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The Latest Breaking News from Surfers Paradise

Plan for $1.5bn Trump Tower on Gold Coast scrapped because brand ‘toxic to Australians’

The Surfers Paradise development has been abandoned with Altus Property Group and the Trump Organization blaming each other

The Guardian - AU · May 13

Trump Tower planned for Surfers Paradise will be Australia’s tallest building and ‘best resort’, local developer claims

Gold Coast mayor says he looks forward to considering a ‘formal development application’

The Guardian - AU · Feb 23

Hilton hotel at Surfers Paradise evacuated after fire broke out on roof

More than 400 guests staying in tower when fire began, which one nearby resident says started after explosion

The Guardian - AU · Mar 14, 2025

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Extent of beach erosion revealed post ex-cyclone

A snapshot of a global tourist hub shows the extent of beach erosion inflicted by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred barely a week after it impacted Australia's coast.

AAP · Mar 13, 2025

Ricky Lefoe sentenced to prison for one-punch attack on Brazilian man Ivan Susin in Surfers Paradise

Ricky Lefoe hit 29-year-old Brazilian tourist Ivan Susin, who he did not know, causing him to strike his head on a cement pathway in Surfers Paradise in 2019.

ABC News · Mar 28, 2023

Horses escape Magic Millions beach race, take to the streets of Surfers Paradise

The incident began after jockeys were thrown from their horses during the Magic Millions event.

ABC News · Jan 10, 2023

Teenager sentenced to 10 years in prison over fatal stabbing of Jack Beasley on Gold Coast

A 17-year-old boy who fatally stabbed teenager Jack Beasley at Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast in 2019 is sentenced to ten years in prison. Mr Beasley's mother called the culprits "cowards" who left her son to "die on the footpath".

ABC News · Aug 5, 2022

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