Mayor demands critic ‘get your credit card out’

As a valued reader of the Gold Coast Bulletin, here is an exclusive look at tomorrow’s front and back pages tonight.

The Gold Coast Bulletin's front and back pages.

As a valued reader of the Gold Coast Bulletin, here is an exclusive look at tomorrow’s front and back pages tonight.

IN THE CCC-LEAR

The Gold Coast’s Mayor has blasted his critics in a scathing attack after being cleared of inappropriate conduct by the state’s corruption watchdog over the controversial sale of Bruce Bishop Carpark and Black Swan Lake.

A 13-month CCC investigation into the council’s controversial handling of Black Swan Lake and the $48 million sale of Bruce Bishop carpark found “no evidence of corrupt conduct”.

Speaking exclusively to the Gold Coast Bulletin yesterday, Cr Tate and council chief executive Dale Dickson both took aim at Save Surfers Paradise Inc (SSPI) boss Deborah Kelly, demanding a public apology and for her group to cough up more than $250,000 in legal fees.

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PAYNE AND GAIN

AND IN SPORT, NRL sensation Payne Haas has assured Brisbane he will “never stuff-up again” and has vowed to repay the club’s faith for not sacking him by helping break the longest premiership drought in Broncos history.

The Keebra Park product has broken his silence to detail his six months of anguish over off-field events that triggered NRL and police investigations, court appearances and left the 19-year-old in danger of having his $3.4 million Broncos contract torn up.

The 118kg prop explains why he did not fully comply with an NRL integrity unit probe and how his disabled brother Chase, who suffered spinal cord damage as a toddler, is driving his quest to succeed in the NRL.

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