Mackenzie Colahan

When Mick Fanning was coming through the competitive surfing ranks as a teenager, the training regime was pretty simple.

The pilot who successfully crash-landed his damaged helicopter during a mid-air collision at Sea World, saving the lives of all four passengers on board, has died of cancer, it has been revealed.

An early childhood educator, lawyer, former soldier, community advocate and event organiser have been picked by the Labor party to contest Gold Coast seats at the October state election.

Logan Martin is one of six athletes heading to Paris on the Australian cycling team unveiled today.

A man has died and his companion has been rushed to hospital after their boat capsized in rough seas while trying to cross the Tweed River bar in southern Queensland.

By Bern Young By Mackenzie Colahan By Sarah Cumming By Alexandria Utting ABC Gold Coast Topic: Housing Policy

They call her "The Robot" because she can do almost anything on a skateboard, but Australia's youngest Olympic gold medallist Arisa Trew only got into the sport because the water was too cold for a surf.

A nurse accused of going on a $7,000 spending spree with a bank card she allegedly stole from a Gold Coast hospital patient has faced court.

By Mackenzie Colahan ABC Gold Coast Topic: Courts and Trials Tiffani Scholten, 12, was found dead in her Gold Coast home in 2022. Supplied

In short: Claude Jeanneret joined the Surfers Paradise Surf Life Saving Club as a teenager during WWII when they needed strong swimmers to keep the beach safe.