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This piece of paper is worth a fortune

With more of the Gold Coast to be covered by regulated parking, accusations are flying that some are cashing in on demand for parking spaces by selling their rare on-street parking permits. The lucrative trade is hitting tradies in Varsity Lakes, where narrow streets and construction has made parking a premium commodity.

Why we need older workers back

The Gold Coast and Tweed has a vast untapped source of workplace knowledge and experience going to waste, and one federal politician wants to see local businesses tap into it. Assistant Minister for Vocational Education and Skills Karen Andrews is encouraging employers, industry and states to use the new Skilling Australians Fund to promote projects that use the knowledge and experience of older Australians.

Rescue mission now a recovery effort

The search-and-rescue operation for three US marines missing after a military air crash off the central Queensland coast has now turned into a recovery effort. According to American news channel NBC, the MV-22 Osprey had been on its final approach to the USS Green Bay off Shoalwater Bay when the crash occurred about 4pm on Saturday, sending 21 passengers and five crew members into the water with the aircraft. All but three marines had been found.

He wanted a threesome, he got jail

A Gold Coast bricklayer spent almost 40 days behind bars for breaching a DVO after being invited by his former partner to a threesome. The man, who cannot be named, pleaded guilty in the Southport Magistrates Court to breaching a protection order by coming into contact with his female partner after she promised him a ménage à trois.