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• Boy, 15, stabbed in stomach on Gold Coast

  

  Boy, 15, stabbed in stomach on Gold CoastWitnesses at the scene help police with their investigation.Photo: Michelle Rafferty / ABC NewsA 15-year-old boy has been stabbed in the stomach on the Gold Coast.The boy collapsed near the Miami Day Hospital on the southern Gold Coast, about 12.50pm, Queensland Ambulance Service acting operations supervisor Jayson Hacker said.Doctors and nurses from the clinic rushed to administer first aid before paramedics arrived.A boy has been stabbed on the Gold Coa..

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• Gold Coast mayor re-floats terminal plan

  

  ​Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate wants to push the boat out. (Photo by Chris Hyde/Fairfax Media)Photo: Chris HydeGold Coast Mayor Tom Tate has re-floated his dream of having a cruise ship terminal at the city, saying he'll use upcoming local government elections to gain a mandate for the plan.Mr Tate confirmed on Tuesday he would be pushing for an off-shore terminal to be built on the ocean-side of The Spit, a stretch of land that separates the city's Broadwater from the sea.The move comes months a..

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• Power 130: Who madeCoast'sultimate list?

  

  MOVERS and shakers of business, tourism, sport and real estate feature in our second instalment of the Power 130, showcasing the Gold Coast’s most influential people.Check out who took out the positions of 91 to 110 below. We’ll be counting down to number one every day this week.110. KEITH ALLARDICE:THE boss of Sanctuary Cove has over 30 years of international management experience. Having worked in the US, China, New Zealand, UK and Japan in senior executive and general manager roles, he is wel..

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• Man charged with throwing puppy out and into vehicle at Gold Coast

  

  A witness told police they had heard a dog's yelp and had seen a man throw a puppy - like this one pictured - out of a station wagon.Photo: Stephen Wark SSWA man was charged with animal cruelty and public nuisance after allegedly throwing a puppy into a car on the Gold Coast.Police were called to a licensed venue on Surf Parade, Broadbeach, at 3pm on Sunday following reports of an intoxicated man being a nuisance.Police arrested the Marsden man, 27, and escorted him back to his Commodore station..

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• Gold Coast missing person: Girl, 16, last seen at Robina | The Courier-Mail

  

  Gold Coast missing person: Girl, 16, last seen at Robina ... A TEENAGE girl with a medical condition who went missing on the Gold Coast has been found.

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  The tryscoring machine was offered counselling yesterday after returning from a Titans military camp in the Gold Coast hinterland to be greeted by the tragic ...

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• No schoolies arrests over weekend impressCoast'spolice

  

  SCHOOLIES who have flocked to the Sunshine Coast to escape the wild party 200kms south have been perfectly behaved.Sunshine Coast crime prevention unit Acting Sergeant Mark Readman praised the young visitors after zero arrests and no liquor infringement notices were issued to schoolies over the weekend.In comparison, there were 10 arrests of school leavers for public drunkenness on the Gold Coast on the first official night of schoolies."So far it ahs been a little bit quieter than previous year..

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• Qld climate change pilot study shows 4400 properties could flood in...

  

  Several studies have found that climate change has its finger prints on Australia's weather.Photo: Leigh HenninghamThe Queensland Government is silently preparing Queensland for an 80cm sea rise, which would impact tens of thousands of homes by the end of the century, with pilot projects beginning along the Queensland coast.The first test pilot in Townsville was completed in July 2015 and shows almost 4400 properties would be flooded.The step comes as Queensland's climate change strategists meet..

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• Sam Thompson smashes 97 not out for Cavaliers Gold | Fraser Coast Chronicle

  

  IF YOU regularly read the Fraser Coast Chronicle's sport pages you would have seen Sam Thompson's name many times before.A talented junior sports-man, Thompson excels on the football field, and was one of Hervey Bay's best in the under-16 boys touch team at the Junior State Cup earlier this year.His expertise with footy in hand is matched only by his skill with gloves and a bat, and it was the latter that saw Thompson get within one stroke of a breakthrough ton.The opener carried his bat through..

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• Guns and drugs seized on same street that was the scene of a...

  

  POLICE have seized guns and drugs in a raid in the Gold Coast same street where an accused murderer was dramatically caught in the roof of a house last week.Burleigh Heads detectives swooped on the Coogeen St residence at Bundall this morning and seized two firearms along with a quantity of ice and steroids.The property was a few doors from a house where police smashed through the roof last week to arrest Ryan Howes over the stabbing murder of Gold Coast teenager Michael Brack.Michael, 16, was s..

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