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From remote dust bowls to the world stage, SA surfers on the long road to go pro

Some of the state's most talented surfers are creating serious ripples on the national and international competitive circuit, but the path to compete at the highest levels is a costly one and there's little government support.
a teenager on a surfboard crouches in a tube

'A kick in the guts': Customer frustration with Bonza continues following cancellations

Budget airline Bonza continues to draw criticism from customers impacted by mass cancellations on its Darwin-Gold Coast route.
A white and purple passenger plane on a runway.

Surfer Lucy Small organises grassroots push for female surfing

Surfer Lucy Small organises grassroots push for female surfing, essentially flooding a Gold Coast competition with female surfers in an effort to establish an equal prize pool.
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Gold Coast surfer numbers at breaking point — where to now?

Crowds at some Gold Coast surf breaks have doubled in the past five years. Here's how authorities are managing it.
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Surfers enter the water during large surf conditions at Snapper Rocks.

Battle over legendary surf photographer's will comes to an end with alleged final wishes deemed 'suspicious'

A judge has found a document alleged to be Marty Tullemans' final will is invalid, ending a bitter family dispute over the well-loved surfing snapper's estate.
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A man sits shirtless in a car doing a shakka hand signal

Supermarket staff 'pushed and abused' while attempting to stop brazen thieves walking out with unpaid goods

Gold Coast supermarket manager Janet Doyle says her family business has become the target of "desperate" thieves, stealing everything from sandwiches to meat.
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Body recovered after man swept away by floodwaters in Nanango

Swiftwater rescue crews are on the scene after flash flooding in Nanango and Kingaroy as an east coast low causes 6-metre waves and dangerous conditions in parts of Queensland.
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Police divers wade through murky floodwaters

Two whales freed after becoming entangled on Queensland coast

Two whales have been freed from nets in separate incidents off Queensland's coast, prompting calls for the state government to update its shark control program.
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whale with nets around its head

Kirra Hill 'great to slide down', but it's a 'muddy mess' after the floods

Some locals say they'd rather see kids playing outside than staring at their iPads, but the council says something is going to have to be done about the damage to the hill.
muddy hill

COVID 'refugees' prepare for rush on Queensland border as restrictions ease

They've been camped in Tweed Heads for more than two months, now Les and Lynne are among hundreds ready to break for the border in the wee hours tomorrow.
Les and Lynne caravan park

Time to recognise major Gold Coast suburb's villages, councillor says

Brooke Patterson grew up in Southport and believes it is time to acknowledge the villages within the suburb — the way they do in parts of Melbourne and Sydney.
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Woman standing in front of a sign saying Chrin Park.

Queensland health authorities reveal new COVID-19 exposure sites after unlinked case emerges

Several new venues around Brisbane have been added to the state's exposure sites list.
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Coles supermarket sign close up

Farmers fight to keep Kirra cattle tick wash yard open

Beef and dairy farmers in News South Wales are concerned livestock moved illegally across the Queensland border could carry cattle ticks which transmit the potentially fatal tick fever. 
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Beef cattle in pens.

Cattle tick facility closes as producers warn of dire consequences

Farmers call on the NSW government to open a new cattle tick treatment facility to protect the industry.
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An infestation of cattle ticks on a beast

At least one COVID-19 jab by 1:00am Saturday may prove hill too big to climb

Confusion reigns over Queensland's new requirement that essential workers have at least one COVID-19 vaccination to cross the border.
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Aerial shot of intersection that demarcates border between NSW and Queensland

Rescue attempts fail to save beached baby whale on the Gold Coast

About half a dozen beach-goers helped the whale swim back to sea earlier this morning, but it became beached again just before midday.
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whale on beach

Crossing Qld-NSW border? Here's everything you need to know

In a dizzying turn of events for border residents, those living on the Queensland – New South Wales border will need special border passes to travel around the area. Here's everything you need to know.
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a 'road closed' sign attached to red barricades, a yellow school bus approaches the closure

'Absolutely chaotic': What's happening with the Queensland/New South Wales border?

Border bubble planned for border communities, as local MPs slam situation as 'chaotic'
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Cars lined up and a police officer on the border between New South Wales and Queensland

Bikie-turned-podcaster's medicinal cannabis business under investigation

Former Bandido Brett Simpson, who runs the popular podcast The Clink, is under the microscope of the Therapeutic Goods Administration over his promotion of CBD oil.
A man stands in a gym holding a ball.

Brisbane and Gold Coast contact tracing sites expanded following further coronavirus cases — here's the full list

Queensland contact tracers continue to work tirelessly to track people who may have attended at-risk venues. The full list of locations has now been expanded as Queensland's cluster grows.
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A queue of people wearing masks stand before a man in a high vis vest holding a clipboard

Is this Queensland's best beach? Lifesavers say it is

The list of Queensland's top 10 coastal swimming spots is in — and it includes a surprising choice for top spot.
A double rainbow stretches over the sand and palm trees at the beach known as The Strand in Townsville.

A tradies pub where 'yuppies wouldn't last seconds': Kirra pub patrons recall good years

Owners call time at the Kirra pub where thongs are standard and few dare put on airs and graces. Soon, a $380m redevelopment will turn the landmark into luxury apartments and a new retail precinct.
Hotel regular Malcolm Roberts sipping a been in the Kirra Hotel public bar

Falling 'monster' boulder almost crushes driver, but not everyone believes it was an accident

Gold Coast police investigate if a "wombat-sized" rock was deliberately rolled onto a busy road at Kirra over the weekend, narrowly missing a car by "half a second".
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Shocked residents photograph fallen boulder that narrowly missed car at Kirra

Developer happy as Gold Coast waves goodbye to landmark beachside pub

Kirra Beach Hotel is set to be demolished, but developers promise a fresh reinvention of the 64-year-old pub, with close to 200 apartments and 78 hotel rooms to be built over three stages.
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Police video shows dog squad hunt for man who ran from airport checkpoint

Police bodycam video shows the arrest of a man who ran from police at a border checkpoint on the Gold Coast after officers and a police dog chased the 24-year-old through the beachside bushland.
Police officers escort handcuffed man they arrested after he fled the airport on Queensland's Gold Coast.