Current Entries
Gillard abandons the Coast… again
Monday, 28 Nov 2011
A lot of families will have finished for the year with the soccer, ruby league and netball seasons coming to an end. Others will just be getting started with the cricket and surf lifesaving seasons in full swing.
All these sports loving kids now have the ultimate goal to train and aim for with the city hosting the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Broke Bligh-Labor Government makes Coast pay
Wednesday, 2 Nov 2011
We all pay taxes to fund these vital life saving, crime fighting and rescue services.
So it beggars belief the Gold Coast City Council is begging small businesses to help pay for the trial of a police helicopter.
Carbon tax to cost the Coast
Thursday, 20 Oct 2011
Labor’s carbon tax is expected to increase the cost of living by $515 a year and even on their own figures three million Australian households, many of them on the Coast, will be worse off under the carbon tax.
Over the coming decades Labor’s carbon tax will cost the Australian economy more than a trillion dollars and see every Australian slugged $40,000 – the equivalent of a full years work for many.
8.3 billion of your tax wasted
Thursday, 6 Oct 2011
IF you think the cost of living is increasing, you’re right. In the last year food prices have risen by 6.1 percent, electricity 10.7 percent, petrol 11.3 percent and water 12.8 percent. Each week it’s getting harder to ensure there’s enough money to pay the bills and buy groceries so families cannot waste a cent.
Supporting our up-and-coming athletes
Friday, 23 Sep 2011
Sam Stosurjoins world 100m hurdle champion Sally Pearson, motorcycle world champions Mick Doohan and Casey Stoner, surfing world champions Mick Fanning, Mark Occhilupos, Wayne 'Rabbit' Bartholomew and Olympic gold medalists Grant Hackett, Ken Wallace and Sara Carrigan to name just a few. I could take up the rest of this column listing others and there’ll be many more to come. The Gold Coast is a breeding ground for sports champions.