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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Travel
Joe Hinchliffe

Approval of Gold Coast beach bar sparks new battle over privatisation of public spaces

The Kurrawa Beach Club at Broadbeach. Queensland. Australia
Gold Coast council has approved the trial of the 750-sq-metre Kurrawa Beach Club at Broadbeach in Queensland. Photograph: Kurrawa Beach Club Facebook page

Gold Coast’s mayor denies his council’s decision to green light a bar on a beach is un-Australian or sets a precedent that could see public space privatised.

Broadbeach’s Kurrawa Beach Club, given the go-ahead on a trial basis late last year, will now be allowed to open for six months every year for the next three years.

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