Welcome again to a GC Minute Thursday, it’s June 19.
As we speak’s publication is 1,453 phrases, a 7-minute learn.
And, deliver on Sport 3 #Queenslander 💪
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One Massive Factor: Rental value surge will increase GC’s homeless disaster
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Klein’s calls gasoline the: Maroons to Perth victory
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Dreamworld enlargement plan in: The State’s fingers
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Trending: Verify the pouch on lifeless animals
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Round The Internet (Snippets): An area film with Chuck Norris, Sir Bob Geldof, Vanilla Ice and extra wraps up, Meta’s insane $100m signing bonus for AI expertise, MONA’s provocative Women’ Lounge on the GC and extra
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By Marshall Corridor
What’s Taking place: Gold Coast condominium rents are surging once more, having risen practically 10% a yr, in accordance with SQM information, fuelling the town’s homelessness disaster.
Why It Issues: This week’s Nationwide Homelessness Convention at QT Surfers Paradise couldn’t be extra well timed, and places the problem entrance and centre.
With rents climbing quicker than wages, housing is slipping out of attain for on a regular basis employees, not to mention these on earnings assist who want it.
By The Numbers
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$831.91: Is now the common metropolis’s unit hire value per week
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$835.35: The present common weekly hire for two-bedroom models
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There was 8–9%: Annual hire progress on the Gold Coast over the previous three years
Native Influence: The surge in rents is stretching Gold Coast households to breaking level, with frontline providers underneath stress.
What The Folks Say
“What’s notably alarming concerning the Gold Coast information is that it exhibits how shortly rental markets can shift past the attain of unusual working folks,” Ms Colvin mentioned, CEO of Homelessness Australia.
“We’re working to ease Labor’s heartbreaking homelessness legacy with a steady and credible plan,” Mr O’Connor mentioned, Queensland Housing Minister.
What To Look For Subsequent: The convention was opened by Sam O’Connor, who introduced a 20 per cent funding increase to specialist homeless service suppliers and a major $365 million increase for disaster lodging for the subsequent 4 years.
Realistically, nonetheless, with out new provide and aid, the Gold Coast dangers changing into unaffordable for the very individuals who hold it working.
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Klein’s calls gasoline Maroons to Perth victory
Rugby league referee Ashley Klein needs to be shortlisted for the King’s Birthday honours record after an unbelievable stellar efficiency within the second sport of the 2025 State of Origin Sequence held in Perth throughout which he awarded an 8-0 penalty rely to the Maroons, allowed Queensland to leap out to a 26-6 lead by halftime.
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By Marshall Corridor
What’s Taking place: The way forward for Dreamworld’s $1 billion enlargement is now within the fingers of Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie, after a tied council vote noticed Mayor Tom Tate use his casting vote to request the Minister “name in” the undertaking and take planning management away from the town.
Why It Issues: In a choice that spilt the council seven votes to seven votes earlier than Cr Tate used his casting voting, the council determined that “the Mayor write to the Deputy Premier of Queensland, Minister for State Growth, Infrastructure and Planning and Minister for Industrial Relations requesting the Minister train Ministerial Name in powers over the applying”.
If authorised, the redevelopment would rework Dreamworld right into a mixed-use tourism and lodging precinct, aiming to be accomplished forward of the Brisbane Olympics.
By The Numbers
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55 to 85 hectares: proposed web site enlargement
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13 buildings as much as 16 storeys: Have been deliberate for Precinct 4
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Goal completion date: Earlier than the 2032 Brisbane Olympics
Native Influence: The drama centres on the corporate’s plans to considerably increase the developed Dreamworld envelope from the 55 hectares as much as 85 hectares and embrace a city centre on the northwestern facet of the theme park with new lodges, eating places and residential choices on the northern Gold Coast, delivering jobs and aligning with Queensland’s Vacation spot 2045 technique.
What The Folks Say
Dreamworld proprietor, Coast Leisure Holdings Restricted, instructed the Australian Inventory Alternate that it “understands that the Minister is contemplating the matter however right now he has not made any choice to start the statutory call-in course of”.
What To Look For Subsequent: Bleijie’s name and extra particulars on the full article, under👇
🕰️ In Case You Missed It – Final week’s publication
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Zombies leaving the Gold Coast
A staff of fictitious zombie hunters have formally packed their luggage and are leaving the Gold Coast after manufacturing of a brand new film wrapped up.
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Police have charged a person after a stolen automotive carrying stolen greens was caught: Fireplace on the M1 at Mudgeeraba this week.
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Meta is providing insane bonuses of: $100,000,000.00 to OpenAI workers in an unsuccessful bid to poach the ChatGPT maker’s expertise
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Midjourney one of the common AI picture technology startups, introduced on Wednesday the launch of its: A lot-anticipated AI video technology mannequin, V1.
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The surf’s up and the patriarchy is down as MONA’s: Provocative Women Lounge heads to the Gold Coast for Bleach Competition*.
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In basic French placing model, the: Louvre museum shut down this week resulting from workers strike motion protesting mass tourism
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In one other Terminator movie-type AI occasion, OpenAI was simply awarded: USD 200,000,000 ($308,600,000.00 AUD) to develop prototype frontier AI capabilities to handle important nationwide safety challenges in warfighting
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Scientists are utilizing drones to unleash 1000’s of: Mosquitoes in Hawaii in a bid to save lots of native birds.
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The Boomers are set to: Host the Colorado College Buffaloes on the GC 👇
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🎾 Seaside Tennis Open: June 19 – 22 from 9 am to 7 pm; a 4-day seaside tennis event bringing all ranges of seaside tennis gamers collectively from around the globe at Kurrawa Seaside
⛰ Mountain Biking Faculties Comp: June 20; an epic day of mountain biking with the Rocky Path Academy comp at Nerang MTB Park
🥋 QLD Brazilian Jiu Jitsu State Championship: June 21 to June 22; a event for all ranges of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and rivals of all ages at Gold Coast Sports activities and Leisure Centre
💎 Gold Coast Lapidary Membership Annual Present: June 21 from 8 am to 4 pm; sixtieth Annual Gem and Craft Present, a enjoyable time out for the entire household at Gold Coast Lapidary Membership, 80 Pacific Avenue
🇧🇷 🎵 Solstice Brasil with BaianaSystem: June 21 from 3 pm onwards; Brazilian tradition at its hottest on the shortest day of the yr, excessive vitality celebration of world music and dance at HOTA
🚚 Monster Equipment Day: June 21 from 9 am to three pm; have truckloads of enjoyable at Metropolis of Gold Coast’s Monster Equipment Day, the place the toys are life-size
🏈 Gold Coast Titans vs. Parramatta Eels: June 22 from 4:15 pm; Spherical 16 at CommBank Stadium, Sydney
