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Patrons enjoy a drink at the Kurrawa Beach Club over summer.

Push for more beach bars as more than 12,000 visit Gold Coast pop-up

The idea of beach bars has been refloated after Queensland’s tourism sector suffered a $12 billion blow in 2020 during the pandemic.

  • Felicity Caldwell

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Superintendent Michelle Francis Stenner leaves the Brisbane District Court a free woman on Friday.

Senior Gold Coast cop ‘not guilty’ of lying to CCC in nepotism inquiry

A District Court judge instructed the jury to acquit Superintendent Michelle Stenner of three counts of perjury on Friday.

  • Toby Crockford
The scene at Starbucks in Broadbeach after a car crashed into the popular coffee shop on Friday.

Car crashes into Starbucks coffee shop on Gold Coast

Nine ambulances responded to the incident and police were questioning the car driver.

  • Toby Crockford
Jessica Lee Heath.

Alleged Queensland hotel quarantine escapee’s 115km four-day jaunt

Jessica Lee Heath, 24, is accused of forcing open the glass door of her Gold Coast hotel quarantine room and fleeing.

  • Toby Crockford
A patient was taken to hospital after a crash.

Woman rushed to hospital after bicycle and truck crash

Police are warning of traffic on the Gold Coast Highway.

  • Jocelyn Garcia
Jake Jacobs, 32, is presumed dead off Broadbeach after a late-night swim in rough seas on Thursday.

Weatherman helps recover body of UK swimmer on Gold Coast

Luke Bradnam had just finished his on-air cross on Friday when he was alerted to a body in the water. That man was British gym instructor Jake Jacobs, 32.

  • Toby Crockford and Lydia Lynch
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Police search the shoreline at Broadbeach on Thursday night after a woman’s body washed up.

Gold Coast drowning: European woman’s body found, UK man presumed dead

The man and woman went for a night-time swim at Broadbeach. The woman’s body washed up while the man’s clothes were on the sand.

  • Toby Crockford and Jocelyn Garcia
Specialist critical care paramedics responded to the Morayfield incident, in which two men were hit by a car.

Man rescued hours after falling down a Gold Coast elevator shaft

The man spent the night in the shaft, only to be rescued when someone heard his calls for help early on Saturday.

  • Jocelyn Garcia
The scene of the tram and car crash in Broadbeach.

Woman threatened at gunpoint after stolen car slams into Gold Coast tram

An actor has revealed how he led a group of bystanders to perform a citizens' arrest on the man, who was armed with a gel blaster.

  • Toby Crockford
Zac Longfield remains in intensive care on the Gold Coast. 

Two charged as young man clings to life after Gold Coast fight

The 21-year-old victim was with friends when they got into an argument with another group before the disagreement turned violent.

  • Toby Crockford

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