G’day and welcome again to a different GC Minute Thursday.
The northerlies are ripping in and it seems like summer time, barely midway into spring 🥲
It’s October 9.
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One Massive Factor: 595 new native houses underway for the needy
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Gold Coast hinterland gears up for: Catastrophe resilience weekend
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Crackdown on native: Boatie dashing as patrols start
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Trending: Crisfulli’s capsule testing ban
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Across the net: Helensvale native wins $200k | Sora beats ChatGPT for downloads | Broadbeach intersection improve and heaps extra
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By Marshall Corridor
What’s Taking place: Gold Coast battlers struggling to seek out lodging now have a glimmer of hope on the distant horizon with the State Authorities saying this week that it now has 595 “social and reasonably priced houses” underneath building or underneath contract throughout the area.
Why It Issues: With articles all year long highlighting the nationwide rental and housing affordability disaster that has been unfolding, right-sized, vulnerable-focused inventory strikes individuals off waitlists, helps independence, and frees bigger houses for households.
By the Numbers
What The Folks Say: Housing Minister Sam O’Connor stated the State Authorities wished to ship 2000 houses a yr to satisfy social and group housing wants.
“We’re ramping up building to ship 2,000 social and group houses every year by the top of this time period,’’ he stated.
“Quick-tracked tasks like these 36 new houses in Southport are very important to assembly the necessity for social and group housing for Gold Coasters ready for a spot to name residence.
Neighborhood Housing State Supervisor Carly Bairstow stated the Southport social housing mission was developed for Queenslanders aged 55 and over.
“The Southport mission will give older Queenslanders the possibility to reside in a right-sized residence, that’s fashionable and accessible and permits independence and connection to their group,” Ms Bairstow stated.
What To Look For Subsequent: The complete article beneath.
What’s Taking place: Maritime Security Queensland has launched a six-month compliance marketing campaign urging boaties and private watercraft (PWC) riders to decelerate, maintain a correct lookout, and put on lifejackets with patrols concentrating on unsafe behaviour, particularly dashing and non-compliance.
Why It Issues: Spring and summer time deliver the busiest site visitors on native waterways, and the extra vigorous enforcement goals to stop avoidable accidents and fatalities by lifting compliance the place danger is highest.
By the Numbers
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Area-specific statistics revealed increased dashing charges amongst PWC riders in South East Queensland with 40% of intercepted PWC riders on the Gold Coast dashing, versus 28% statewide.
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$333 is the beginning superb for dashing on Queensland waterways.
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6 months is the marketing campaign length throughout the state.
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In December 2024, Queensland launched new lifejacket guidelines for high-risk conditions.
What The Folks Say: Maritime Security Queensland Common Supervisor Kell Dillon stated waterways grow to be busiest through the hotter months, and there’s no room for complacency.
“With our waterways at their busiest through the holidays, there isn’t a room for complacency, skippers and private watercraft riders should take security critically to keep away from tragic outcomes,” Mr Dillon stated.
“Too typically we’re seeing jet skis and tinnies weaving by means of busy waterways at excessive pace, placing households, youngsters, paddlers and different boaties in danger,” he stated.
What To Look For Subsequent: All vessels doing the authorized pace restrict of 6 knots when inside 60 metres of individuals within the water, shorelines, pontoons, and anchored vessels.
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It’s exhausting to think about, however Sora, OpenAI’s video-generating app, skilled a: Greater first week within the app retailer than ChatGPT, with Sora’s 627,000 downloads versus ChatGPT’s 606,000
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Discord stated that as many as: 70,000 customers might have had their authorities IDs leaked in a knowledge breach
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Mysterious artifacts have been donated to a thrift store that consultants at the moment are considering might: Date again to medieval occasions
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OpenAI’s ChatGPT has amassed a whopping: 800,000,000 weekly customers, based on CEO Sam Altman, after letting customers connect with Spotify
This week: Sharpen your fashions! Gold Coast Well being wants a Knowledge Scientist to show hospital knowledge into smarter care at Southport, Gold Coast QLD.
You’ll ship ML/AI analytics, lead tasks, probe methods, and construct monitoring that lasts.
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🏀 2025–26 NBL Ignite Cup — from 8 Oct to 22 Feb, A new basketball match; the championship recreation shall be held on the Gold Coast Conference & Exhibition Centre on the Gold Coast,
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🤾 Gold Coast Titans All Colleges (GCTAS) Contact Soccer Match — 11 Oct – 12 Oct, One of many world’s largest college contact soccer occasions, held on the Gold Coast Efficiency Centre (32 fields, ~600 groups)
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🏃 fisiocrem GC50 Run Pageant — 12 Oct 2025, Working celebration within the southern Gold Coast: contains 50 km extremely, half marathon, 10 km, 5 km & children’ sprint.
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📊 CPA Congress 2025 – Gold Coast — Tue, 14 Oct to Thu, 16 Oct
Australia’s flagship finance and management occasion, that includes 50+ audio system on AI, ethics, sustainability and extra on the GCCEC, Broadbeach. -
🏎 2025 Increase Cell Gold Coast 500 (Supercars) — 24 Oct – 26 Oct, Solar, surf and Supercars! The Increase Cell Gold Coast Spherical is again for Spherical 11 of the 2025 Calendar
