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• Schoolie rushed to Gold Coast Uni Hospital after alleged assault at Cavill Avenue Mall | The Courier-Mail

  

  The Cavill Avenue Mall after the Schoolies HUB closed on Thursday night. Picture: Marc RobertsonSource:News Corp AustraliaAN argument over religion sparked the alleged bashing of a Queensland schoolie in Surfers Paradise by two NSW teens, a court heard.A 17-year-old appeared in Southport Magistrates charged with grievous bodily harm after the overnight attack which left the 18-year-old schoolie in an induced coma in Gold Coast University Hospital.The court was told a verbal argument “related to ..

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• Woman drowns in family pool on Gold Coast

  

  Woman drowns in family pool on Gold CoastThe death of a woman in a Gold Coast swimming pool is not being considered suspicious.Photo: istockA woman has died after an apparent swimming pool drowning on the Gold Coast early on Friday.Her body was discovered by a man at the Tallai home on Bendigo Crescent about 2.55am, police said.Paramedics were called and found the 31-year-old woman unconscious and not breathing, before she was pronounced dead at the scene.Authorities have been told the woman had..

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• Gold Coast hopes shark punching surfer Mick Fanning can help snap up tourists

  

  Mick Fanning has carved waves all over the world but still says the Gold Coast has "some of the best beaches in the world".Photo: Kelly CestariThe Gold Coast surfer who this year punched a great white shark in the back as it tried to attack him is now part of very local Gold Coast social media campaign.Coolangatta local and three-time world surfing champion Mick Fanning is the latest in a series of locals promoting the Gold Coast via YouTube, Twitter and Instagram for Gold Coast Tourism.It's a n..

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• Gold Coast home invasion: Accused teenager in court over ‘revenge attack’ | The Courier-Mail

  

  Gold Coast home invasion: Accused teenager in court over ‘revenge attack’by:Greg StolzFrom:The Courier-MailNovember 27, 20151:54PMThese vehicles had windscreens smashed in the home invasion.Source:News Corp AustraliaA TEENAGER charged over a violent home invasion linked to the murder of Gold Coast 16-year-old Michael Brack has faced court over the alleged revenge rampage.A Molendinar house and three cars were allegedly smashed up by a hooded gang armed with weapons including a baseball bat, mach..

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• Gold Coast model to take on the world following big win at Orion Springfield Central | The Courier-Mail

  

  Model Rachel Riggall of Gold Coast was recently named International Winner in the Tamblyn Young Model Discovery. Picture: Peter CroninA young model who wowed judges at Orion Springfield Central is on her way to gracing the covers and runways of the world’s fashion capitals.Gold Coast teen Rachel Riggall was recently named International Winner in the Tamblyn Young Model Discovery, which takes place at shopping centres throughout Queensland.Rachel, 16, who has secured a year contract with Tamblyn ..

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  VETERAN Brisbane nightclub owner Lou Bickle has kicked off plans to turn a Gold Coast hotel linked to the city's mayor Tom Tate into a backpackers' hostel.

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• Variety of properties to go under the hammer

  Lots of variety on offer with renovators, units and mansions to go under the hammerby:From:News Corp Australia NetworkNovember 27, 201512:00AM8 Shearwater Esplanade, Runaway Bay.Source:SuppliedA LUXURY mansion is set to dominate the Gold Coast auction scene this weekend.Agents across the Coast and northern NSW will offer 46 properties to the market, according to CoreLogic RP Data.There is plenty of variety up for grabs as well with renovators, apartments and exclusive mansions up for grabs.In Ru..

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• Kind gestures stun family of cancer patient

  

  RICHMOND Villeran put his stomach pains down to his workouts at the gym.But after a week of the pains and with his stomach growing, he knew something was wrong."I had been doing the workouts for about three months and my lower abs were flat but the upper were getting bigger. I was like, is something wrong?"Then his urine began getting darker.Eventually doctors would find a 4cm cancerous tumour in his pancreas. He's been given nine months to live.Mr Villeran went to his GP in February after he st..

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• Bail for teen on Facebook feud stabbing charge

  

  A 15-year-old charged with stabbing a fellow Gold Coast schoolboy this week after a Facebook feud has been released on bail but with conditions including a total social media ban.The boy allegedly took a knife from his TAFE College and stabbed and robbed a 15-year-old Miami State high student on Tuesday near the school.The stabbing left the victim in a critical condition in Gold Coast University Hospital.He was arrested several hours later and faced Southport Children’s Court on Wednesday charge..

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• SURF ALERT: Winds are making life miserable

  

  GIDDAY surfers.This persistent NE wind is getting all of us down. Unless you live in the most protected place on the east coast, you're seeing some of the ugliest surf possible.Bluebottles and sea lice are everywhere, so watch out!Agnes Water to CoolangattaSaturday:A SE wind will greet the early surfers and conditions will be fair. Surf, such as it is, will be a jumble of NE wind swell with possibly a touch of east.We're looking at a metre, maybe less, depending upon your location.The good news ..

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