‘Money grab': Dad's fury over robo-fine scheme
An Ormeau dad slapped with a $179 parking ticket while he watched his daughter play soccer from his car has slammed the city council's robo-fine...
‘Money grab’: Dad’s fury over robo-fine scheme
An Ormeau dad slapped with a $179 parking ticket while he watched his daughter play soccer from his car has slammed the city council’s robo-fine...
Councillor's ‘appalling' proposal for Gold Coast's homeless
A Queensland councillor wants to bring back a decades-old law which would make being homeless illegal.
Councillor’s ‘appalling’ proposal for Gold Coast’s homeless
A Queensland councillor wants to bring back a decades-old law which would make being homeless illegal.
Gold Coast city councillor makes pitch to bring back vagrancy laws to help with homelessness
A radical idea to bring back laws first passed back in 1931 would apply to people which state authorities “refuse to house”.
‘Appalling' proposal for homeless people
A Queensland councillor wants to bring back a decades-old law which would make being homeless illegal.
First of council's top dogs to exit named
The city's most experienced top bureaucrat is leaving council as a giant restructure of management starts in the Gold Coast's second-biggest...
First of council’s top dogs to exit named
The city’s most experienced top bureaucrat is leaving council as a giant restructure of management starts in the Gold Coast’s second-biggest...
‘Pretty poor’: Council’s culture gets bad marks
Top brass at the Gold Coast City Council will be “leaving in the next week” as part of a giant restructure.
Council top brass to go ‘within a week'
Top brass at the Gold Coast City Council will be “leaving in the next week” as part of a giant restructure.
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‘Can only assume revenue raising’: Residents threaten parking protest
Residents are threatening to protest a Gold Coast City Council crackdown on nature strip parking by refusing to mow the grass in front of their homes.
‘Can only assume revenue raising': Residents threaten parking protest
Residents are threatening to protest a Gold Coast City Council crackdown on nature strip parking by refusing to mow the grass in front of their homes.
Ditch the rich: Massive change coming to Coast
GOLD Coast councillors and community groups have welcomed a spending cap for candidates during election periods, but cashed-up Mayor Tom Tate says...
Rate revolt: Beach unit owners appeal fee hike
Coastal strip apartment owners have launched a rate revolt by appealing 20 per cent increases after learning their properties dropped dramatically...
State budget: Gold Coast projects revealed
Funding and a timeline for the construction of key Olympic Games infrastructure have topped Gold Coast city leaders’ state budget wishlists.
Parking mad: ‘This is just council revenue raising’
Burleigh is about to become a parking war zone with the pick of the spots on the headland and beach to have shorter restricted stays.
‘Not sustainable’: Huge fix needed for busy school
Funding and a timeline for the construction of key Olympic Games infrastructure have topped Gold Coast city leaders’ state budget wishlists.
Light rail means we’ll be ‘envy of the country’: New CEO
The cableway can be built, light rail should be extended to the airport and council will expand its services rather than cutback staff.
Revealed: Beach Bar fate decided
A beach bar trial will go ahead at Kurrawa for the next three years after being backed by a majority of councillors.
Biggest rates rise in a decade for Gold Coast homeowners
Gold Coast Coast homeowners battling surging cost-of-living prices have been hit with the biggest council rates rise in more than a decade.
Councillor: ‘You can f*** off mate’
A Gold Coast city councillor told a social media keyboard warrior to “f*** off mate” after he was called a “liar” and “pathetic joke”.
Whistle blown: Inside $1m deals for top execs
Senior executives have left council on “golden handshake deals” costing ratepayers more than $1 million in two years, according to whistleblowers...
Whistle blown: Inside the $1m deals for top execs
SENIOR executives have left council on “golden handshake deals” costing ratepayers more than $1 million in two years, according to whistleblowers...
Starbucks fights for new drive-through amid gridlock fears
The local arm of US coffee chain Starbucks is fighting Gold Coast City Council in court over its rejection of a new drive-through.
‘Can’t go any lower’: Rates to spike on Gold Coast
Ratepayers are facing a rate rise of more than four per cent – the largest in more than a decade but still under rising benchmarks for cost of...
Traditional land owners speak out against Cableway
A granddaughter of inspirational indigenous elder Graham Dillon says the Gold Coast City Council should start listening to traditional owners and...
Revealed: Inside fight against ‘inappropriate’ Old Burleigh Theatre tower
An accountant, musician, artist, surfer and indigenous activist are among the seven people taking on against Sydney developer and the Gold Coast...
NAMED: Potential buyers lining up for embattled golf course
Potential buyers are already circling an embattled Gold Coast golf course, just days after it went into administration. The Gold Coast City Council...
Decision made on beach bar’s fate after ‘mixed’ feedback
The Gold Coast’s first beach club bar on the sand is poised to become a permanent fixture with the trial to be extended another three years.