Games athletes finally get their send-off
IT’S the celebration they should have got at the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony. But Brisbane residents have turned out to ensure it was better late than never.
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Docs pitch in to remove muso’s cancer
A BRISBANE surgeon and anaesthetist will donate their services to remove a cancer from the lip of an ARIA Award-winning musician after he discovered the growth while visiting the Gold Coast to perform at the Commonwealth Games.
Marathon win brings out the trolls
COMMONWEALTH Games marathon champion Michael Shelley has been left devastated by a torrent of abuse over his controversial win.
When is $650k not a bonus? Ask Peter Beattie
GOLD Coast Commonwealth Games chairman Peter Beattie says fat ‘bonuses’ to be paid to key Games executives just for staying in the job aren’t bonuses at all – they’re ‘handcuffs’.
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$200k a minute for dud ceremony
THE internationally ridiculed opening and closing ceremonies of the Commonwealth Games cost almost $200,000 for every painful minute.
Those responsible ‘should hang head in shame’
QUEENSLAND Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has ripped into those responsible for last night’s closing ceremony. It comes after Commonwealth Games chairman Peter Beattie admitted organisers “got it wrong”.
How did Games organisers get it so wrong?
HOSTING the games in the entertainment mecca that is the Gold Coast, with beautiful beaches, top restaurants and bars and amazing attractions, the issue was not a lack of things to do but organisers told locals to stay away, writes Jonathon Moran.
Queensland entering golden age: Premier
ANNASTACIA Palaszczuk has used her highly-anticipated Commonwealth Games 2018 closing ceremony speech to spruik Queensland to the world – declaring “nothing can stop us now”.
Commonwealth Games: Hit or miss?
BEFORE the golden moments of the past two weeks, 10 years of meticulous planning went into the preparing for the 2018 Commonwealth Games. So how did we perform away from the sporting arena?
Epic post-gold engagement a slam dunk
THE Commonwealth Games has proved a joyous affair for many, but none quite as much as basketball star Nicole Seekamp, who was proposed to by boyfriend Cody Havermann after her big gold medal win.
Gold Coast Mayor given the royal treatment
SINCE when does a city mayor get to queue-jump and hog a busy elevator all to himself?
Games tourist boom still to come: Fraser
OLYMPIC swimming great Dawn Fraser has praised an “absolutely fantastic” Commonwealth Games and believes the next two years will see international visitors flock to the Gold Coast, despite empty streets during the event itself.
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