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Schoolies over for another year

December 1, 2008 09:17:00

The curtain has come down on official Schoolies Week activities on the Gold Coast.[MORE]

Tags: youth-issues, police, alcohol, broadbeach-4218, southport-4215, surfers-paradise-4217

Former Lions join Gold Coast team

November 11, 2008 18:00:00

Triple premiership players Marcus Ashcroft and Shaun Hart have been appointed assistant coaches of the AFL's proposed Gold Coast club.[MORE]

Tags: australian-football-league, brisbane-4000, broadbeach-4218

Blaze rejects merger suggestion

November 11, 2008 15:00:00

The Gold Coast Blaze says it would never consider merging or relocating to ensure the club retains its place in the new National Basketball League.[MORE]

Tags: sport, basketball, nbl, australia, qld, broadbeach-4218

Breakers see off rampaging Tigers

November 8, 2008 23:34:00

nblMelbourne has fallen just short of pulling off a stunning National Basketball League comeback, going down 86-84 to New Zealand in Melbourne on Saturday evening.[MORE]

Tags: sport, basketball, nbl, australia, qld, broadbeach-4218, cairns-4870, townsville-4810, sa, adelaide-5000, vic, melbourne-3000, wa, perth-6000, new-zealand

Qld builders concerned with application lag

November 6, 2008 18:31:00

The Master Builders Association of Queensland says the time councils take to process development applications is jeopardising the industry's immediate future.[MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, industry, building-and-construction, government-and-politics, local-government, australia, qld, broadbeach-4218, robina-4226, southport-4215, surfers-paradise-4217

Blaze finally opens NBL account

November 5, 2008 22:42:00

The Blaze has finally snapped its losing streak in the National Basketball League, tasting a 115-106 victory over Townsville at the Gold Coast Convention Centre.[MORE]

Tags: sport, basketball, nbl, australia, qld, broadbeach-4218, townsville-4810

Police seek new leads in missing truckie search

October 13, 2008 08:36:00

Police are renewing an appeal for information about the disappearance of a Gold Coast truck driver in north-west New South Wales five years ago.[MORE]

Tags: police, missing-person, collarenebri-2833, tamworth-2340, broadbeach-4218, southport-4215

Police crack down on Gold Coast drink-drivers

October 8, 2008 13:21:00

Police say they will be targeting drink-drivers on the Gold Coast tonight.[MORE]

Tags: police, broadbeach-4218, southport-4215

Blaze look for season's first win

October 2, 2008 08:48:00

The Gold Coast Blaze will be out to notch up the first win of the season against South Dragons at the Gold Coast Convention Centre tonight.[MORE]

Tags: nbl, broadbeach-4218

Two charged with attempted murder over Gold Coast hit-and-runs

August 24, 2008 07:09:00

Two people are facing charges of attempted murder in relation to two hit-and-run incidents on the Gold Coast.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, qld, broadbeach-4218, southport-4215, tallebudgera-4228

Report backs light rail for Gold Coast rapid transit system

August 22, 2008 10:17:00

Queensland Transport Minister John Mickel says light rail is the preferred option for a rapid transit system on the Gold Coast in the state's south-east.[MORE]

Tags: states-and-territories, rail-transport, broadbeach-4218, southport-4215

Police crack down on coast drink-drivers

August 18, 2008 08:30:00

Police say some motorists are still not heeding warnings about drink-driving.[MORE]

Tags: crime, police, broadbeach-4218, southport-4215

Children injured in wall collapse

August 6, 2008 22:38:00

Three Queensland school students were injured when a number of wooden wall panels fell on them at Jindabyne in the Snowy Mountains.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, nsw, jindabyne-2627, qld, broadbeach-4218

Pamela Anderson stages KFC protest

July 11, 2008 07:32:00

Former Baywatch star and pin-up queen Pamela Anderson staged an animal rights protest at a KFC outlet on the Gold Coast yesterday, despite the fast foot chain partially bankrolling her trip Down Under.[MORE]

Tags: arts-and-entertainment, television, animal-welfare, actors, australia, qld, broadbeach-4218

Missing woman found back home in Melbourne

July 2, 2008 08:18:00

Queensland police on the Gold Coast say a 30-year-old woman feared missing has been found interstate.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, missing-person, australia, qld, broadbeach-4218, vic, melbourne-3000

Clothing find sparks search for Melbourne woman

July 1, 2008 14:10:00

Queensland police are searching for a Melbourne woman whose clothing was found on a Gold Coast beach.[MORE]

Tags: missing-person, broadbeach-4218, melbourne-3000

Police find missing 6yo

June 27, 2008 19:00:00

Police say a six-year-old boy reported missing on the Gold Coast this afternoon has been found.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, missing-person, qld, broadbeach-4218

Gold Coast search continues for missing woman

June 26, 2008 09:39:00

There is still no sign of a Brisbane woman who has been missing since Friday.[MORE]

Tags: missing-person, brisbane-4000, broadbeach-4218, wongawallan-4210

Building union criticises Gold Coast safety checks

June 26, 2008 09:35:00

The Builders Labourers Federation says workplace health and safety on the Gold Coast is a problem area.[MORE]

Tags: workplace-accidents, unions, occupational-health-and-safety, broadbeach-4218, southport-4215

Police search Gold Coast hinterland for missing woman

June 25, 2008 08:04:00

Police and State and Emergency Service (SES) volunteers will search the Gold Coast Hinterland in south-east Queensland this morning for a Brisbane woman who has been missing since Friday.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, missing-person, australia, qld, broadbeach-4218, coorparoo-4151, wongawallan-4210

Union bans swing scaffolding after fatal accident

June 22, 2008 12:02:00

The construction union has banned its workers from using swing scaffolding after a fatal accident on the Gold Coast yesterday.[MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, industry, building-and-construction, disasters-and-accidents, accidents, workplace-accidents, government-and-politics, unions, australia, qld, broadbeach-4218

26-storey fall prompts safety investigations

June 22, 2008 05:48:00

Several investigations will carried out after an accident which claimed two lives on the Gold Coast yesterday.[MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, industry, building-and-construction, disasters-and-accidents, accidents, workplace-accidents, government-and-politics, unions, broadbeach-4218

Power workers to target Qld ALP conference

June 19, 2008 15:39:00

Premier Anna Bligh says she is ready for union protests at this weekend's ALP state conference.[MORE]

Tags: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, unions, australia, qld, broadbeach-4218

Calls for nationwide ban on high roller smoking

May 28, 2008 08:50:00

A Gold Coast casino says the high roller market in Queensland will be wiped out if a ban on smoking is not uniformly implemented by all states.[MORE]

Tags: gambling, smoking, broadbeach-4218, southport-4215