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🛟 Local lifeguard industrial action | 3 GC suburbs make hot 100 | Dreamworld ends tiger interactions | World's rarest whale dissected | Southport's new hotel | Brisbane 2032 feedback opens and more!

Dreamworld ends human interactions with tigers

Wrap up the year with a lifesaving gift on the Gold Coast

Local lifeguards plan industrial action, Queensland beaches face disruption

Three GC suburbs join Hot 100 list

Southport welcomes city’s newest hotel

{UPDATED}Search and rescue mission launched in Carrasa for missing man

Public submissions open for 2032 Games Review

First round of artists revealed for 2025 Gympie Muster line-up

📹 GC wedding videographer fined | Tram progress | #1 complained about ad of 2024 | Star Casino suspension | Amazon's $100m Voltron movie | Dorothy's $28,000,000.00 slipper sale and heaps more

Videographer fined $7500 after leaving newlyweds in the lurch

Star wins three-month break from suspension

$100m Voltron movie starts shooting on Coast

Dig into the holidays: 12 Days of fun at Dig IT

⌨️ Top 25 Wiki'd articles of 2024 | BYD's Southport arrival | GC’s popularity with big city residents drops | Trump's NASA pick | McPherson electorate makes history | Meta goes nuclear and heaps more!

Protect your generosity from fake charities this Giving Season

A breath of fresh air for Gold Coast politics

GC slips in popularity with big city dwellers

SEE Group named GC Business of Year

Compassion in action: stories of volunteers

Firm hopes sodium battery to replace lithium

Rebecca Frizelle inducted into Hall of Fame

Christmas cheer at Odyssey night markets

Wild Christmas magic at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary

BYD arrives on the Gold Coast this December

Airspace unlocked for faster Drone Operations

30% of Aussies fooled by fake sites, Gen Z leads

Coomera Urbana Village - The ambitious 720 unit development

Harmony’s starry night of recognition and celebration at The Star GC

🛩️ Dates announced, 2025 Pacific Airshow | Lower Beechmont Centre Grand Opening | GC earns AACTA film festival sequel | NVIDIA's breakthrough AI | Matildas vs. Brazil on the GC and heaps more!

UNIQLO brings global fashion to Robina Town Centre

2025 Pacific Airshow Set for Take-Off With Dates Announced

Lower Beechmont Community Centre Grand Opening

Experience QT Gold Coast's Gingerland QTea High Tea and candy emporium, until 31 Dec 2024, with festive treats and gingerbread magic.

Sporting fanatics converge on Carrara

Gold Coast earns AACTA film festival sequel

Clear Sky Financial joins Lifeblood’s festive campaign in Robina, inspiring donations to save lives this Christmas season.

Attwood Marshall Lawyers supports Coolangatta SLSC with funding for rescue gear and training.

Gold Coast hosts record-breaking AusRAIL 2024

😮 Last week's poll results | Snapper Rocks to Rainbow Bay masterplan | Profits cool for local product maker | Robot security dogs and more!

Star Group acquires Rydges Gold Coast Airport Hotel

Profits cooling for cooling products maker

Missing local teen found dead

Hallmarks sells The Spotted Cow

Tamborine Mountain Glades shines at Tourism Awards

🏨 Luxury Burleigh hotel to open | Moncrieff's search for new Federal member | Donald Trump poll | Hinterland festive events | GC pub fight | Surfer sees Emperor Penguin | Raygun retires and more!

Politics as usual drives Moncrieff Residents to seek Independent Candidate

Pub fight rolls on

Luxury hotel set to open in Burleigh

Night-time horse racing becomes Magic

QIC Real Estate launches ‘Joy Bringers’ to spread Christmas cheer

Mamas Down Under: Building connections for Expat mothers

Madison de Rozario to headline Brisbane’s International Women's Day event

Bird Week takes flight at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary

Festive events in the Gold Coast Hinterland

💊 Pill testing for Schoolies | Trump's win and what it means for AI regulation | $39m NDIS affiliated cash betting scandal | Gilmour's first orbital launch permit and more!

Australian Track and Field Stars for Coles Community Round

Australia’s Space breakthrough with Gilmour’s First Orbital launch permit

Pill testing approved for Schoolies party

Receivers appointed after $39m gambling spree

Pimpama boy, 13, is missing

Hydraulink sponsors jerseys for students’ self-funded League and cultural tour

Queensland welcomes the World’s best celebrity Tribute Show

🔋GC's new lithium and EV factory | Top hinterland markets | Titan's release Tanah Boyd | Apple's M4 unveiled | Autonomous semi-trailers | A ghostly game and more!

$20 million electric vehicle charger factory opens

The best local markets in the hinterland

Gold Coast shines bright for Star

Knives seized and two men charged

Record-breaking Telecom Review highlights rural needs

GC500 helmets race to auction for Breast Cancer support

🌭 Democracy sausage finder | GC500 | AI chatbot dog collar | ASIC strips timeshare company licence | A NZ airport bans hugging and more!

Ronald McDonald House Charities: Turning dreams into reality

ASIC strips timeshare company of licence

City revs up for Supercar carnival

Two charged over petrol station raids

Spot a Sawfish, Save a Species

Mudgeeraba Early Childhood Centre Named Finalist at 2024 Gold Coast Business Awards

🚠 Springbrook Cableway | Amazon invest in nuclear | GC's oil and gas company strapped for cash | 2024 Asia Power Index | Gold Coast economy #1 in Australia and more!

SUNS win Noble battle

Join the rush to avoid the election rush

Gold Coast’s economy growing fastest in nation

Icon Energy running out of gas

First look inside Bluey’s World

Halliday Wine Companion Announces Top 100 Wines 2024

A Community Hero recognised for dedication

Bloody Good Tour Hits the Gold Coast

🚕 Tesla's Robotaxi reveal | Duo stabbed in Surfers | SEQ fire ant emergency | Pimpama tops QLD's #1 suburb | Historic Open House Festival | Winston Churchill's Monet wash and more!

Fire Ant Emergency: Urgent bait expansion needed in Queensland

Five multi-dwelling hinterland properties to live the village life in

Pimpama properties prove popular

Gaze at a gobful of glamour

Toowoomba duo stabbed on Gold Coast

World Champion surfer Layne Beachley AO at AusRAIL 2024

Pipi Swimwear for Safe and Sunny Adventures

📉 GC industrial leasing struggles | NDIS bans sex work and cuddle therapy | Kelly Slater's seaweed shirt | QLD coastal safety stats| 100-year extinct bird found and more!

Man charged in relation to multiple robberies

PSST! Want to buy a cheap high-rise apartment tower?

Industrial leasing markets shows signs of weakness

Men’s mental health app innerBoy launched in Australia

Seniors Month in the Hinterland

🚉 Car on tram tracks | New GC mental health unit | Meta's Orion AR glasses | A new art gallery showcasing work by people with dementia | Australia Day reinstated | Mozart's lost music and more!

$122.7m hospital expansion nears completion

New Gold Coast art gallery showcases unique works by people living with dementia

Tourism spikes in Queensland

Baz Luhrmann calls Gold Coast home

Salvos need volunteers ahead of disaster season

Major Aussie Company expands focus on Northern QLD with New Acquisition

Gold Coast Star Helena Merten Brings Cirque du Soleil’s LUZIA Home

💵 Aussie average salary cracks $100k | Weapon scans expand to shopping centres | Spring school holiday fun ideas | Six new baby koalas at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary and more!

The Australian Koala Foundation urges people to raise their voices this September

Man Faces Gun Smuggling Charges

Doctors urge parents to be vigilant with further Invasive Meningococcal Disease infections expected early Spring

Name the baby koalas

Ram-raiders escape with cash

Swooping into the spring school holidays

Jack’s Law Expands: Weapon Scans Begin on the Gold Coast

Jetstar Unveils New Gold Coast to New Zealand Routes, Boosting Low-Cost Travel

🏢 The GC on the cusp on an apartment shortage | Rare footage of a young hairy-nosed wombat | Facing cancer with confidence on the | A report on the worst sewage spill in the city's history and more!

Apartment pipeline set to dwindle

Sewage spill leaves little harm

McCormack Industries teams up with Digga Australia

Australian Government bans genetic discrimination in life insurance: A big win for preventive health

Camp Blue Brings Australia’s #1 School Holiday Program to the Gold Coast This Spring

Rewiring Australia’s Dr Saul Griffith in Queensland for Electrify Everything events in Brisbane and on the Gold Coast

Facing cancer with confidence on the Gold Coast

Christine Wren James and Stephen James Honoured for Dedication to MCCGC’s Coffee, English, and Friends Program

⛳️ Green light for local golf club redevelopment | Canva raises subscription prices 300% | The Austinville Spring Fair returns | World Cup qualified on the GC tonight and more!

The Skin Centre earns health honours

Robina match holds key to World Cup dream

Scanlon green lights golf club redevelopment

The Austinville Spring Fair returns

Gold Coast and Tweed over-50s athletes prove age no barrier in GemLife Games

New research discovers why adults like walking to work

Gold Coast Marine Jobs & Careers Expo: Final Exhibitor Update

🛥️ Marine jobs expo is back | Mark Wahlberg in Oxenford | Cafes open on the GC Show public holiday in the Hinterland | Google's mega data centre rejected and more!

Gold Coast Marine Jobs & Careers Expo 2024

From Mount Isa to Mooloolaba-making a difference across Queensland

Four teens arrested after stolen car crashes.

Former financial adviser Ben Jayaweera jailed for 12 years for fraud

Wahlberg spotted filming at Oxenford

Hinterland cafes open this Gold Coast Show public holiday

🏡 5 GC suburbs hit $2m median | Classic car show in the hinterland | Urgent call for local blood donors | Happy Gilmore 2 casting chaos | GC reconnects with HK and more!

Long before Farmer Wants a Wife, Country Dances Made Love Matches for the Ages

Classic Car Show & Markets in the Hinterland

Gold Coast property prices soar even higher

Crime blitz nets 42 people on 115 offences

Gold Coast Airport to Reconnect with Hong Kong: Hong Kong Airlines Launches Seasonal Service

Urgent Appeal for Blood and Plasma Donations on the Gold Coast Amid Record Cancellations

Julian Wilson, legendary Queensland surfer announces comeback

🛩️ Pacific Air Show is here | Raygun the immortal | Corrupt Winamp skin finds | Greenmount trees cut down for mega-development | Elon Musk's unhinged AI image generator and more!

Six beautiful family homes for sale in the hinterland for less than $1 million

Ashy Bines reveals health setback

Mother charged with daughter’s murder

Well known Gold Coast Coach wins prestigious Business xCellence Award

🏗️ VAILO to build a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility on the GC | Banksy's two new murals | Local Landcare Week and more!

Local 15-year-old entrepreneur's newest pursuit

Landcare Week on the Gold Coast

Appeal for witnesses: Grievous bodily harm incident, Burleigh Heads

Team to help homeless in Gold Coast

VAILO to set up manufacturing plan in city

Giving thanks to dedicated carers on Aged Care Employee Day

🚒 Rural Fire Service Week | $1m doesn't buy you beachside (anymore) | Olympic gold | Nexus signs with Sony | Komodo dragons found to have iron-plated teeth and more!

Rural Fire Service Week: Celebrating Our Volunteers

Only got $1 million? Then say goodbye to the beach

Dangerous Driving Charges

Missing Gold Coast Woman

Nexus joins Cobra Kai’s family

Xero Hit by Major Global Outage: AWS Issues to Blame

🇦🇺🥇 21 GCers to compete in Paris | Boeing sets 2032 Brisbane target for air taxis | CrowdStrike global IT meltdown incident review release | Tesla to start using humanoids and more

Crowdstrike releases Preliminary Post Incident Review Executive Summary on last week's global disruption

Police Search Creek for Missing Woman

Charges Laid in Alleged Telegram ‘Pump and Dump’ Conspiracy

Get to the Chopper! Student Wins Flight to School

🏊 21 Gold Coasters Line Up at Olympics

Gold Coast properties with views of the entire city for sale right now

Family of missing Tweed Heads man last seen around Currumbin Valley/Cobaki call for greater action and support

Winner of Cooperative Research Australia’s Early Career Researcher (ECR) Competition has been announced

This Sunday is the final Scenic Rim Farm Gate Trail of the year

New Burleigh childcare centre to be unveiled by leading early childhood educator

🎧 Dyson drops headphones | QUT study finds GC #1 for film | The world's rarest whale that's never been seen alive | GC's dog poo bag problem | Google's mega $34b cybersecurity buy and more!

The 30th Gold Coast V8 Race - Fans Rev Up

Hope Island Boat Builder Faces Fraud Charge

Gold Coast Dog Poo Dilemma: A Stinky Problem on the Rise

🎿 The price of a Perisher lift ticket | 3300 GCer's tackle Kokoda | Tugun's Bowlapalooza Comp | Uber Yachts | A new $12m local parcel centre | School holiday to-dos and more!

Qld lender Firstmac breached laws

3330 Gold Coasters tackle Kokoda Challenge

Australia Post opens $12m parcel facility on the Gold Coast

Festival of Small Halls Winter Tour comes to the Gold Coast

🗡️ Gladiator 2 | Tallebudgera’s 10-bedroom mansion | Doyle's Art Exhibition | @nicks35's Skeg Report | Hinterland winter escapes | Nexus wins award and more!

The Doyles Art Award and Exhibition finishing this week

A Wood-Fired Hot Tub Under the Stars, Mountains, Lakes and Farmstays – this is Winter in the Scenic Rim

Who wants to be a billionaire?

Go up the creek with a paddle

Nexus Sports Nutrition sports new Award

Santa in July? Absolutely!

🤑 Meet the GC's $5m man | Pablo Escobar's abandoned hippos | Tourism Giant invests big in The Spit | Ex GC student wins PGA Championship Major | The newest 100-foot super maxi and more!

Fatal motorbike crash, Paradise Point

Tourism giant invests in The Spit

Meet the Gold Coast’s $5 million man

Gold Coast Marathon - Road Closures

👔 CEO sleep-out | 2000-year-old wine discovered | Saltwater Creek local help needed | Nerang woman wins $21m | Winter Workshops in the Hinterland and more!

For the love of Art: Winter workshops in the Hinterland

CEOs sleeping Together for a Cause

Nerang woman Wins $21 million

Witnesses wanted for hit and run

Fatal house fire at Robina

Ramsay lifts lid on GC alcohol detox program

Recognising Excellence in Allied Health and Disability

Relieving Urban Pressures at Saltwater Creek - Help Needed

🚔 The first Cyber Truck police vehicle | QLD and GC budgets in a nutshell | Baseline Active shuts up shop | Gambling with credit cards banned and more!

The 2024-2025 City of Gold Coast budget in a nutshell

Ashy Bines closes Baseline business

QUEENSLAND BUDGET 2024

Police seek help to solve Crime Spree

Attwood Marshall Lawyers Opens New Southport Office

The famous Winter Harvest Festival is now a FULL WEEKEND

Gold Coast surfing legend Mark Richardson to thank life-saving blood donors this National Blood Donor Week.

🦈 Dangerous Animals local filming | GC blackspot claims another | Walsh knocked out | The Mudgeeraba Show | Buddy Franklin's Gold Coast mansion for sale and more!

Queensland Dominates Despite Walsh Knockout

Long live the Mudgeeraba Agricultural Show

Gr8 Health founder earns industry acclaim

Traffic blackspot claims another victim

Dangerous Animals filmed on Gold Coast

🔪 New QLD knife laws | Hinterland's top 6 hidden cafes | The Pizza Meter | GC Memory Walk | Local Dynamic Hydro wins awards and more!

Dynamic Hydro blows away the competition

Police start knife fight in lead up to new laws

38 more cops for Gold Coast

The best kid friendly cafes in the hinterland for your next ‘Play and Sip’

Gold Coast Memory Walk & Jog: A Community United Against Dementia

Bridging the Digital Divide: A New Era for Australians with Disabilities

Just Cuts Stylist Courtney Currie Raises Funds for Blood Cancer Families

🛟$125m for surf clubs | Happy Gilmore 2 | Four hinterland properties for sale | Urgent Care Clinic for Southport | World record feather sale | #girlmath gets an F | $25m paid to deepfake CFO a more!

Four luxury hinterland lifestyle retreats currently on the market

Cash splash makes surf safer

Health injection for GC

Popularity pains for GC commuters

RACV Royal Pines Resort Elevates Conference Experience with Cutting-Edge Tech

Dedicated VMR Volunteer Donates Boat for Auction Fundraising

☔️ BOM officially announces La Niña "watch" | GC's whitespot outbreak saga | Local Lions Club celebrates 40 years | Epic Aurora shots | Broady building sells for $10.8m and more!

The Lions Club of Mudgeeraba celebrates 40 years of community service

Mudgeeraba Parkrun supports DV Prevention Month

White spot saga creates potential Budget black hole

Helensvale firm loses financial licence

Iconic waterfront building sells for $10 million

As Winter Nears, Queensland Drivers Urged to Prioritise Vehicle Lighting Checks

Raelene Boyle going for gold at Ride for Hayley today at Robina Town Centre

Black Hops brewing liquidation | Corporate policeman ping GC’s Qoin owner | Last week's EV poll results | 3G network shutdown | HECS debt relief | Met Gala ticket prices and more!

Corporate plod pings Qoin owner

RFG settles big cake Case

G8 Says: "Things Look Great, Mate!"

Fun for all ages: the Mudgeeraba Street Party and Parade is back!

Submissions for Gold Coast art award closing soon

Sooshi Mango’s Home Made Tour: Australian Comedy Returns with a Bang

Australia From Above: A Veteran PHOTOGRAPHER Stunning Aerial Snapshots

Dig IT on Tamborine Mountain turns ONE in May!

Walking for Transport May Extend Lifespan of Older Australians

🩺 Tweed Hospital to close permanently | GC crypto scam charges | Maternal mental health | Flotsam Festival 2024 | An AI 'ex' remover | Property prices push QLDers over the border and more!

Gold Coast prices drive buyers South

Budget Bonza Bellyflops its Landing

Rebuilding the village: Nurturing maternal mental health on the Gold Coast

Flotsam Festival Launches for 2024: 12 Days of Gold Coast Film and Photo

GC's worst environmental disaster in history | Jail-time for dangerous dog owners | ANZAC Day services | Meta's AI, you can't opt-out | Mudgeeraba Village Arts and Crafts Collective update and more!

Anzac Day Services in the Hinterland

Crafting a new chapter: the Mudgeeraba Village Arts and Crafts Collective bids farewell to its current locale

Operation Whiskey Legion to saturate Gold Coast hotspots

GC reports Worst Environmental Disaster in History

Greater Gold Coast High School Students Receive Harding Miller Scholarships

Memory Walk & Jog is heading to the Gold Coast!

Bacchus Restaurant X Witches Falls Winery

Heart of Health and Disability Unveils Exciting Lineup for Inaugural Conference

Bowls Club Rolls Out Chaplaincy Support for Patrons

💰 Massive reward to solve GC mystery | BOM increase La Niña odds | Broadbeach rents bigger than Toorak | Kelly Slater's retirement | Apple's 2025 M4 chips | Gold Coast boat show and more!

Student pilot has lucky Escape

Rents more expensive than Toorak

Gold Coast Gears Up for Boat Show

Massive Reward Offered to Solve 30-Year Mystery

Scenic Rim Eat Local Month 2024

Apple's 2025 M4 Chips Reportedly Set to Enhance AI Capabilities

Andy Scott's Arrival at the Scenic Rim Clydesdale Spectacular

🦪 Oyster invasion | Spaceport launch | Local legal questions answered | Seniors' month grants | The Matrix 5 | Teens charged with assault | Elon announces a Robotaxi and more!

Queensland Seniors' Month Grants closing soon

Find answers to legal woes

Trio of teens charged with assault

Gold Coast brothers launch spaceport

Molly and Peggy saga draws to a close

International Cake Show Australia

Park life: why urban green spaces are just as important as natural reserves

Magpie translation app | Northern GC suburbs land outperforms beachside | A new species found on the GC | Australia's war machine ramps up | SWELL Festival's Waterlines and more!

Northern suburbs outperform beachside

Pilots walk away from emergency landing

Book your FREE Flu shots

SWELL Sculpture’s Waterlines makes waves in the hinterland

Landmark real estate agency to close | Easter school holiday happenings | Kids banned from social media | Local childcare giant settles case | Devin, the world's first AI engineer and more!

Easter school holiday happenings in the Hinterland

Gold Coast braces for Easter crowd

Landmark real estate agency to close

Childcare giant settles case

Faster Rail project moves slowly ahead

Valuation NSW extends Graduate program

Have the Best Day Ever in the Dirt at DIG IT these school holidays!

🛫 New GC Airport Route | Storyfest Returns | Tate and Gates win big | James Bond actor announced | An Antarctic post office is hiring | Coomera Connector Interactive Map and more!

Budget Bonza brings GC bonanza

Second man on murder charge

Tate and Gates in dates with destiny

Story tellers return to Mudgeeraba for the annual Somerset Storyfest

Disrupter Virtual Expo: Unleashing Opportunities for Australian Businesses

🗳️The GC votes | Local landmark renamed | Coomera's high-rise ambitions | US to ban TikTok | Interest rates hiked | QLD legislation criminalising coercive control | Meta x Ray-ban and more!

Coercive control has finally been criminalised

Gold Coast landmark renamed

Towers for Coomera

Remember to VOTE

Australian hero Robbie Maddison and The FREESTYLE KINGS Hitting CBUS Stadium this Saturday

Two new local contributors to The GC Minute

🥷Surging car thefts | Apple ditches EV pursuit | Kia gets a ute | Screen time hitting toddlers hard | Tackling domestic violence in the hinterland | Commbank to shut every Bankwest branch and more!

Unlocking Vision: Solar Panels in the Retina

Where entertainment meets business: A Conversation with Gold Coast producer Phil Bathols

How you can help end domestic violence in our community

From novice to notable: The Doyles Art Award entries are open

Car thefts are up 11% in the norther Gold Coast

A toy maker’s big secret: GC company scores celebrity deal

Boiler room bust: Five on fraud charges

Sauce of inspiration: Grant win leads to expansion

Gold Coast Turf Club Shines with Ronald McDonald House Charities Gala

🥳 The GC Minute turns 1 | Introducing two local contributors | 2024 GC property to soar | Sora text-to-video AI | Leap year facts| GC Aussie of the year award nominations | Floating rugby and more!

Manufacturers stealing tourism’s limelight

Property prices soar into 2024

Motorway Congestion fix is coming Slowly

Tornado Clean-up nears Completion

🚭 QLD strata smoking bans | $55m for local GC space company | New Battery Booster Program | Game of Thrones spinoff to start | Pro surfers join forces with property executives and more!

Pro Surfers Join Property Executives in Wipeout Dementia

A Tired Mum’s Guide to Great Playgrounds in the Gold Coast Hinterland

GC Waterways Authority Spit Master Plan | Big QLD venture capital deal | GC election candidates list | Bitcoin hits $1 trillion | Gamified house cleaning with Apple VR and more!

Renowned Chefs Chris and Alex Norman to Elevate The Paddock Dining Experience at Beechmont Estate

Tram line grants | AACTA lands on the GC | Yacht race naming rights | New vehicle fuel efficiency rules | Backburning worsens forest fires | World's first cybrothel | Atlassian's $1b quarter and more!

GC hits $1m house median | Pacific Airshow is back | Endless Summer turns 60 | GC Local Election Poll | New beer taxes start today | The first human to get a computer-brain interface and heaps more!

Spit development tender opens | Illegal rubbish dumping fines | GC Council votes green over housing at Arundel Hills Country Club | 🇦🇺 Australia Day events | Steve Jobs' super yacht arrives and more

🌀 Another QLD cyclone to form | GC rental prices top the nation | The BTC ETF Listing | Australia to hit 27 million people on Australia Day | 'Top Gun 3' green-lit, Free $50 vouchers and more!

🍺The Scottish Prince Hits the Market as Iconic Gold Coast Venue Goes Up for Sale

Towards Tourism 2032 | SEQ Oyster Thieves | Electric Motocross Embraced | Yearling Sale Records Smashed | Starlink's Space-based Phone Towers | GC Weather Alerts and more!

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Bitcoin ETF Rumour Shakes Crypto Market

💰Extra Storm Assistance Announced | GC Big Bash Final | Burleigh Single Fin Fest | AirBnB Booking Cancellations | A Human Beat Tetris | Tesla Drivers Have The Highest Accident Rate and more!