Scrub fires Boondall, Nudgee and Banyo areas – thick smoke impacting the Gateway Motorway

Update 8pm: All lanes have now reopened. Motorists are advised to avoid the Gateway Motorway in the Nudgee, Banyo and Boondall areas due to two large scrub fires currently burning in the area. Thick smoke is blanketing the Gateway Motorway and traffic is heavily congested in both directions. The Motorway is currently down to one […]

Assault investigation, Mermaid Beach

Gold Coast police are investigation an overnight disturbance at Mermaid Beach in which three men sustained injuries. Preliminary inquiries indicate that an altercation occurred between two small groups of people in Dudley Street shortly after midnight. Three men were transported to the Gold Coast University Hospital with non life threatening injuries following the altercation. This […]