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Media releases
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Enquiries from media should be directed to media@goldcoast.qld.gov.au or phone 07 5581 7941. For interviews or comments from the Mayor, please contact Warwick Sinclair on wsinclair@goldcoast.qld.gov.au or phone 07 5581 5225.
Monday
12 November 2018City’s art and culture secures $1.8 million funding boost
12.21pm
Thursday
8 November 2018City’s ‘recovery response’ for disasters tested
12.24pmThe City is today testing its capacity to manage “disaster recovery’’ at a major forum and training exercise being held at Carrara.
Attended by emergency and community services representatives from across the city, the event is designed to improve all facets...
Friday
2 November 2018City ‘rocks’ new music plan
11.32amThe City is set to reignite the live music scene with the Lifestyle & Community Committee recommending Council endorse the Music Action Plan 2021 at its next meeting (13 November).
Committee Chair Councillor Hermann Vorster said the plan would be a...
Thursday
1 November 2018Residents have spoken - City starts to address parking woes
10.00amGold Coast Mayor Tom Tate yesterday announced the first changes to roll out of Council’s city-wide parking review.
Full Council endorsed proposed changes to the Traffic Area and Parking Permit Scheme (TAPPS) addressing community concerns.
Mayor Tate said the updated scheme would...
First contract for City-owned broadband network
9.57amThe City has signed its first commercial deal to allow access to council’s fibre optic cabling – a major win for ratepayers.
The contract comes after the City appointed Nexium Telecommunications as the reselling agent for the dark-fibre network.
“This is about...
Monday
29 October 2018Green bridge works start at HOTA
11.06am
The city’s cultural heartland will be linked with the Gold Coast’s main tourism area as work starts on the much anticipated HOTA green bridge.
Mayor Tom Tate today turned the first sod on early works for the $19.5 million bridge.
The 5m...
