Suicide at 13: Family’s plea after losing daughter
A grieving Gold Coast family who lost their 13-year-old daughter to suicide have described their nightmare, saying the system needs an urgent overhaul.
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Cosmetic nightmares: Gold Coast surgeries gone wrong
Reputable plastic surgeons and cosmetic experts are reporting a massive increase in Gold Coasters desperate to fix botched procedures which have resulted in “bizarre outcomes”. HERE’S WHAT THEY’VE DONE WRONG
‘He did so much’: Grief over death of local barber
A WAVE of grief has hit a tight- knit Gold Coast community following the death of a popular local barber and all round ‘good bloke’, nearly a month after he was injured in the surf at Burleigh Heads.
Schoolies behaving badly on Gold Coast
Schoolies gathered on the Gold Coast have been filmed riding police cars, fleeing officers and hosting balcony parties. WATCH
CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Schoolies behaving badly on Gold Coast
Wild footage captured during unofficial Gold Coast celebrations clinging to moving police cars, fleeing from officers, crowd-surfing and hosting raucous balcony dance parties. WATCH THE VIDEO
Gold Coast anti-vax hotspots a Covid risk
Medical boffins are hopeful the city’s improving immunisation rate will hold it in good stead when a vaccine for coronavirus eventually arrives.
‘It was horrific’: Warning after botched fencing job
A Gold Coast family is warning about the dangers of hiring contractors online after a botched fencing job cost them hundreds of dollars and destroyed their backyard.
‘Carribean Thor’ warns against false Schoolies security
A Surfers Paradise nightclub bouncer – dubbed “Caribbean Thor” – has warned parents against complacency when it comes to celebrating school leavers.
‘Big man with bigger heart’: Tributes for alleged fight victim
A man who died in the driveway of his Gold Coast home this week after an alleged fight with a neighbour has been remembered by devastated family as a “great man” with an “infectious personality”.
Coast tourism boss: ‘This year will go down as the worst’
Queensland has shut the border to Adelaide after its spike in coronavirus cases, rendering the biggest tourism campaign the Gold Coast has ever ran pointless.
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