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Paul WestonSenior Journalist

Paul Weston is a senior journalist with The Gold Coast Bulletin covering politics and campaigns on community issues. His reports on the Coast’s spate of high profile domestic violence killings was part of a Bulletin series which led to widespread reforms. Similarly, articles on police fudging crime numbers led to recognition at the Queensland media awards, the Clarions. His recent reporting on corruption allegations surrounding the Gold Coast City Council foreshadowed a Crime and Corruption Commission investigation. His weekly column aims to tell the story behind news headlines.

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FULL LIST: What every Gold Coast suburb has been promised in QLD state election

What every Gold Coast suburb could get in QLD state election

The state election countdown is on and candidates are out and about sharing what they’ll do to win your vote. See the full list of what they’ve promised for your suburb.

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Rachel Hancock from Experience Gold Coast and Promiseland founder Emal Naim on board the Hopo Ferry from Broadwater Parklands, one of the ways to skip the traffic and cruise to Promiseland Festival at The Spit this long weekend. Picture Glenn Hampson

Spit festival: ‘We are hoping for the best, fearing for the worst’

Main Beach residents say they are bracing themselves for traffic chaos after discovering some public transport for this weekend’s Promiseland festival is at capacity.

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City planning committee chair Mark Hammel and Housing Minister Meaghan Scanlon at odds on the Arundel Hills Country Club future development.

Hammel tees off on Scanlon: Why no golf course is safe

Gold Coast councillor Mark Hammel questions why Housing Minister Meaghan Scanlon intervened on a country club project instead of Broady-Burleigh light rail homes. Full explosive Q&A

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Special feature

Full list: Every Gold Coast candidate for state election

Full list: Every Gold Coast candidate for state election

There are 50 candidates standing in the Gold Coast’s state seats at the October 26 election. Find out who they are and what they stand for. FULL PROFILE LIST

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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.

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Southport councillor Brooke Patterson says she is getting "hate mail" after supporting sister city relationship with Israel city.

‘I’m not a racist, I’m not anti-Semitic’ – councillor’s Israel tirade

Southport councillor Brooke Patterson has posted a stunning video saying “I’m not racist or anti-Semite” after receiving hate mail over a Gold Coast-Jewish sister city flare up.

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The State Environment Department has handed down its finding on the Albert River sewer leak which requires the Gold Coast City Council to undertake significant repair work.

Sewer leak probe: Coast ratepayers pay for river fix

The City has been given one of the largest enforceable actions handed down in Queensland with the Environment Department demanding $2.1 million in works after the Albert River sewer leak.

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Canva for city growth shock in the suburbs

City Plan shock: ‘Suburbs cannot cope with the growth’

The Gold Coast will be home to one million people in the not too distant future – and it will come with a cost. Find out more

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Former Gold Coast tourism ambassador Melissa Burrows recovering from cancer treatment.

‘Not looking very good’: Gold Coaster’s shocking health battle

After fighting the double shock of breast cancer and a melanoma in one week, a former Gold Coast ambassador is facing a new battle two years into her recovery.

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A new report shows the annual cost of fire ants across Gold Coast suburbs in terms of prevention and health measures has reached almost $15 million.

Revealed: How much fire ant fight is costing Gold Coasters

The cost of fire ants to Gold Coast households has skyrocketed, with the region considered “ground zero’ unless the pest is stopped, a new report warns.

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