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  300 body cameras for Gold Coast cops300 body cameras have been handed out to frontline cops in the Gold Coast.Photo: Glenn HuntThe first round of Queensland government-funded body-worn video cameras have been handed out to frontline police officers on the Gold Coast.The 300 new cameras are a $6 million election commitment by Labor, following reports police officers were being forced to buy their own.The rollout also forms part of the government's upgraded domestic violence package.AAPAdvertisem..

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  Last month charges were thrown out against a man whom Sen-Constable Irwin crash-tackled off his bike outside a Gold Coast RSL club after he was seen riding ...

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• Motorcyclist seriously hurt in Gold Coast crash | The Courier-Mail

  Motorcyclist seriously hurt in Gold Coast crash ... MOTORCYCLIST has been seriously injured after being thrown off his vehicle on the Gold Coast this afternoon.

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• New Titans signing Tyrone Roberts keen to relaunch career on Gold Coast | The Courier-Mail

  

  Trent Merrin feeling good1:10NRL: New Panther, Trent Merrin, says he is feeling good after his first day of training at PenrithWHEN Tyrone Roberts was told he was no longer needed at the Newcastle Knights, the Gold Coast Titans immediately became the club he wanted to relaunch his career.Roberts is in the box seat to replace Aidan Sezer in the No. 6 jersey at the Titans next season as he forms a new playmaking partnership with halfback Kane Elgey.With 97 NRL appearances under his belt, the 24-ye..

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• State MP Ros Bates moonlighting as nurse despite registration...

  

  A GOLD Coast MP has “pulled shifts” as a nurse at local hospitals despite being banned from having clinical contact with patients without the formal approval of ...

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• Cave's son 'took LSD before fall'

  

  Editor on duty:Michael Ramsey and Rick GoodmanTHE teenage son of Australian rocker Nick Cave fell 20m to his death off a cliff in southern England after taking the hallucinogenic drug LSD, an inquest has heard.Arthur Cave, 15, suffered a fatal brain injury after plunging from a cliff onto the underpass of Ovingdean Gap in Brighton, East Sussex, on July 14.The student was taken to the Royal Sussex County Hospital but died that evening.Nick Cave, 58, and his model wife Susie Bick attended the Brig..

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• Bid for Morcombes' film to be shot on theCoast

  THE film about Daniel Morcombes disappearance, "Where is Daniel", should be shot on the Sunshine Coast.At tomorrow's Sunshine Coast Council meeting in Caloundra, Councillor Jenny McKay will implore her fellow councillors to give $43,000 to the company planning to make the film.Daniel Morcombe's abduction sparked Australia's biggest manhunt and an 11-year quest by his parents Bruce and Denise who didn't rest until his killer Brett Peter Cowan was jailed and Daniel's body was found.Cr McKay's "not..

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• Parliament chaos over Bates moonlighting argument

  

  Health Minister Cameron Dick.Photo: Chris HydeJarrod Bleijie has slammed Health Minister Cameron Dick as being "so up yourself" as the Queensland Parliament erupted into chaos following accusations an Opposition MP worked shifts as a registered nurse at Gold Coast hospitals, without permission.Mr Dick told Parliament he had received a letter dated 9 July 2015 from the LNP Member for Mudgeeraba Ros Bates, asking permission to visit Robina Hospital and the Gold Coast University Hospital, which hea..

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• Kenny takes win while board riders suffers loss

  

  WIN:WAMURAN'S Jodie Kenny is the toast of the Australian hockey scene at the moment, after winning the Hockeyroos player-of-the-year award.The 28-year-old, who forged her skills in the Sunshine Coast, emerged as a star with a standout 12 months, which included scoring 22 goals.A drag flick specialist and towering defender, she helped the Aussies qualify for the Games and reach the gold medal finals of the Champions Trophy, Hawke's Bay Cup and Oceania Cup.LOSS:THE Gold Coast's glamour surfing clu..

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• Stars' Cars: James Courtney's motoring life

  

  V8 SUPERCARS driver James Courtney's life reads like a movie script at times.World Kart champion, British Formula Ford champion, Formula 3 prodigy and Formula One test driver all before the age of 23: not bad for a lad from Penrith.Then the high speed F1 testing accident which could have killed him - and one Michael Schumacher helping him in the immediate aftermath - followed by a long recovery and ultimate return to Australia to become V8 Supercars champ in 2010.Regarded as one of the finest Au..

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