Mermaid Beach

Renting

What price for a beach lifestyle? Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast smash records

Across 18 sought-after suburbs in south-east Queensland, weekly rent will now set you back $1000 or more.

9 months ago
Sarah Webb

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Australian rules footballer Samuel Brown died in hospital after being found on the side of a Gold Coast road with severe head injuries in 2012.

Courts

Samuel Brown died in 2012. Twelve years later, a coroner has determined what probably happened

Young Gold Coast footballer Samuel Brown, 20, was found on the side of a highway with severe head injuries. He died in hospital the next day.

March 7, 2024
Cloe Read

This Mermaid Beach apartment is for sale.

Luxury property

The seven best luxury homes on the market right now

Whether you’re looking for a high-end inner-city abode or an estate in the countryside, there’s something for everyone in this line-up of some of Australia’s best prestige homes.

April 27, 2023
Kate Farrelly

Sunshine Beach, a suburb of Noosa, is just $50 away for from becoming Queensland’s first $3 million suburb, the latest Domain House Price Report figures show.

Queensland residential property

Queensland’s first $3 million suburb is just one pineapple away

As cashed-up buyers escape the rat race, new data shows there are now 88 suburbs across the Sunshine State with a median house price of $1 million or more.

February 12, 2022
Ellen Lutton

The intersection of the Gold Coast Highway and Dudley Street in the Gold Coast suburb of Mermaid Beach.

Traffic incident

Child critical, teen seriously injured after both hit by vehicles

The two boys, aged 5 and 13, were hit in separate incidents within 10 minutes of each other on Monday.

December 24, 2019
Toby Crockford

The male patron's heroic act using a pub stool left the robber disorientated.

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Crime

Pub patron whacks machete-wielding robber over head with stool on Gold Coast

The patron and a staff member later chased the crook out of the pub and wrestled the stolen money off him.

July 5, 2019
Toby Crockford

Road safety

Cyclist punched by random jogger as woman fights for life after crashing into pole, police say

The woman remains in a critical condition and a man has been charged over the alleged cyclist attack after separate incidents on south-east Queensland roads.