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Jane carroll in her Commonwealth games opening ceremony seats that cost $2500 and had an obstructed view
Confidential

Is this opening ceremony view worth $500?

AN angry family who spent $2500 on premium tickets to the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games opening ceremony are still waiting for answers after their views were almost totally blocked by production equipment and their requests to move were rejected.

GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 15:  Peter Beattie makes a speach during the Closing Ceremony for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games at Carrara Stadium on April 15, 2018 on the Gold Coast, Australia.  (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)
OpinionQLD News

In defence of Peter Beattie

WE just staged a spectacularly successful Commonwealth Games, hosting thousands of athletes and officials, and many, many more visitors. Sure there were some transport snags, and issues with the closing ceremony, but the good far outweighed the bad, writes Paul Syvret.

The Queensland Government will formally hand over the Parklands Development to the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC) to transform the site into the Commonwealth Games Village . The occasion will also mark the launch of the brand and emblem for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) Village and reveal the first street name for the precinct. GOLDOC Chairman Peter Beattie AC and CEO Mark Peters will be joined by Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games diving gold medallist Domonic Beddgood and Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.Picture: NIGEL HALLETT
AnalysisConfidential

Beattie-Palaszczuk cold war brewing for months

THE cold war had been simmering for months, with Palaszczuk ministers convinced they were being tailed by Games foot soldiers. In such a climate of mistrust, even Borobi might have been a Peter Beattie mole, writes Steven Wardill.

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Commonwealth Games - 2018. Barry Hall and Lauren Brant at the the Longines Records Club.Picture: NIGEL HALLETT

Big issue dividing Lauren and Barry

LIFE’S been good for celebrity couple Barry Hall and Lauren Brant since they hooked up after I’m a Celebrity… Get me Out of Here! but there’s one thing the couple say they simply can’t agree on.

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