Gold Coasters’ verdict on new Prime Minster
ANOTHER year, another leadership spill which has seen Australia get yet another new Prime Minister. Here’s how locals reacted to the shocking downfall of the nation’s leader.
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Why New Zealand’s PM blasted Coast’s ‘Kiwi dole bludgers’
‘KIWIS go home’: was the message from the New Zealand Prime Minister to their countrymen who were accused of dole bludging and social security rip-offs on the Gold Coast.
The Spit that could have been
CRUISE ship terminals, hotels, superyacht berths and cultural centres. These are some of the many proposals made for The Spit over the past 40 years. SEE ARTIST IMPRESSIONS OF EACH BIG IDEA.
‘Traffic jams are part of Surfers Paradise’s charm’
GRIDLOCK is the bane of Gold Coast drivers’ daily commute. But an innovative solution to fix it was shot down by a prominent Surfers Paradise businessman who argued that bumper-to-bumper traffic was actually a tourist attraction for Surfers Paradise.
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Flashback: Council’s pokies control
A legal move was made by the Gold Coast City Council which was thought to have the power to block the introduction of poker machines in some sprouting clubs on council-leased land.
Flashback: Miami denied drug use
MIAMI High School teachers and students angrily denied a student’s claim of marijuana smoking, stand-over tactics and bashings at the school’s campus.
Flashback: Bread price slice war
IT was feared a Gold Coast bakery could trigger a price-cutting war following its refusal to increase the price of bread.
Flashback: Council sex shop plan
THE Gold Coast City Council ignored ministerial warnings by pushing ahead with moves to keep sex shops out of the city.
Flashback: Fingers on Gulf trigger
MORE than 1.2 million troops faced each other with fingers on the trigger ready for war in the Gulf as US President George Bush prepared to order an attack.
Flashback: Robinson call for poll
ERIC Robinson, the Liberal Member for McPherson called for an early state election.
Flashback: Gold Coast water scarce
EVEN though the then-new $23 million Advancetown Dam was almost full, the Gold Coast and Albert shire’s residents faced harsh water restrictions.
Flashback: Neumann’s freeway fury
GOLD Coast mayor Alderman Robert Neumann declared he would fight a decision to scrap the construction of a Gold Coast inland freeway.
Flashback: GC’s heroin drug battle
IT was Easter and drugs were in the news as the Gold Coast’s kids were caught up in drugs snorting heroin which was thought to be “a really cool thing to do”.
Flashback: last rally against Gulf
TENS of thousands of peace protesters rallied around the world with just hours remaining before a deadline for Iraq to withdrawn from Kuwait as to pass, in the face of a military attack.
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