A COUNCIL committee has rejected a proposal for a commercial groundwater extraction venture in the Gold Coast Hinterland. The development application, proposed by Hoffmann Drilling Superannuation Fund, could see up to 16 mega litres of groundwater extracted in Springbrook every year. Council officials had raised concerns about the venture, including impacts on the environmental features […]
An alleged bikie has been arrested and charged, after a stash of guns, drugs and stolen luxury cars were seized during a raid at a Gold Coast home. Detectives searched a home in Benowa on Tuesday as part of an ongoing investigation into organised crime across the city impacting the Gold Coast community, seizing four […]
Surf Life Saving Queensland has been handed a funding boost by the Queensland Government just days out from the start of the busy summer school holiday period. Premier Annastacia Palasczuk was down on the sand at Main Beach on Wednesday morning to announce an extra $150,000 in funding for SLSQ to supply equipment and deliver […]
An Ashmore road has been closed off by emergency services after reports a chlorine pipe has burst in the area. Emergency crews were called to Corporation Drive around 9.40am. It’s understood a chlorine pipe on a truck may have burst near a pool business. Hazmat crews have been called to the scene. A Queensland Ambulance […]
A young man has been charged and another driver remains at large after police allegedly busted a street race in far north NSW. According to NSW Police, officers in an unmarked car were driving on the Pacific Highway through Banora Point around 9.20pm on Monday when they were overtaken by two cars travelling at high […]
