Shock report reveals major risks in oceanway build
GOLD Coast City Council consultants have identified eight major risks in extending the controversial oceanway south of Surfers Paradise, including...
Gold Coast council to re-advertise for CEO position after shock resignation
Gold Coast City Council will re-advertise for its chief executive position after the sudden resignation of David Edwards last week, with the...
Gold Coast budget: What CEO exit means for the city
THE Gold Coast City’s Council’s $1.7 billion budget will be delivered without a CEO as councillors determined how to fill the vacancy after the...
Gold Coast City Council CEO resigns for health reasons
Just weeks into the job, Gold Coast City Council chief executive David Edwards has resigned.
Huge pothole tears apart cars on Gold Coast road
MOTORISTS forced to plough vehicles through a huge pothole scarring a Gold Coast road have reported lost bumpers, banged up rims, flat tyres and...
Revealed: Surprise reaction to City Plan height changes
ABOUT one third of residents in the Gold Coast suburbs which are hot spots for high rise increases are supportive of changes by council after...
Cruise ship terminal plan leaves Coast a city divided
IT’S a tough gig running the second largest local government in the country – no matter the decision, there’s almost inevitably going to be some...
EXCLUSIVE: New council CEO takes personal leave days after starting job
DAYS after the Gold Coast City Council’s new CEO took the chair he has taken time off on leave.
Pop-ups and PTs: Businesses slam ’frustrating’ park fees
POP-UP picnic business owners are frustrated they are being slugged more than $100 for every event they set up, yet personal trainers using the...
Why ocean pools debate has torn the Gold Coast apart
IT’S a tough gig running the second largest local government in the country – no matter the decision, there’s almost inevitably going to be some...
‘Just ridiculous’: Council calls that stunned Gold Coast
IT’S a tough gig running the second largest local government in the country – no matter the decision, there’s almost inevitably going to be some...
First interview with new Gold Coast City Council CEO David Edwards
In his first media interview since being named new Gold Coast City Council CEO, David Edwards talks the Olympics, eco-tourism on the Glitter Strip...
Revealed: Controversies that rocked the Gold Coast
IT’S a tough gig running the second largest local government in the country – no matter the decision, there’s almost inevitably going to be some...
Troubled waters: New Coast CEO’s controversial family concern
Gold Coast City Council’s new $600,000-a-year chief executive has close family links to controversial water mining next to World Heritage-listed...
‘Disturbing’: Plan to boost Gold Coast’s reputation slammed
SEVERAL city councillors have launched an attack on a planned $5.4 million “reputation strategy”.
Residents call for ‘jail time’ over damaged Coast tree
A GOLD Coast City councillor says she is “disgusted” after a developer and planners put in danger an historic Norfolk Pine at Burleigh Heads.
Residential road repairs slashed by council
THE Gold Coast City Council plans to save at least $400 million in the next 20 years by not upgrading some residential roads and putting suburban...
Lifeguard centre named after ‘quintessential Gold Coaster’
A BURLEIGH Heads lifeguard centre will be named after one of the Gold Coast’s most high-profile lifesavers after a council vote on Friday.
Fate of historic Norfolk Pine decided
AN HISTORIC Norfolk Pine at Burleigh has been protected after a council vote on Friday.
LIVE: Gold Coast’s first 2021 council meeting
GOLD Coast City councillors have returned to council chambers for the first time in 2021.
Coast Australia Day events scrapped
COVID-19 fears have forced the Gold Coast City Council to scrap traditional Australia Day celebrations next Tuesday.
New TAFE at centre of student limit stoush
A major developer has accused Gold Coast City Council of limiting access to education after it launched legal action against a cap on the number of...
Development flop: Suburb turned into ‘bomb site’
A Gold Coast City councillor and business leaders have called for a review of a major plan designed to fast-track mega development in the city’s...
Not happy! Social media turf war erupts on Coast
COUNCILLORS are feeling cut to bits when it comes to persistent grumbling over grass on the Gold Coast.
Revealed: What Coast councillors cost ratepayers this year
GOLD Coast councillors have cost ratepayers more than $122,000 in expenses in the past financial year a new report reveals.
EXCLUSIVE: Senior staffer lodges corruption complaint against council CEO
THE Crime and Corruption Commission is investigating corruption allegations against Gold Coast City Council CEO Dale Dickson after a complaint was...
FULL LIST: Gold Coast’s top 10 dog breeds
THOSE who got a furry friend as a present for Christmas are being reminded by the Gold Coast City Council to get their dog registered.
‘Bizarre’ poison attack on prominent palm trees
THE Gold Coast City Council is investigating the poisoning of five palm trees in Helensvale.
’Bizarre’ poison attack on well-known palm trees
THE Gold Coast City Council is investigating the poisoning of five palm trees in Helensvale.
10 giant projects shaking up Gold Coast cityscape
THE Gold Coast is the second fastest growing city in the country and the population is projected to boom to at least one million by 2041.