Gold Coast News

This is it Gold Coast there’s one thing on everyone’s mind tonight, State of Origin. The series kicks off in just over two hours and our Maroons will start as the biggest underdogs, they’ve ever been.

Now to the curly tail of two wayward pigs who ended up at a Gold Coast service station. Named Miss Piggy, and Miss Piggy Two, they walked almost a kilometre to hog the spotlight there early this morning – and didn’t want to leave.

A controversial sign has caught the eyes of thousands of drivers through Surfers Paradise…and it’s causing quite a stir. The billboard appears a little too suggestive to some, especially since the message comes from the local Anglican church.  

We live in one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country, but a Gold Coast model is adamant we can do more. She’s campaigning to bring the glitz and glamour of Hollywood here…in big, bold letters.  

Luxury-living, in your very own Gold Coast home for under 100-thousand dollars and cut down on the housework. It sounds like the perfect mix  and it’s exactly what a Nerang company is offering. The only question you have to ask yourself is – How small, is too small?  

Batman has met some of his smallest fans greeting dozens of twins on the Gold Coast today. The multiple birth association regularly brings families together to support one another and share advice. After three decades the group has grown to more than 300 Gold Coast members.

Three young men have been chased and threatened by a group of armed thugs overnight – carrying baseball bats. Police are investigating whether the attack was targeted – after the group smashed one of the victims cars. Alex Heinke has the details.  

A ferocious blaze has caused panic and chaos, engulfing a home at Burleigh Heads. But it wasn’t just the flames that had authorities concerned, as smoke fuelled by asbestos billowed from the fire.

A woman, believed to be in her 30s, has been killed in a head-on collision on the Gold Coast. It’s believed she was a passenger in a car travelling on the Pacific Motorway at Pimpama, at around 1 o’clock this morning, when another car crossed to the wrong side of the road. The drivers of both vehicles were taken to Gold Coast University Hospital with minor injuries.

A stolen car has been tracked by police helicopter during an alleged high speed attempt to evade officers on the Gold Coast. Police say it was the dramatic end to a crime spree which began 10 days ago.