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The company says the new Trump Tower will include a “private Beach Club”. It’s unclear exactly what this will entail, but beaches in Australia are generally considered public amenities.

New Trump tower to be Australia’s tallest building, ‘private’ beach club promised

“It’s not every day that a building comes along that changes a landscape, an economy and a culture,” the developer said.

  • William Davis and Dominique Tassell

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Property buyers have been splashing cash in Surfers Paradise.

The sea-change hotspot where property buyers are splashing cash

Home buyers and investors spent $1.2 billion on units in this area last year, more than in any other suburb nationally.

  • Dan F Stapleton
US President Donald Trump has made strong demands of Denmark surrounding the fate of Greenland.

US president’s family in talks to build Trump Tower in Surfers Paradise

The Trump Organisation is believed to be keen to construct a tower featuring the US president’s famous real estate insignia on the Glitter Strip.

  • Dominique Tassell, William Davis and Cameron Atfield
Buses and trains will not run in Brisbane after Wednesday as Cyclone Alfred approaches south-east Queensland.

As it happened: Brisbane on Friday, March 14

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Residents evacuated after multiple fires break out early today at the Hilton Surfers Paradise hotel on the Gold Coast.

Hilton in flames at Surfers Paradise as ‘fiery explosion’ forces evacuation

More than 100 guests were standing by the roadside in the dark for at least an hour after the fire broke out.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Onlookers after the mysterious explosion in Surfers Paradise.

Underground blasts in Surfers Paradise caused by electrical fault

Tourists and workers scattered after the first of several explosions rocked the Glitter Strip on Sunday afternoon.

  • Marissa Calligeros
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Bondi killer Joe Cauchi.

‘Truly horrific’: Family laments troubled son who became Bondi mass murderer

Joel Cauchi’s family also offered their support for the NSW Police officer who shot dead their son after he took the lives of six innocent people on Saturday afternoon.

  • Sally Rawsthorne, Perry Duffin and Amber Schultz
A father and grandfather from Victoria drowned at the Top of the Mark apartment building in Surfers Paradise on Sunday.

Gold Coast Easter drowning tragedy: Two Victorians drown trying to save toddler in hotel pool

A father and a grandfather have drowned while trying to save a two-year-old girl who slipped into the deep end of a Surfers Paradise hotel pool.

  • Cloe Read
Coolum Beach house prices have soared.

‘People love living here’: South-east Queensland suburbs where house prices doubled in five years

Home buyers are flocking to coastal havens and lush hamlets – but on the flipside, a handful of areas are cheaper than five years ago.

  • Sarah Webb
Bondi: Sydney has far better beaches than this.

Ten Australian places we love to hate

A friend arrives from overseas, all excited about seeing Australia, and then you ask where they’re planning to visit. And it’s a terrible answer.

  • Ben Groundwater