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Two departments in council’s firing line

Two departments at the Gold Coast City Council are in the firing line for potential job losses as CEO Dale Dickson begins his quest for a new contract. The community services and economic development and major projects departments, which contain about a third of the council’s 3600 staff, are believed targets of the reform “road map” Mr Dickson has been asked to compile. Both departments are already in the midst of a review.

Bachelor meltdown stuns everyone

A contestant on The Bachelor has had a meltdown that led to her declaring she was “better” than Matty J before eliminating herself from the competition. But that’s not where the mess ended, with the blow-up sending the competition into chaos. Clearly it was an exhilarating night.

Striptease plays during TV news show

THE BBC broadcast a topless woman during a live TV news program in Britain. The steamy scene could be seen by the show’s 3.8 million viewers on an computer screen behind presenter Sophie Raworth. The footage was being watched by a BBC colleague wearing headphones and slumped in a chair. He did not seem to realise the strip show was being beamed around the nation on Monday.

Married mum lured pair of teens for sex

An American married mother-oftwo who had sex with two teens after luring them with naked pictures on Snapchat was sentenced to up to 15 years in prison – after she called the ordeal the “biggest regret of my life.” Brooke Lajiness, 38, of Michigan, was sentenced on Monday to four years and nine months to 15 years in prison following an earlier guilty plea to several counts of criminal sexual conduct.