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Dramatic footage has captured a blaze on the upper floors of a Gold Coast high rise as it caused a huge fireball to drop to ...

A week after bracing for cyclonic impact, one of Australia's tourism hotspots is learning the full extent of damage.

A fire has broken out at a Surfers Paradise hotel on the Gold Coast, with shock footage capturing a ball of flames dropping from the roof of the building.Emergency services were called to the Hilton ...

The Gold Coast is home to some of Australia's most famous beaches. But after ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, the shoreline looks ...

School holiday travel plans have been thrown into turmoil after ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred left a trail of destruction along the east coast, prompting pleas from tourism operators for holiday-makers ...

With many major supermarket shelves still barren across southeast Queensland, more than a week after the great panic-shop of ...

A “fiery explosion” at the Hilton Surfers Paradise hotel sparked a blaze that forced more than 100 guests to stand by the roadside outside for at least an hour in the early hours of Friday. Footage of ...

The Gold Coast tourism industry is facing the major task of rebuilding infrastructure - after ex Tropical Cyclone Alfred left ...

Originally published as The biggest lessons the Gold Coast learned from the Cyclone Alfred was about ourselves.

AFL chief Andrew Dillon has revealed the league is amping up the monitoring of head injuries in the game by piloting smart mouthguard measurements with two leading clubs this season.