QUEENSLAND s border has officially opened to residents of greater Sydney after 42 days. Gold Coast police chief superintendent Mark Wheeler said about a dozen cars arrived at the border from the region at about midnight and were forced to wait until 1am Queensland time to enter the state. The border had been closed to greater Sydney for 42 days. One thousand vehicles had been turned away, containing 2000 people. Supt Wheeler said traffic was moving steadily across the border. Traffic on the M1 and the Gold Coast Hwy are under speed because we ve got to slow the traffic down because the concrete barriers are still in place, he said.
$10m legal battle after home slides away A developer whose townhouses slid down a hill towards neighbouring properties is seeking more than $10 million damages.
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Subscriber only A BURLEIGH developer, whose townhouses have slid down a hill towards neighbouring properties, is seeking more than $10 million damages from the council, engineers, a builder, property agents, a deceased estate and insurers over the costly disaster. With a majority of those being sued planning to defend the claims, residents affected by the landslips, which began in 2016, could be waiting much longer for a resolution. In documents lodged with the Supreme Court, Double RKR, a company owned by Burleigh locals Daniel, Mark and Michael Russell, said it purchased land at 30 Sapphire Dr, Elanora, for $2 million in 2015.
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Subscriber only Kobe is the victim and wants his story told, but we cannot show his face or reveal his real name. The school that broke him should surely be exposed, but it is protected by a non-publication direction ordered by the Royal Commission into Disability. Sarah, which is not his mother s real name, has filed a discrimination case in the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal, but we can t discuss the details of that either. But Sarah and Kobe will not let that stop them, because they know that as traumatising as Kobe s journey through the Queensland education system has been, he is just one of hundreds ⦠if not thousands.
Witness recounts horror as tradie with critical burns named The tradie fighting for life with severe electrical burns after a horror workplace accident on the Gold Coast has been identified as a father of two.
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Subscriber only He is James Jimmy Badcock, 34, a father of two, including a new baby girl, and a keen surfer originally from the Sunshine Coast. Mr Badcock and a colleague were installing solar panels at an Ashmore shopping centre on Tuesday when they suffered severe electrical burns. He remains in a critical but stable condition in the burns unit in the Royal Brisbane and Women s Hospital.