AS IT HAPPENED: Weekend of drama as Coast went to the polls
There was nastiness at poll centres, and some big surprises when the counts started to emerge. Catch up on how we covered the elections on the Gold Coast.
Council Election
Surprising assumption about Gold Coast voters
Every election, politicians of all stripes make this assumption about Gold Coast voters. And every election they’re proven wrong, writes Keith Woods.
Candidate accused of declaring poll win too early
BROOKE Patterson is being accused of calling victory too early in the hotly contested division of Southport, as two rivals launch a stinging attack on her.
‘We’ve won this thing, thanks everyone’
Council candidate Brooke Patterson has declared victory, while other divisional battles are still too close to call.
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Revealed: Amazing revamp planned for Coast street
The streets around one of the Gold Coast’s most popular suburban shopping centres will be transformed under a newly unveiled plan.
Clash over major tourism project
Candidates have clashed over a major Gold Coast hinterland tourism project, with mayoral hopeful Mona Hecke saying it ‘doesn’t stack up’.
Gold Coast crime wave: Our worst suburbs
We have a council poll and a Currumbin by-election. Candidates are talking about hooning, bikies and theft. Does the Gold Coast really have a crime wave? If it does, where is it?
Poll sign warfare: Hundreds of corflutes missing and smashed
Councillor urges candidates to ‘play a clean game’ after hundreds of council election signs are being vandalised each night across the Gold Coast.
‘Completely inappropriate’: Candidate speaks out on festival
A Gold Coast city council candidate has said a controversial beach festival should never have been approved as she pushes to save “dying” businesses in the city’s south.
Business owners ‘afraid to speak out’ over council action
Council action against cafes and restaurants has been branded ‘unfair’ – but owners are said to be too afraid to take speak out.
‘We’re independent’: Candidates reveal their political allegiances
A Facebook campaign highlighting so-called independents standing in the Gold Coast election has pushed candidates to announce their position.
Veteran councillor causing election friction
Veteran Southport councillor is playing a bigger role in the election than expected, upsetting other candidates and causing a row online.
Ground zero in Coast’s development debate
Developers are keen to get their hands on this land, but locals say it will cause traffic chaos. Now a council candidate has made it a key election issue.
How candidate plans to win your vote
Light rail, carparking and building heights are among the major issues, according to a Gold Coast candidate who firmly believes this election tactic is a winner.
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