Terrifying video of Coast robbery
POLICE have released CCTV footage of a terrifying robbery at a Gold Coast convenience story as the hunt for the rifle-wielding bandit goes on.They say that around 1.30am a man entered the Coomera store and made demands for money and cigarettes while armed with a rifle.media_cameraA still from CCTV footage of an armed robbery at a Coomera convenience store. Photo: QPSDetective Sergeant Todd Miller said the offender “lay in wait” outside the 7-Eleven for some time.“The offender threw things around..>> view originalAussie tourists return to Coast
THE Aussies are back in record numbers, with 1.1 million more day-trippers and 337,000 extra domestic overnight visitors to the Coast in the past year than in the previous 12 months.While the figures released yesterday show numbers are up 11 per cent, domestic visitors are still spending less with shorter stays than the year before.Gold Coast Tourism CEO Martin Winter said the National Visitor Survey, to be released today by Tourism Research Australia, was encouraging.“While we have seen signifi..>> view originalEmbattled MP urges Spit tower approval
GOLD Coast MP Stuart Robert has urged the city council to approve Sunland’s controversial twin-tower plan for the Southport Spit, even though it is outside his Fadden electorate. Documents obtained by the Bulletin show Mr Robert, while a government minister in November last year, wrote a glowing two-page reference backing the Sunland proposal as council officers worked to assess the $600 million project.The MP representing the area, fellow Liberal representative Steve Ciobo, voiced his concerns ..>> view originalFlashback: Aldermen planned exit
Gold Coast Bulletin, Friday January 13, 1978.IT was feared two Gold Coast alderman would throw accepted practice to block Australian Labor Party adherents doubling their strength on the city council.Two alderman announced their intention to resign and if normal convention was followed it was expected they would be supported by ALP supporters.Ald. Bruce Bishop said at the time of the 1977 state election he would resign if elected to the parliament and confirmed to the Bulletin his intention to le..>> view originalMott back at Kerrydale for Stars
MATTHEW Mott will rekindle fond memories of his younger days when he returns to Gold Coast Dolphins headquarters at Bill Pippen Oval tomorrow. Kerrydale, as the ground was known when he started with the Dolphins as an under-18 player, will host centre-wicket training for the Australian Southern Stars squad tomorrow and Saturday.Mott, who played Sheffield Shield for Queensland and Victoria as a product of the Palm Beach-Currumbin Lions, has been coaching the Southern Stars for about 16 months.An..>> view originalBeattie backs cruise terminal plan
FORMER Labor Premier Peter Beattie now wants a cruise ship terminal on the Gold Coast, 10 years after his government canned it. Flying in the face of Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s opposition to a terminal in the Broadwater or on The Spit, the new head of Commonwealth Games organisers Goldoc said he “would like to see” ocean liners come to the city.In an interview for the Gold Coast Bulletin’s Think Tank column for Monday’s newspaper, Mr Beattie this week conceded: “I knew you’d ask me that. Lo..>> view originalIt's our Games, give us the jobs
GOLD Coast civic leaders have slammed a Commonwealth Games jobs grab by Brisbane.The State Budget papers this week showed the government department responsible for the Games had hired an extra 32 bureaucrats, but 31 of them are based in the city.Only one, a temporary position, is on the Coast. Opposition Commonwealth Games spokesman and Surfers Paradise MP John-Paul Langbroek said a lion’s share of Games jobs needed to be based on the Gold Coast.He said it was “rather strange” to have some on th..>> view original
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