Sunday, August 28, 2016

Woman injured after wall falls on her and other top stories.

  • Woman injured after wall falls on her

    Woman injured after wall falls on her
    PARAMEDICS have confirmed a woman injured after a concrete wall fell on her at a Surfers Paradise car park has serious spinal injuries.About 10.30pm the woman was at Bruce Bishop car park when a man she was with jumped up onto a concrete wall beside her which then gave way and fell on the 22-year-old woman.media_cameraConcrete stairs at Bruce Bishop Car Park on the Gold Coast where part of a concrete wall fell on a woman. Photo: Jessica ElderQueensland Ambulance Gold Coast Operations manager Pau..
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  • Frantic escape from stabbing frenzy

    Frantic escape from stabbing frenzy
    A YOUNG Gold Coast hospitality worker has made a frantic leap for his life out a second-storey window during a frenzied fatal stabbing at a north Queensland backpackers on Tuesday night. Chris Porter, a Surfers Paradise chef at Ultra Lounge, awoke on the top bunk above the bed of friend Mia Ayliffe-Chung who was being stabbed repeatedly in the face by a fellow male roommate, the Gold Coast Bulletin can reveal.Mr Porter, lucky to escape with two fractured ankles, was too distraught to speak about..
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  • Coast's ice-fuelled crime crackdown

    Coast's ice-fuelled crime crackdown
    THE Gold Coast’s safe tourism brand is at risk of being battered and compared to Rio or Beirut unless there is a crackdown on ice-fuelled crime before the 2018 Commonwealth Games. The warning is from criminologists, Opposition MPs and even government insiders who fear not enough is being done to halt a crime wave which first surfaced on the Glitter Strip a year ago.An earlier Bulletin report showed offences against the person on the Coast had risen significantly higher than the state average. Pr..
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  • No rose for Coast bachelorette

    No rose for Coast bachelorette
    SHE might not have bagged the bachelor but Gold Coaster Noni Janur said she did manage to find love in the mansion after all.The 25-year-old missed out on a rose from Richie last night and said despite it looking like there was bad blood between the girls, she made friends for life.So much so she is planning to move to Sydney in the next year.
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  • Gates undecided on Spit tower plan

    Gates undecided on Spit tower plan
    DEPUTY Mayor Donna Gates says she is yet to make her mind up about Sunland’s twin tower development on The Spit as speculation increases about the approval facing technical obstacles.Councillor Gates was asked to comment today on the $600 million project as rumours surfaced that council officers would recommend the development should not go ahead due to traffic issues.media_cameraUndecided: Cr Donna Gates.Stakeholders are seeking confirmation that council’s planning officers had prepared an unfa..
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  • Flashback: PM Fraser's cup luck

    Flashback: PM Fraser's cup luck
    Gold Coast Bulletin, Thursday May 27, 1982FIFTEEN SP bookmakers were in Tweed Heads court on illegal telephone betting charges while punters were laying their bets for the biggest Gold Coast race meet of the year.The SP bookies were rounded up in a raid by special gaming squad police who swooped on the Tweed Heads area 10 days earlier.The bookies were caught with bets ranging from $1 to $2000.They all admitted the charges and were fined a total of $4400.The men were still queuing at the Tweed He..
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  • SoPo: Fancy, not fancy schmancy

    SoPo: Fancy, not fancy schmancy
    SOUTHPORT’S status as the Soho of the Gold Coast has been solidified with the latest addition: SoPo Dining Room in Australia Fair Metro.The lunch and dinner love child of established hospitality gurus Julie Rogers and Peter Batley will officially opens on Monday and invites patrons to be comfortable, happy and satisfied.Executive chef Julie has crafted the menu with a specific goal in mind.“The main concept is reimagined comfort food; food Pete and I like to eat ourselves but with a refined twis..
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  • I'll fight my way back: Mead

    I'll fight my way back: Mead
    DAVID Mead has opened up about his disappointment at being forced out of the Gold Coast side to meet Penrith on Saturday, saying while he is bitterly disappointed to be dropped it has not impacted his feelings about the Titans.Mead, who was forced out of the Titans side to accommodate Jarryd Hayne’s move to fullback, admitted he had been surprised to be left out of the 17 altogether having started the season as a first-choice winger.But the 27-year-old has vowed to fight his way back into the te..
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  • Sunland profit surges ahead

    Sunland profit surges ahead
    THE Gold Coast is the engine room for developer Sunland whose projects in the city make up the lion’s share of its national product.The company has 3739 properties yet to be released or under construction on the Gold Coast, accounting for 62 per cent of its portfolio.Its developments include the $85 million Marina Concourse apartment project at Royal Pines and the flagship $850 million The Lakes precinct at Mermaid Waters.Managing director Sahba Abedian said Sunland takes a counter-cyclic approa..
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