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Gold Coast beach erosion plan: Is the plan on the right track?

As the 2015 summer storm season approaches, has the Gold Coast City Council got the right plan in place to protect the beaches luring the 11.5 million tourists, residents and investors to Australia's playground each year? Two years ago – in June 2013 ... >> view original

Kids on show in Gold Coast for U16 Champs

The carnival gets under way on the Gold Coast on Saturday morning with a double-header at Metricon Stadium. Western Australia will face Vic Country before South Australia plays Vic Metro. Each of the eight teams will play three matches over the week in ... >> view original

Gold Coast Marathon: Outback runners cap off seven marathons in seven days ...

McKinlay Mayor Belinda Murphy has teamed up with Julia Creek police officer Dave McNab and his wife Linda, to undertake a challenge of running endurance events in six states and one territory of Australia, over seven consecutive days. The group of ... >> view original

Gold Coast teenagers Holly Goodwin and Emma Howarth missing for two days ...

Two teenage girls from the Gold Coast have not been seen or heard from by their families since Thursday night, police say. Holly Goodwin, 14, and Emma Howarth, 13, were last seen by family at Emma's Mudgeeraba home about 7:00pm. Police said the girls ... >> view original

Gold Coast anti-IS fighter Reece Harding's final message to family

Mr Harding left Australia in May and sent a message to his family saying he was overseas doing humanitarian work. But his father, Keith, found out about his son's death on Monday after receiving a message telling him to call an international number. >> view original

Gold Coast Titans interested in out-of-favour Newcastle Knight Tyrone Roberts

Gold Coast have earmarked Tyrone Roberts as a fallback halves option should the club lose out on the signature of Trent Hodkinson to Newcastle. The Titans are still on the look-out for a halves partner for Kane Elgey after Daly Cherry-Evans reneged on ... >> view original

The champ is back

After the worst week in Gold Coast's history, the cub produced one of its best performances with the 55-point thumping. Following drug scandals involving former player Karmichael Hunt and star Harley Bennell, the Suns were ferocious in burying their ... >> view original

Gold Coast no longer in Australia's top five for domestic travel

While the rest of the country enjoyed a surge in domestic tourism, the Gold Coast suffered a 5.6 per cent plunge, with 200,000 fewer Aussies visiting the region in the year to March. As a result, trip expenditure was down almost $200 million, dropping ... >> view original

Islamic State: Gold Coast man helping Kurdish forces fight against militants ...

The family of a Gold Coast man has been told he was killed at the weekend when he stepped on a landmine while helping Kurdish forces fight against Islamic State in Syria. The father of Reece Harding told the ABC his son left Australia in May, saying he ... >> view original

Unnamed Gold Coast Suns player comes forward, reveals he was on infamous ...

Following the revelations, Gold Coast chief executive Andrew Travis says another player has come forward as having been on the trip, but there is no suggestion he was involved in anything untoward. “We did have a player come forward to us in the last ... >> view original