Woman, 54, falls from Gold Coast skylight and other top stories

Woman, 54, falls from Gold Coast skylight

A woman in her 50s has escaped with relatively light injuries after falling four metres from a skylight at a business on the Gold Coast. The 54-year-old was treated for a broken wrist and back pain after the Wednesday morning tumble at Coombabah. It ... >> view original

Gold Coast bus driver accused of leaving schoolgirl stranded

Lucinda Bleakley tried to catch the 713 bus to Southport High School on the Gold Coast on Friday morning but claims she was kicked off the bus because her card was faulty. “(The driver) said sorry, you can't get on the bus because your Go Card doesn't ... >> view original

Gold Coast Suns lose Rory Thompson and Adam Saad to injury as casualty list ...

GOLD Coast's injury woes have increased, with Rory Thompson and Adam Saad ruled out of this week's match with the Eagles in Perth. Key forward Tom Lynch is also in doubt with a calf injury. Coach Rodney Eade described the injury crisis as the worst he ... >> view original

Gold Coast light rail 'absolutely critical' for federal budget: tourism boss

Gold Coast's tourism boss says it is absolutely critical that the federal government help kickstart stage two of the booming Light Rail project in Tuesday's budget. Martin Winter, the Gold Coast Tourism chief executive, said the light rail project has ... >> view original

How Australia's smallest commercial network beat the biggest on the Gold Coast

Radio networks don't come any smaller than Hot Tomato on the Gold Coast. Even rare single market enterprises like Ron Camplin's in Bathurst or Glenn Wheatley's on the Sunshine Coast manage two call signs each. Hot Tomato stands alone! Not only is it ... >> view original

Gold Coast a fraud mecca: police

THE Gold Coast has become a mecca for investment scams run from pop-up call centres, police say. THE fraud squad on Friday arrested a 54-year-old Southport man who had allegedly been operating a so-called "boiler room" or call centre running a scam ... >> view original

Court rules NAB unable to recover Gold Coast millions due to breach of banking ...

Customers and small businesses taking on their banks over rip-offs have won a massive boost after a landmark court ruling that requires financial institutions to stick to their own code of conduct. In a judgment that has sparked predictions of major ... >> view original

New Zealand Warriors target Gold Coast Titans and Kangaroos forward Nate ...

Several clubs, including incumbent club Gold Coast and Penrith, are in the mix to sign Myles, who is off contract at the end of the season. The Queensland representative's most likely destination is Manly, as he has a three-year deal on the table worth ... >> view original

Canberra Raiders captain Jarrod Croker ready for second act against Gold ...

But after out-playing the Gold Coast speedster in Country's win over City last Sunday, Croker is expecting a tougher task at Canberra Stadium on Saturday against the NRL's most dangerous outside back this year. Roberts is the competition's equal ... >> view original

Jetstar to fly China to Gold Coast

Jetstar Australia and New Zealand chief executive David Hall said the new flights would deliver substantial economic benefits to tourism and hospitality operators in the Gold Coast by opening up a direct link to one of the biggest travel markets in the ... >> view original