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Senior Gold Coast police officer who blew whistle on colleagues charged over ...

A Gold Coast police officer has been charged and faces losing his job over allegedly releasing footage of a police assault three years ago. It is alleged Sergeant Rick Flori leaked surveillance footage featuring four officers. The footage shows one ... >> view original

Legendary Olympian and former Gold Coast mayor Ron Clarke dies

Former athletics great Ron Clarke after being sworn in as Gold Coast mayor in 2008. (AAP). Considered one of Australia's greatest long distance runners, Clarke suffered heart and kidney problems, reported The Gold Coast Bulletin. Clarke won bronze at ... >> view original

Harlem River bows out with Gold Coast win

Smart two-year-old filly Harlem River earned herself a spring carnival campaign when she gave trainer Gai Waterhouse a consolation win on Saturday. Waterhouse, in England to saddle up Wandjina at Royal Ascot, had hoped to win the Group One ... >> view original

Jetstar axes 'unsustainable' Mackay to Gold Coast flights

It said it had worked hard to stimulate Gold Coast and Mackay markets, with heavily discounted fares, but passenger loads on the flights had been consistently up 10 per cent below its domestic average. Jetstar said it regularly reviewed its network to ... >> view original

Gary Ablett eyes Gold Coast's clash with Carlton for return

Gold Coast football manager Marcus Ashcroft said Ablett and the club's medical team would sit down early in the week. The expectation is he will play the Blues at home, but Ablett still needs a final medical clearance to ensure he plays. “We are still ... >> view original

Explosion, gunfire heard outside Afghanistan's parliament

A loud explosion has rocked the Afghan parliament and shattered windows as members were in session. Television was broadcasting live from the building in the west of the capital, Kabul, when the explosion struck and lawmakers were seen leaving the ... >> view original

Pope says weapons manufacturers can't call themselves Christian

TURIN: People who manufacture weapons or invest in weapons industries are hypocrites if they call themselves Christian, Pope Francis said on Sunday. Francis issued his toughest condemnation to date of the weapons industry at a rally of thousands of ... >> view original

Heat wave kills more than 120 in Pakistan's Karachi

An intense heat wave killed more than 120 people over the weekend in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi, officials said on Monday, as the electricity grid crashed during the first days of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The outages hit large portions of ... >> view original

Prince George looks like he's a leftie

The Duke of Cambridge is known to be proud of the fact that he is left-handed and now it seems Prince George might be a 'south paw' too. Prince George plays around at the Gigaset Charity Polo Match at the Beaufort Polo Club. Photo / Getty. A source who ... >> view original

US cop sings nursery rhyme to toddler whose dad died in crash

An American police officer with kids of his own did what came naturally to comfort a toddler whose father had just died when the family's car crashed. The family of six were all in the vehicle and four children and the mother were airlifted to hospital. The father ... >> view original