Category: Gold Coast

Resident locked in room during alleged home invasion

A 19-year-old woman has allegedly broken into a Casuarina home and stolen several items while the resident was locked inside a room. NT Police Northern Watch Commander Ronald Mummery said a 19-year-old woman

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Private security surge as locals fight back against kid crims

Private security operators say they have seen a jump in inquiries, with residents banding together to fund patrols in crime-ridden estates. Full details. An Australian man in Mermaid Waters, Queensland, has been dubbed

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Roland’s View: My blueprint for maximising Gen3 Supercars

The Supercars field at on the grid for Race 20 at The Bend. Image: Supplied/Mark Horsburgh It’s impossible to discuss last weekend at The Bend without, first and foremost, calling out the absolutely

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Rotorua car crime: Vehicle stolen twice in one weekend, police report ‘pattern’ of offending

Murray Trainer from Maketu had his car stolen twice in two nights in Rotorua. Maketu’s Murray Trainer was gutted when his car was stolen and dumped while visiting Rotorua — then it was

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Huge turnaround for struggling Coast company

An Australasian crash-repair group which moved its headquarters to the Gold Coast before suffering its own ‘dents’ appears to be knocking itself into shape with a big turnaround. Here’s how Interstate migration has

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Break and enters involving stolen cars, south Brisbane

Police have charged two teenagers over a string of alleged break and enters and stolen car offences across south Brisbane in the past week. It will be alleged two vehicles were stolen from

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Inside Operation Trident, Queensland’s failed police investigation that created a car-stealing racket

It was an undercover police sting designed to track down a Mr Big and dismantle a car-stealing racket in south-east Queensland. Police feared the “cut and shut” syndicate was peddling drugs, with tentacles interstate

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Cruel twist after couple’s car stolen, ditched

A Sunshine Coast couple’s car was stolen and ditched almost 150km from their home, leaving them with an insurance headache – and they’re not alone. See the suburb breakdown. Car thefts are on

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‘Super-sized’ penthouse on the northern Gold Coast hits the market

2601/2 Ephraim Island, Paradise Point. A super-sized penthouse on the northern Gold Coast that has a bigger floorplan than a suburban housing block has hit the market. Originally designed as three separate apartments

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Victoria lags as Australia’s electric vehicle hotspots revealed

A study of electric cars by postcode shows Queensland and New South Wales can lay claim to having the most registrations in the country – with Victoria hitting reverse, despite being the second

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