Gooood afternoooon GC, it’s Thursday as soon as once more and with a noticeable shift to a little bit of cooler (and drier) climate this week, it’s April 10.
In the present day’s e-newsletter is 1,287 phrases, a 6-minute learn.
🚨Public Vacation alert: Subsequent week, April 18, is Good Friday
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One Massive Factor: Billionaire Bruce bounces $100m into Bally’s Starship
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Security Bureau releases report into: Deadly Seaworld helicopter crash
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Stoked Exhibition splashes: Into Currumbin
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The Gold Coast is formally set to host a: World Supercross occasion
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Trending: Undercooked fish and chips..
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Round The Internet (Snippets): GCCC to introduce $5 tip price, Australia’s eggflation and the rising price of chocolate, measles circumstances explode throughout the US, Snapper Rocks WSL shock occasion transfer and heaps extra
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Upcoming Occasions
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🏥 Neighborhood care
Concentrate – there are lively measles alerts in place this week throughout the Gold Coast and in Brisbane
By Marshall Corridor
What’s Taking place: Pubs billionaire Bruce Mathieson is throwing thousands and thousands extra into The Star Leisure Group, teaming up with US on line casino big Bally’s to ship a $300 million rescue package deal.
Why It Issues: The Star, operator of casinos within the Gold Coast, Brisbane and Sydney, employs over 9,000 individuals and has been spiralling since a money-laundering scandal rocked the enterprise in 2021.
By the Numbers
• 💰 $100 million: Bruce Mathieson’s newest mega funding.
• 🏢 9,000+: Is the variety of those who Star Leisure Group employs throughout Australia.
• 📉 $15 million: Fines slapped on The Star for regulatory breaches.
Native Affect: Whereas the Star Gold Coast stays open—for now, the $100m injection will assist delay licence suspensions and, not less than within the meantime, save native jobs amid critical scrutiny.
Elevating the Stakes: Mathieson’s transfer limits Bally’s share seize and boosts his personal stake past the ten% he already had.
What the Folks Say
Means again in 2022 Queensland inquiry discovered that Star was “unsuitable to carry a licence”.
What To Look For Subsequent
With Star Leisure Group shares suspended since Monday, March 3, after the corporate did not lodge its half-year report earlier than the market’s deadline, all eyes flip to what occurs subsequent.
This week – Love ‘em or detest ‘em, the trams are right here to remain on the GC – and so is that this big-ticket gig.
GoldlinQ wants a Business Supervisor – Operations to maintain the Gold Coast Mild Rail gliding easily throughout Phases 1 and a couple of (and pitch in on Stage 3, and hopefully Stage 4, when wanted).
If multimillion-dollar contracts, PPPs, and stakeholder wrangling are your consolation zone, this Broadbeach-based position reviews to the COO and comes with critical duty – and critical reward.
We’re speaking $210,000.00–$235,000.00 a yr, in the future WFH, and a front-row seat to considered one of Queensland’s most talked-about infrastructure tasks 🚃.
What’s Taking place: Stoked Exhibition hits Mud Temple on Might 4 as a part of the Flotsam Pageant, celebrating surf artwork, pictures and movie with a gap night time that includes tapas, reside music, panel talks, and a screening of Waves of Paradise hosted by its creator, Gordo the Nice.
Why It Issues: Along with it being a cultural and conservation showcase, rallying the coast to guard browsing ecosystems by means of creativity— the occasion may also be elevating funds for native Coolangatta lad Jaggar Bartholomew’s GoFundMe after he was recognized with the extraordinarily uncommon situation referred to as Nervus Intermedius Neuralgia, which cruelly options excruciating ache 24/7.
By the Numbers
• 🏄 16km: Is the stretch of the Gold Coast World Browsing Reserve.
• 🎥 Nineties: Period of Waves of Paradise.
• 🖼️ 5 collector’s objects up for public sale.
Native Affect: $10 will get you tapas, tunes, and a tangible method to assist native surf legends and causes on the night time.
Using the Tradition Present: Stoked is a part of the Flotsam Pageant, a bigger regional surf tradition celebration.
The occasion leads into the 10-year anniversary of GCWSR in 2026, alongside the World Browsing Conservation Convention, drawing worldwide consideration to the area’s environmental management.
What the Folks Say
“We’re tremendous stoked to be a part of the 2025 Flotsam Pageant and prefer to thank Caz and her mighty Flotsam Workforce for pulling this huge superior program collectively!” stated Andrew McKinnon (aka AndyMac).
What To Look For Subsequent
The checklist of particular collector’s objects being auctioned on the night time and extra on the hyperlink beneath👇
🕰️ In Case You Missed It – Final week’s massive e-newsletter👇
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Sarah Wynn-Williams has stated that: Meta, the place she Director of International Public Coverage for Fb, focused teenagers with ads primarily based on their emotional state.
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The Gold Coast Metropolis Council plans to introduce a: $5 tip price for common waste beneath the proposed 2025–26 price range
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His Majesty King Charles III has grow to be our first monarch to: Handle each homes of Italy’s Parliament
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The measles has exploded in the US, now with over: 600 confirmed circumstances, with Hawaii turning into the most recent state to verify a case of the illness
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The shock relocation of the WSL from Snapper Rocks to: Burliegh Heads confirmed this morning
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Archaeologists have uncovered two practically: Life-size statues carved into the wall of a tomb in Historic Pompeii
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A chocolate bar filled with pistachio cream, tahini, and knafeh, a Center Jap dessert product of shredded pastry dough layered with smooth cheese and soaked in a candy syrup has gone mega: Viral and identified by the title Dubai Chocolate
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LeBron James has grow to be the primary ever male athlete with: A Ken doll..
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Australia’s eggflation and the: Quick-rising prices of huge chocolate👇
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🎤 Chris Connor – Elvis Tribute Live performance: April 11 from 8 pm onwards; expertise the last word tribute to The King with Chris Connor’s breathtaking efficiency at The Star Gold Coast
🏉 Dragons vs. Titans: April 11 from 4 pm onwards; Spherical 6 at WIN Stadium, Wollongong
🍃 Flowstate Pageant: April 11 -14 from 1 pm onwards; an immersive expertise devoted to all issues circulate, circus, artwork and enjoyable at Windfall Farm Corridor
🎉 Gold Coast Concord Pageant: April 12 from 11 am – 4 pm; dance, music, meals, household actions and data from the multicultural group at Broadwater Parklands
💥 Supanova Comedian Con & Gaming Gold Coast: April 12–13 from 10 am onwards; immerse your self in popular culture with comics, gaming, anime, and cosplay on the Gold Coast Conference & Exhibition Centre
☀️ Kari Basis Unity Day: April 16 from 10 am to three pm; an unimaginable day of celebrating range, tradition, and group at Carrara Indoor Sports activities Stadium
🎶 Lodge California – The Eagles Expertise: April 17 from 7:30 pm; benefit from the timeless music of The Eagles carried out by Lodge California at The Star Gold Coast
🎬 Gold Coast Movie Pageant 2025: April 30 to Might 11; wonderful movies, inspirational panels, outside screenings and particular occasions at HOTA
🗳️ Australia’s largest ever Federal Election, Might 3; get ya’ votes in
