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Charlton HartSenior Crime Reporter

Charlton Hart is a Senior Crime Reporter for the The Gold Coast Bulletin. His journalism career began in regional New South Wales covering drought, bushfires, floods, a mouse plague and, the Covid19 pandemic. Charlton is committed to using his reporting to hold government and powerful institutions to account.

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Gold Coast

Car ploughs into building at Gold Coast shopping centre

A number of emergency services crews are responding to a car that has slammed into a building at a Gold Coast shopping centre. Read the latest.

Police & Courts

Plenty of people are enjoying the day and beaches at Burleigh for Mothers Day where Police are in the park talking to poeple. Pics Adam Head

Police Minister wades in on ‘party hub’ Burleigh crime fixes

Police Minister Mark Ryan has responded to increasing calls for extra police and a dedicated beat for troubled Burleigh. See what he said.

Transport

Crash causes delays on Smith St, Parkwood. Picture Google Maps

Crash causes heavy delays on Gold Coast motorway

A crash has caused heavy delays on a major Gold Coast motorway. Read the latest.

Transport

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Car pile-up causes commuter mayhem on major road

One person has been hospitalised and there are heavy delays following a crash on one of the city’s busiest roads. FULL DETAILS

Police & Courts

Gold Coast service held to mark Police Remembrance Day. Picture: QPS

‘We run to the danger’: touching tribute to fallen Coast cops

Gold Coast police officers have gathered to pay their respects to their fallen colleagues in a heartfelt service for National Police Remembrance Day. This year was particularly poignant.

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Chief Superintendent Craig Hanlon as the Queensland Police Service welcomes 10 new First Year Constables (FYC), allocated to the Gold Coast District, who will receive their orientation at Mudgeeraba Police Station. Picture: Glenn Campbell

Urgent: Man still fighting for life after brutal Burleigh assault

Police are hunting for five people after a 22-year-old man was kicked in the head in a Burleigh street, leaving him in critical condition with a serious head injury.

Transport

Car wedged between Gold Coast shopping complex and concrete wall. Picture: Supplied.

Wedged: Close call as car lands in Gold Coast shopping centre

A car has narrowly avoided crashing through a building after landing in a Gold Coast shopping complex. Read what happened

Transport

Generic ambulance, QAS, Queensland Ambulance Service, emergency services, Thursday, August 29, 2024. Picture: Kevin Farmer

Road closed, man fighting for life in serious crash

A serious crash has forced the closure of a major Gold Coast road and left one person fighting for life. Read the latest

Police & Courts

Police investigated suspicious Gold Coast fire. Picture: Archive

Car, motorbike, trailer destroyed in Gold Coast unit blaze

Police are investigating a fire which engulfed several vehicles at a Gold Coast unit block. Read the latest

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Police and ambulance crews at the scene of a stabbing at Sanctuary Cove on Wednesday. Picture: Charlton Hart.

Man charged after stabbing at Sanctuary Cove retail hub

A man has been charged after an altercation that left one person stabbed in the back and two others injured at a Sanctuary Cove restaurant.

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