The plan for a tunnel under Surfers Paradise
SICK of being stuck in traffic on the M1 and Gold Coast Highway? A tunnel under Surfers Paradise and a city ring road were floating as solutions to the city’s traffic congestion.
History
Remembering the man who built Robina
HE was the quiet man who left a giant legacy. The life of Arthur Earle saw a swamp become one of the Gold Coast’s biggest success stories. This is how he did it.
Property developer’s controversial donation
A PROMINENT Gold Coast property developer gave out cheques to city councillors days before they voted on a major tower project.
$50 million cableway plan for Coast
A $50 million plan to build a cableway into the Gold Coast Hinterland unveiled by leading businessmen with the backing of the State Government
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Flashback: Tourist healthcare hit
SOUTHERN tourists were blamed for a critical shortage of medical services in the Tweed Shire.
Flashback: State sand war of words
THE Ahern Government placed a high price on providing data vital to solving the Tweed River entrance problems.
Flashback: The CJC council hearings
THE first Criminal Justice Commission hearings into alleged official misconduct in councils were closed to the public and held weeks before elections.
Flashback: Thieves meet their match
IT was a day of high crime for the Gold Coast and Tweed regions as two would-be thieves met their match in locals.
Flashback: Population cap debate
IT was the year 2000 but the Gold Coast City Council’s attention was turned to the future of the region.
Flashback: The Soviet Union’s fall
CHRISTMAS is normally a quiet time of year but back in 1991 it was anything but uneventful as the Soviet Union fell after nearly seven decades
Flashback: Couple’s ruff justice
A PIMPAMA couple used their German shepherd to hunt down an armed criminal after penny pinching senior police refused to call in the dog squad.
Flashback: The 1998 gold rush
IT was the gold rush every Australian hoped for when Gold Coaster Grant Hackett made a splash at the 1998 World Aquatic Championships in Perth
Flashback: Police rampage probe
A GOVERNMENT taskforce investigating a rampage by police footballers failed to interview any Gold Coast officers according to a senior officer.
Flashback: PM Keating takes reins
THE wait was over and Paul Keating was finally Prime Minister after successfully defeating Bob Hawke in a caucus spill for the Labor leadership.
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