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Luke Mortimer is the editor of News Corp’s northern NSW team. He has covered a wide range of topics including crime, court, business, politics and community news during his time as a journalist. He has worked in Queensland and NSW since joining the industry in 2012.

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Gold Coast police at the Flawless Society meeting at Homeworld Helensvale on Saturday. Picture: Supplied

‘We’re not hoons’: Petrolheads in firing line

A group of Gold Coast car enthusiasts feel like they are being unfairly branded as reckless hoons after an interaction with police officers.

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The brawl at The Arc at Nobbys in Nobby Beach Precinct on Saturday night. Picture: 9 News

VIDEO: Wild brawl erupts at busy Coast nightspot

Police are talking to multiple people after a frantic brawl broke out at a popular Gold Coast bar. Watch the wild footage.

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A car crashed into the sign of Boonooroo Park Shopping Centre on Coelia Court and Nielsens Rd at Carrara on Monday night. Picture: Facebook

Commodore wrecked in chaotic shopping complex crash

Police allege an unlicensed driver slammed a Holden into the entry sign of a Carrara shopping complex after a worrying series of events.

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Broadbeach Police Station . External photo. Picture: Jerad Williams

Alleged burnout bandit accused of disgusting attack on police

A man accused of a brazen police station burnout was one of two charged by police after they allegedly assaulted police officers. See how the separate dramas unfolded.

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Bradley Cox and Caleb Yates with Emmanuel Collège Dean of Faculty Eli Shambrook at the Mayor’s Technology and Innovation Awards. Picture: Supplied

How student’s clever AI tech could save your smile

Gold Coast school students have butted heads in a Shark Tank-style face-off – one group took out top prize for ingenious dental tech. Here’s 10 interesting innovations which emerged.

UpdatedGold Coast

Surprising reason for massive CBD emergency response

Fresh details have come to light about one of the biggest emergency responses on the Gold Coast in recent memory, which saw more than 50 people assessed by paramedics. LATEST

UpdatedGold Coast

Traffic is blocked on the m1 after a two car crash at Reedy Creek

Traffic slows to crawl on M1 after trailer lost in crash

Traffic has slowed to a crawl on the M1 on after a car crashed and left a trailer in the middle of the busy road.

UpdatedVictoria

Victorian tourist dies in Gold Coast fall

A Victorian man in his 70s slipped and fell more than 20m to his death from a waterfall on the Gold Coast while walking with his daughters.

UpdatedGold Coast

Waterfall at Purling Brook Falls. Photo by: @annemarie.dupreezphotography

Mystery behind elderly tourist’s death plunge off waterfall

Questions have been raised about how an elderly man lost his footing and fell more than 20m to his death while walking with his daughters at a Gold Coast Hinterland waterfall.

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Numinbah Rd leading into Crystal Creek in the Tweed Shire.

Rider killed in collision with loaded school bus

A woman riding a motorbike has tragically died after colliding with a school bus full of school students.

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