Gold Coast Business wrap: Winners and losers of 2024
There’s been triumph and trouble for Gold Coast companies in 2024. Here’s who will be farewelling it with fond memories, and who will be happy to put it behind them.
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‘We felt like fools’: $35 million sunk in boat builder collapse
An aborted yacht ‘heist’, $35m set adrift and “12 months of misery” have emerged in the turgid wake of a Gold Coast boat builder’s failed companies – but is hasn’t stopped him launching a new boat business. Read what happened
New development for trouble-plagued tower
Residents will finally begin moving into one of the Gold Coast’s most troubled towers, but builders won’t be leaving the site anytime soon. Read why
Gold Coast lawyer no longer registered in Qld
A disgraced Gold Coast lawyer is no longer allowed to practice, with his name struck from Queensland’s register of solicitors. Read why
‘Hurtful attack’ on school chairman leads to legal threats
The high-profile chairman of a top Gold Coast private school has threatened parents with legal action amid “false” accusations of a lack of transparency over the school’s $30m construction program. Read what else he said
Country club stoush, supercar fire sale and a fall from grace
Five years ago, Scott Hookey was on top of the world, with a collection of expensive supercars, beautiful homes, membership at an exclusive country club and a commercial property portfolio churning out low-effort cash. Now it’s all gone.
Gone in 95 days: Star boss in shock resignation
The new CEO of The Star Gold Coast has quit less than 100 days into the job. Read more
Ouch: Gold Coast private schools hike fees by up to 13 per cent
Parents at the Gold Coast’s top performing – and highest earning – schools could be in for a New Year bill shock, with some facing fee increases of more than 13 per cent.
Leadership uncertainty at luxury hotel as GM ‘unavailable’
A world-renowned Gold Coast hotel could soon be on the hunt for its seventh general manager in less than a decade, with the incumbent nowhere to be seen.
‘He was very loved’: Partner’s tribute as drowning victim named
The identity of the man who drowned in a Gold Coast swimming enclosure has been revealed, with his partner paying a heartfelt tribute to the much-loved 29-year-old.
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