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As a teenager Bec Creedy won Commonwealth Games gold. Now, nearly 20 years late,r she wants to become an Ironwoman champion.
Topics: surf-life-saving, clubs-and-associations, broadbeach-4218
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| UpdatedHeywire's trailblazing alumni prepare to drop in to the annual Regional Youth Summit, launching on the weekend.
Topics: rural-youth, rural, regional, community-and-society, youth, abc, information-and-communication, government-and-politics, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, australia, yaraka-4702, canberra-2600, kalgoorlie-6430, albany-6330, bunbury-6230, geraldton-6530, broadbeach-4218, mount-isa-4825, smithton-7330, moruya-2537, tennant-creek-0860, birdsville-4482
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Topics: rail-transport, urban-development-and-planning, history, broadbeach-4218
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After almost 30 years in operation the Gold Coast's iconic Broadbeach monorail runs its last circuit.
Topics: rail-transport, urban-development-and-planning, history, broadbeach-4218
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A photographic portrait of artist Donald Friend is removed from Tweed Regional Gallery after community backlash about Friend's paedophilia.
Topics: visual-art, child-abuse, contemporary-art, murwillumbah-2484, tweed-heads-2485, broadbeach-4218
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| UpdatedThe Palaszczuk Government passes a key legislative priority by overhauling the state's organised crime laws and scrapping many of the former government's controversial bikie measures.
Topics: state-parliament, minor-parties, laws, brisbane-4000, maroochydore-4558, broadbeach-4218
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| UpdatedA baton that is inspired by Australia's Indigenous heritage and features recycled plastic will be used in 2018 Commonwealth Games baton relay.
Topics: commonwealth-games, commonwealth-games-organising-committee, sport, broadbeach-4218, southport-4215, qld, mermaid-beach-4218
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A new minimally-invasive treatment for lung cancer is providing much better quality of life for mid-term patients with the disease.
Topics: lung-cancer, medical-research, research, breast-cancer, broadbeach-4218, brisbane-4000, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedFilm piracy among 12 to 17-year-olds in Australia almost doubles in the past year, with movie bosses saying illegal downloads are threatening the future of film.
Topics: film-movies, film, laws, activism-and-lobbying, broadbeach-4218, qld, australia
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Honour is on the chopping block as Australia's national butchery team, the Steelers, pushes to reclaim the world championship from arch rivals, the New Zealand Sharp Blacks.
Topics: beef-cattle, pig-production, sheep-production, retail, brisbane-4000, broadbeach-4218
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| UpdatedA man is remanded in custody over a series of home invasions and car thefts during which he allegedly threatened people with a gun on Queensland's Gold Coast.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, southport-4215, coomera-4209, qld, upper-coomera-4209, carrara-4211, broadbeach-4218, numinbah-valley-4211
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| UpdatedLaura Hodges is suiting up for her fourth Olympics after being named in the Australian Opals basketball squad for the Rio Games.
Topics: olympics-summer, sport, basketball, broadbeach-4218, adelaide-5000
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Matt Wilkinson's stranglehold on the World Surf League's 2016 ratings lead takes a turn after the Central Coast goofy-footer was eliminated at Jeffreys Bay.
Topics: surfing, sport, south-africa, broadbeach-4218
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Three-time Olympic gold medallist Grant Hackett admits his behaviour on a recent flight to Melbourne was "pure stupidity" and he will have to live with the consequences of his decorated career being "tarnished".
Topics: swimming, sport, olympics-summer, broadbeach-4218
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| UpdatedThree-time Olympic gold medallist Grant Hackett admits his behaviour on a recent flight to Melbourne was "pure stupidity" and he will have to live with the consequences of his decorated career being "tarnished".
Topics: swimming, sport, olympics-summer, broadbeach-4218
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| UpdatedA man dies in police custody on the Gold Coast shortly after being arrested for exposing himself, witnesses say.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, broadbeach-4218
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| UpdatedA 24-year-old Surfers Paradise man is due to appear in court today after the discovery of a suspected drug lab at a Gold Coast apartment complex.
Topics: courts-and-trials, drug-offences, broadbeach-4218, surfers-paradise-4217
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Land values on the Gold Coast have increased by more than 13 per cent in a year new figures show.
Topics: housing-industry, economic-trends, building-and-construction, hollywell-4216, southport-4215, broadbeach-4218, runaway-bay-4216
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| UpdatedA man dies after being dumped by a big wave in "deceptively powerful surf" while bodyboarding at Broadbeach on the Gold Coast.
Topics: emergency-incidents, disasters-and-accidents, broadbeach-4218
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| UpdatedA dog found floating on an unmanned kayak sparks a missing person search of Gold Coast canals amid concerns his owner has fallen overboard.
Topics: missing-person, emergency-incidents, broadbeach-4218, southport-4215
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| UpdatedThe mother of a woman who was brutally murdered by her ex-boyfriend says it was a "disgrace" for the Navy to honour her daughter's killer with a military funeral.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, domestic-violence, navy, defence-and-national-security, sydney-2000, nsw, broadbeach-4218, qld
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| UpdatedThe chief of the Navy apologises for giving a funeral with full military honours to a sailor who strangled his ex-girlfriend to death in her Sydney apartment before taking his own life.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, domestic-violence, navy, sydney-2000, nsw, broadbeach-4218, qld
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| UpdatedQueensland's first casino, Jupiters on the Gold Coast, is marking 30 years since it first opened its doors to the public.
Topics: tourism, hospitality, gambling, people, broadbeach-4218