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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

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

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

AFL to help Suns with drugs investigation

GOLD Coast has asked for AFL help as it investigates explosive claims by former Suns player Karmichael Hunt. AFL football operations manager Mark Evans confirmed on Monday afternoon that the League would be involved when Suns players are ... >> view original

Proposed flight path changes for Gold Coast Airport heighten noise concerns ...

Could GBAS Be The Answer To Gold Coast Flight Path Concerns?ABC Online (blog) >> view original

Australia's Next Top Model: Gold Coast's Lucy Markovic vies for title

“I remember being a kid and saying to my friends 'I want to be Australia's next top model',” she said. Markovic remembers when fellow Gold Coaster Amanda Ware took the crown and has dreamt of standing in her stilettos. “When Amanda won, I met her and ... >> view original

Gold Coast mum loses custody of toddler after rampaging three-day house party

The Gold Coast mum who made headlines over the weekend for a wild three-day party that descended into total chaos has lost custody of her two-year-old daughter. Police were called to the Varsity Lakes home on Saturday night, when a birthday party for ... >> view original

Pirates of the Caribbean monkey bites woman at Movie World on the Gold Coast

The monkeys made headlines earlier this year when animal rights groups tried to have their entry into Australia for filming stopped. The franchise's cast and crew have been plagued with problems over the past decade. A fire on set during filming of the ... >> view original

Analysis: Root of tattered US-Russia ties date back decades

WASHINGTON (AP) " The stumbles, blunders and policy chaos that have sent increasingly frosty U.S.-Russia relations into what many now call a new Cold War might have been inevitable. The fundamental hopes and fears lurk, sometimes subconsciously, ... >> view original