UPDATE: DEPUTY Premier Jackie Trad has told Queensland Parliament “the main impediment has been lifted” to Federal funding of the second stage of the Gold Coast light rail.

Mayor Tom Tate warns council will dig up the southern stretch of the Gold Coast Highway to the border for critical infrastructure work, regardless of whether the light rail proceeds.

To be clear, taking on Gold Coast Private in part or in full would not mean a sudden influx of 300 new beds into the public system. Those beds are already in gainful use.

Artist impression of Gold Coast Light Rail Stage 4 between Tugun and Coolangatta, including Gold Coast Airport and the NSW border. Picture: Department of Transport and Main Roads.

Inside Gold Coast’s Over-The-Top New Steakhouse Perched in a Downtown Skyscraper. The Alston, which meshes Chicago’s history of steakhouses with nouvelle French cuisine, opens on Friday.

Gold Coast’s green heart to become botanical gardens as tram links go to city’s west. THE Gold Coast is set to get its own Central Park on the back of plans to extend the light rail.

Chances for tropical development from a system off the coast of Florida dropped to zero June 4. ... National Hurricane Center map: See what forecasters watching now.

A man has been charged with murder after the discovery of a body in a Gold Coast hotel room on the weekend. Paramedics were called to the Hinterland Hotel in Nerang, where the body of 35-year-old ...

Chances for tropical development from a system off the coast of Florida dropped to zero June 4. Forecasters said it's likely a non-tropical low pressure area will develop over South and North ...

A colt by Harry Angel bought as a weanling for just AU$1,500 turned into a dream horse for a New South Wales boutique breeder when he sold for a session-topping AU$525,000 (US$339,586, AU$1=US$0. ...

Furious Gold Coast chief executive Mark Evans has taken his club’s anger over Ross Lyon’s “nepo baby” comments to another level, calling them “offensive” and telling the St Kilda chief ...

The National Hurricane Center is tracking a low-pressure system off the Southeast coast with a 10% chance of tropical development. No threat to the Gulf Coast. Skip Navigation.