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Mick Fanning voices opposition to Gold Coast light rail as MP Michael Hart 'changes view'

A prominent planner says 2032 Olympic Games visitors will struggle to get to and from the Gold Coast's airport without a controversial light rail link that residents are fighting to have stopped.

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Gold Coast couple Jess and Jackie Morecroft awarded $2.7 million by court in compensation over lost house

The Queensland state government has been ordered to pay compensation to a couple whose house was given back to the previous owner by a court, five years after it was sold.

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Man dies in crane rollover on southern Gold Coast residential property

Paramedics say the 69-year-old man suffered a range of traumatic injuries and could not be revived.

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Gold Coast couple never legally owned home they purchased at auction, court ruling finds

Jess and Jackie Morecroft purchased their Gold Coast home at auction five years ago, but earlier this year a court ruled the home was never really theirs and it still belonged to the previous owner.

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Farewell house of Versace, the Gold Coast has outgrown your ostentatious opulence

The Gold Coast has once again shed its skin in favour of a new look that is a bit sleeker, a little less colourful and a whole lot classier

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Queensland's tourism industry hoped its time in the sun would never end. Now reality is starting to bite

They enjoyed a golden run in 2022 but hotels and businesses in Queensland's tourism destinations are reporting a disappointing school holiday period.

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Short stands tall again at Australian championships

Teenage star Sam Short has won the 800m freestyle title to complete a memorable treble at the Australian Swimming Championships on the Gold Coast.

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Historic Quamby pub restored by Gold Coast mates who took on 'opportunity of a lifetime'

A group of friends from the Gold Coast have restored a historic venue in outback Queensland with a little help from a community thrilled to have its watering hole back.

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Whales indulge in 'day spa treatments' off Gold Coast

Humpback whales enjoy spending time exfoliating their skin and appear to have a favourite spot in thea sea bed off the Gold Coast, a researcher has found.

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CIAO: Versace Has Nixed Ties With The Gold Coast’s Deeply Cheugy Palazzo Versace Hotel

Devastating news for people who dress their children in matching designer outfits.

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Calls for meningococcal B vaccine to be funded in Queensland after 23-year-old's death

A week after returning from Bali, 23-year-old Bella walked into a Gold Coast hospital. She would never leave. Now her family wants a life-saving vaccine to be government funded to prevent similar tragedies.

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Hammerhead sharks enjoy warm ocean temperature off Burleigh Heads

A video showing dozens of hammerheads hunting off a popular Gold Coast beach is the most significant shark activity seen in the area for more than 15 years, a prominent marine biologist says.

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Former Gold Coast property promoter jailed for scamming millions of dollars from pensioners

A former Gold Coast property promoter who scammed investors, including pensioners, through a cold-calling scheme is jailed for more than eight years.

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First-day nerves as Wallabies meet coach Eddie Jones

Eddie Jones' second coming as Wallabies coach has officially begun after a three-day camp on the Gold Coast kicked off on Monday.

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Gold Coast mayor wants services to stay on at South Stradbroke Island's Couran Cove amid legal dispute

The Gold Coast mayor pleads for utilities to remain open to Couran Cove residents amid an ongoing legal dispute.

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Crowd mourns CFD Lt. Jan Tchoryk. ‘His life was all about service.’

Tchoryk died battling a blaze in a Gold Coast high-rise April 5. He was one of two Chicago Fire Department members who died on the job last week.

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Vaping inquiry in Queensland hears call for ban on disposable products, nicotine concerns

Public health officials tell a parliamentary inquiry into vaping in Queensland more than 80 per cent of disposable vapes seized from stores on the Gold Coast illegally contain nicotine.

Daily Mirror

Toddler savagely mauled by three dogs as child suffers 'significant' injuries

Emergency services were called to a property in Yatala on Australia's Gold Coast around 5.20pm on Wednesday after receiving reports of a dog attacking a toddler

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Australia's rental crisis is especially tight on the Gold Coast. How can we free up empty homes?

As rents surge and thousands face housing insecurity, statistics suggest almost three in 10 houses are empty in parts of Queensland's Gold Coast, while the national average is 10 per cent.

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Fears boat ban at The Spit's Marine Stadium on the Gold Coast could lead to more people sleeping rough

Boat owners use a legal loophole to anchor long-term and at no cost in this popular Gold Coast inlet dubbed "Bum's Bay". But now locals want them to go — and there are fears some could be left homeless.

Chicago Sun-Times

Gold Coast high-rise fire ruled an accident; 2 firefighters’ cause of death revealed

Officials say a high-rise fire on North Lake Shore Drive was caused by combustibles too close to a ‘heat-generating appliance.’ Firefighter Jermaine Pelt died of smoke inhalation; Lt. Jan Tchoryk died of cardiovascular disease.

Chicago Tribune

‘It just doesn’t happen. But today, it did’: Veteran fire lieutenant second to die in as many days following blaze at Chicago high-rise

CHICAGO — A firefighter died Wednesday battling a Gold Coast blaze, marking the Chicago Fire Department’s second line-of-duty death in just two days.

Chicago Tribune

Veteran fire lieutenant dies following extra-alarm blaze at Chicago high-rise

CHICAGO — A firefighter has died and three others were injured at an extra-alarm blaze at a high-rise building on DuSable Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast neighborhood, officials said.

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Soviet-era aircraft travelling below 500ft before crashing into ocean off Gold Coast, inquest finds

Investigators were not able to determine with certainty that Gold Coast pilot Martinus van Hattem was completing an aerobatic manoeuvre immediately before the fatal crash off South Stradbroke Island in 2019, but it was considered a possibility.

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Queensland tourism industry bracing for wave of last-minute Easter school holiday bookings

Fewer people have booked holidays this Easter school holidays but hotels and airlines are ready for a last-minute surge.

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