REDEMPTION IN SEASON OPENER
Tweed Seagulls will be looking for redemption in the Queensland Cup grand final rematch this weekend. Wynnum Manly will host the new look Seagulls side on Sunday.
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PLANNED COAST QUARRY BECOMES POLITICAL BATTLEGROUND
A controversial quarry proposal for the southern Gold Coast has become a political battleground for the state and council elections. And while all candidates say they’re opposed, no one can guarantee residents that it will definitely NOT go ahead.
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ROCK WALL TO BE EXTENDED TO SAVE KINGSCLIFF FROM EROSION
It will be a race against time to build a rock wall to protect Kingscliff’s caravan park ahead of king tide’ predicted over Easter. Work will start on Monday but Tweed Council admits the construction is only a temporary solution to the town’s ongoing erosion crisis.
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VANDALS DESECRATE TWEED’S ONLY ABORIGINAL CEMETERY
The Tweed Aborginal community is in shock after vandals desecrated the region’s only indigenous burial site with racist graffiti. Locals rallied around elders today as they struggled to come to terms with the destruction caused to the graves which date back more than a century.