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• Rival calls 'fault' over Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate's free Aust Open ...

  

  Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate is being scrutinised for accepting tickets to the Australian Open in January 2015 from a telecommunications company that later won a $150 million council tender.Photo: Glenn HuntGold Coast mayor Tom Tate will have to explain why he accepted Australian Open freebies from Optus, which was bidding for a $150 million tender to manage the council's computer software.The trip to Melbourne for the tennis in January 2015 was against the specific advice of a senior Gold Coast Ci..

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• Gold Coast MP Verity Barton has gone cap in hand to taxpayers ...

  

  Verity Barton, LNP member for Broadwater, is in hot water again. Picture: Regi VargheseEMBATTLED Gold Coast MP Verity Barton has gone cap in hand to the Clerk of Parliament seeking advice on whether she is entitled to financial assistance in a looming legal battle with a former staffer.But she was turned away empty-handed as only Cabinet ministers can dip into the public purse when it comes to legal funding for civil matters.To make matters worse, as Ms Barton this week left on a privately-funde..

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• Bluebottles left plenty of tourists in tears on the Gold Coast

  

  Lifeguards were sent into over drive as scores of beachgoers were stung by bluebottles at Surfers Paradise beach. Jodie Hillard, 19, suffered stings to her arm. Picture: Scott FletcherBLUEBOTTLES blown on to Gold Coast beaches by easterly winds left plenty of tourists in tears yesterday.At one stage, lifeguards on Surfers Paradise beach were helping one person a minute to ease the pain of a tentacle sting.ICONIC CAV’S GIVES WAY TO TOWERMELBOURNE CUP WINNING JOCKEY COULD RIDE IN MAGIC MILLIONSOn ..

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• On the Beat: Help solve a crime on the Gold Coast

  

  Police are looking for these males who failed to pay a taxi fare when they were dropped in Surfers Paradise.CAN you help solve a crime?Gold Coast police are looking for these alleged offenders.Call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 if you have any information.FARE EVASION — SURFERS PARADISEThree men allegedly fled a taxi in November without paying their fare.About 7.15pm on November 26 police allege three males caught a taxi from a Coombabah address and were transported to Surfers Paradise.Other St..

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• Knuckle dusters allegedly found in raids on Gold Coast

  

  OFFICERS from the Gold Coast Major and Organised Crime's Firearms Investigation Team executed a search warrant at a Pacific Pines residence yesterday morning after receiving information from the public that the occupant was in possession of an illegal firearm.The search warrant at the Aldgate Crescent address resulted in officers allegedly locating a set of knuckle dusters concealed in the pants pocket of the male occupant.A search of the residence also allegedly located a Walther P22 pistol, a ..

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• Man assaulted, robbed by three men on Gold Coast

  

  A 44-YEAR-OLD man suffered facial injuries after he was assaulted and robbed on the Gold Coast early Thursday morning.The man has told police he was walking along Eucalyptus Drive  at Varsity Lakes around 3am when he was approached by three males from behind and assaulted before property was stolen from him.The offenders fled the scene.The victim sought assistance from a nearby residence and police were called.Investigations are continuing.Anyone with information which could assist with this mat..

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• Shinn aiming to Capitalise on Gold Coast

  

  Blake Shinn drives Kangarilla Joy to victory at Rosehill Gardens last Saturday. Picture: Mark EvansBLAKE Shinn insists he carries no extra pressure into Saturday’s $2 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic, because he has supreme confidence the hotpot Capitalist is clearly the best horse in the field.Capitalist will be the most heavily backed horse around Australia on Saturday, with punters set to invest millions on the shortest-priced Magic Millions favourite since Testa Rossa.Many believe it is on..

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• Mayor ignored warnings over tender

  

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• Commonwealth Games bosses slammed after postponing ...

  

  Imagine: Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games3:02Watch this flyover and see how the city will transform during the Commonwealth Games. Get excited about #GameOnGoldCoastTHEY promised to talk turkey but Commonwealth Games bosses yesterday cancelled plans to explain the controversial appointment of a US company to run the 2018 event’s opening ceremony.In the latest blunder surrounding the controversial decision to appoint US-based company Jack Morton Worldwide (JMW), GOLDOC scheduled the press confe..

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• 1st million dollar yearling at Gold Coast

  

  SydneyThursday 7 January 2016, 11:49amDamion Flower has paid top price so far at the Magic Millions sale, signing for a $1.6 million colt by Snitzel.Out of 2006 Magic Millions winner Mirror Mirror, the colt will go to Gerald Ryan who also trained Snitzel for Flower.Earlier on the second day of the Gold Coast yearling sale, a brother to Group One winner Sweet Idea became the first million dollar lot.The colt was bought by New Zealand bloodstock agent Dean Hawthorn but will remain in Australia to ..

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