Hen beheaded at Black Swan Lake
AN investigation is underway after a moorhen was found beheaded and floating in Black Swan Lake this week. Worried residents say the decapitation of the bird was by clean cut. Mayor Tom Tate has today weighed in.
History
25 years since Coast said goodbye to Grundy’s
GRUNDY’S, the iconic Gold Coast entertainment centre was one of Surfers Paradise’s most popular locations in the 1980s. This week marks 25 years since its closure. Here’s what happened in its final days.
Coast film listed on Australian Stock Exchange
YOU’VE heard of crowdsourcing a movie, well this is the same … but much bigger. Imagine a film with plans to shoot on the Gold Coast getting listed on the stock exchange.
Gold Coaster’s State of Origin commentary ‘yobbish’
‘YOBBISH’ — That was the word used to describe a Gold Coast rugby league legend’s commentary on State of Origin, sparking a classic response.
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Flashback: Farms in H20 acid fight
CANEGROWERS held the key to saving millions of fish from dying in the Tweed.
Flashback: Gold Coast GST countdown
JODIE Watt was one of the Gold Coast’s army of the night who worked to adjust prices as the GST took effect.
Flashback: Macabre sex shop killing
A SEX bookshop owner found murdered at the back of a block of Palm Beach units had been stabbed in the chest and his throat slashed.
Flashback: an armed robbery foiled
AN ELDERLY man threw himself at an armed robber during a bank holdup at Bundall, belting the man with a rubbish bin before being bashed over the head with a rifle.
Flashback: Centre red tape strangle
RED tape was said to be strangling the development of a $250,000 Gold Coast City Council childcare centre at Southport.
Flashback: Council’s water battle
WATER supplies, it was feared, could fail in the wake of a statewide strike as the 38-hour week issue came to a head between local authorities and their outside workforces.
Flashback: Water withhold threat
GOLD Coast City Council water treatment plant workers threatened to cut off water supplies to the Albert Shire.
Flashback: Teacher drug strike talk
THE future of striking teachers over the marijuana issue was to be decided in Brisbane and union delegates from the Gold Coast were set to play an influential role.
Flashback: River contamination fear
LANDOWNERS were warned to keep their cattle away from the algae-infected Albert River — only hours after a dead cow was discovered on the river bank.
Flashback: Pirates of Noosa raid GC
A TEAM of friendly pirates swooped on the Gold Coast to plunder ideas from the pick of the city’s tourism and residential development.
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