Tag: gold coast
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PUMP PALS TAKING SERVO CUSTOMERS DONE MEMORY LANE
Customers at a Southport service station have been taking a trip down memory lane. A group dubbed the “blue angels” has been filling up tanks and cleaning windows, all for a gold coin.
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LNP PROMISES MORE POLICE EYES TO FIGHT GOLD COAST CRIME
The LNP would have us believe anything Anna Bligh can do, Campbell Newman can do bigger and better. The Opposition Leader today trumped the Premier’s police helicopter pledge, promising the Gold Coast a permanent eye-in-the-sky and more frontline police to combat the city’s crime wave.
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TRAIN FAULT CAUSES PEAK-HOUR CHAOS FOR GOLD COAST COMMUTERS
Gold Coast commuters will travel for free on Translink trains and buses tomorrow after widespread peak-hour chaos this morning. Passengers were forced to wait up to an hour for trains after an unprecedented fault in Brisbane.
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PROTESTORS SAY TIPPLERS ONE STEP CLOSER TO BEING SAVED
A Gold Coast councillor says an application to have Tippler’s Tavern heritage listed is a waste of time and money. But the lobby group working to save the building believes it may have finally found a way to stop the bulldozers from moving in.
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FORMER PREMIER URGES GOLD COAST VOTERS TO MAKE IT COUNT
Former Premier Rob Borbidge is urging locals not to waste their vote on state independents. He’s thrown his support behind Mudgeeraba M-P Ros Bates.
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CAGE FIGHTERS READY TO RUMBLE
Six Gold Coast fighters will battle it out tomorrow night on the Cage Fighting Championship card at the Southport Sharks. They include Jai Bradney who says he’s undaunted by the cage, or his American challenger.
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A CHANGE OF PACE FOR CHAMPION IRONMEN
Two surf superstars hit the beach today, not to compete, but to put their life saving skills to the test. Shannon and Caine Eckstein were part of the “On the Same Wave” programme, teaching new young Australians surf safety.
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CUDGEN EGG FARMER FACES HUGE LEGAL BATTLE
Never have chickens been so controversial in the Tweed Shire. A Cudgen egg farmer could be forced to shell out thousands if council wins a second legal battle for the chooks to be removed.
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WILL HE OR WON’T HE?
Gold Coast Mayor, Ron Clarke, is keeping tight lipped on whether he will run for state parliament in the upcoming election. The 75-year-old politician says he still has unfinished business, and wining the seat of Broadwater could just be the answer.
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GILMORE RELAXED AHEAD OF ROXY PRO
After being attacked outside her home last year and then losing her world title,k Gold Coast surfer Steph Gilmore is re-discovering her mojo. Feeling relaxed ahead of the Roxy Pro at Snapper Rocks this weekend, the four-time surfing world champ wants to show her doubters what she’s made of.