Charlton Hart

A former Gold Coast Uniting Church minister has been sentenced for historic sexual offences against two teenagers dating back three decades.

A Coolangatta retailer worker was bashed and had his head stomped into the pavement by a group of teens who attacked him like “a pack of hyenas”.

Another of the eight charged in a police bust of an alleged cocaine trafficking operation has faced court - and is seeking electronic surveillance material.

A car has gone up in flames at Coomera on Sunday evening with the explosion ringing out across the suburb.

Dozens of youth offenders have been arrested in a police blitz on the Gold Coast.

A car carrying dozens of farm animals has burst into flames on the northern Gold Coast overnight with only the driver and passenger managing to escape.

A police officer has allegedly told a colleague “I will cut your throat and leave you bleeding on the floor” during a tense stand-off between fellow officers in a Gold Coast station.

A Gold Coast grandmother who got behind the wheel of her car after a boozy beachside lunch has learned a “valuable” lesson – crashing her car and ending up in hospital.

Queensland Police are being directed to dramatically cut costs as the service faces a budget black hole so big it rivals the bill for the defunct Wellcamp quarantine facility.

A former Gold Coast detective turned university academic has criticised the state government for allowing pill testing to go ahead at schoolies and says there’s ‘no hard evidence’ to support it.