Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Major developments including Pacific Fair lead way to boom in ... and other top stories.

  • Major developments including Pacific Fair lead way to boom in ...

    Major developments including Pacific Fair lead way to boom in ...
    New apartment sales are increasing on the Gold Coast. Picture: Jerad WilliamsTEN billion dollars worth of new and upcoming infrastructure is fuelling a boom in apartment sales on the Gold Coast, says a new report.The latest Urbis report covering new unit sales during the first quarter of this year lists 149 projects completed, under construction or planned from Yatala to Casuarina.They included the $670 refurbishment of Pacific Fair and the potential $850 redevelopment of Jupiter’s Hotel & Casin..
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  • Race against time to rescue male hiker still missing in Gold Coast ...

    Race against time to rescue male hiker still missing in Gold Coast ...
    Search resumes for missing Qld hiker0:19The search for a man who went missing while hiking in a Queensland national park is set to resume. THE clock is ticking for a 58-year-old man lost in rugged bushland west of the Gold Coast, with authorities saying he can probably survive only another four days.The man called triple-0 for help on Saturday night after becoming lost while on what should have been a 10-hour hike to Running Creek Falls in the Lamington National Park.Rescue crews first set out ..
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  • Gold Coast mum drawing on inspiration with a blackboard menu to ...

    Gold Coast mum drawing on inspiration with a blackboard menu to ...
    What a gem! The community needs more people like Sam Beau-Patrick, who has turned her front wall into a blackboard for anybody to draw on. Photo: Jerad WilliamsIN a time when terror grabs the headlines and fear strikes before hope, Gold Coast mum Sam Beau-Patrick has taken it upon herself to colour people’s worlds again.The Mermaid Waters naturopath decided to turn her front wall on Rio Vista Blvd into a communal chalkboard.In the space of a week it has become an eye-catching mural on which pass..
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  • Ex-bikie Eels meal has a Gold Coast murder twist

    Ex-bikie Eels meal has a Gold Coast murder twist
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  • Junkie Gold Coast parents send kids as young as seven off to dealer ...

    Junkie Gold Coast parents send kids as young as seven off to dealer ...
    The illegal drug known as ice, seized by police during a recent drug raid. Picture: Jerad Williams.CHILDREN as young as seven are working as drug mules for their junkie parents, picking up weekly supplies of ice after dark.Welfare workers and police say the kids are being sent into suburban homes with bags decorated with their favourite characters and told they are collecting “medicine” for their sick mums and dads.Authorities say they are powerless to intervene because the children do not know ..
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  • Look who's working flat out on the Gold Coast for Commonwealth ...

    Look who's working flat out on the Gold Coast for Commonwealth ...
    ‘Yeah guys, can you believe we get paid for this?’ Union-approved two-hour stopwork meetings have been held at the Carrara Sports Precinct redevelopment twice a day every day since May 9.WORKERS at a key Commonwealth Games construction site are putting in half days for a full day’s pay and feasting on seafood while a bitter dispute rages between the contractor and their union.Despite assurances from Games organisers, workers say the project is already behind schedule and the situation can only g..
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  • Gold Coast Suns fans put the heat on club officials at a members forum

    Gold Coast Suns fans put the heat on club officials at a members forum
    Crows crush Suns at home 0:46AFL: Gold Coast's losing streak has extended to six games following a crushing loss to the Crows at Metricon Stadium. GOLD Coast’s leadership group made a shock appearance at last night’s members forum with vice-captain Steven May taking the floor to declare “mateship” would help keep the club’s biggest stars at the Suns.More than 200 members grilled Suns chief executive Andrew Travis, coach Rodney Eade, football manager Marcus Ashcroft and high performance boss Ju..
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  • Gold Coast teenager Bronti Hodgkinson, 14, has already ...

    Gold Coast teenager Bronti Hodgkinson, 14, has already ...
    Gold Coast soccer and futsal player Bronti Hodgkinson. Mother Michelle provided the picSOCCER: Be it outdoors or indoors Gold Coast teenager Bronti Hodgkinson has made a good fist of her chosen sporting pursuit.Earlier this year Emmanuel College student represented Queensland in the national futsal (indoor soccer) championships held in Sydney.Now Bronti, 14, has earned dual state representative honours after being selected for Queensland for the national under-15 youth championships at Coffs Har..
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  • Young halfback Ashley Taylor is turning it on as the Gold Coast ...

    Young halfback Ashley Taylor is turning it on as the Gold Coast ...
    Ashley Taylor at the Titans’ recovery at Pizzey Park pool. Picture: Adam HeadGUN Gold Coast Titans rookie halfback Ashley Taylor has been bashed from pillar to post in recent weeks.As a rising star of the NRL, Taylor now has a target on his back and opposition players have been taking pot-shots at it.But just imagine what Taylor could have copped if his forward pack had not been so dominant in recent weeks as the Titans added Sydney Roosters and Penrith to their list of scalps.The form of the fi..
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Increase in fines issued to NSW cyclists, too early to say if figures prove need for laws: Government .New edible six-pack rings made from beer by-products .
Gold Coast Chamber chief supports light-rail extension south .G-7 Warns on Global Growth Outlook as Japan Bristles Over Yen .

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