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What it costs to live in The Star casino

Buyers keen on owning their own piece of The Star Gold Coast will be able to pick one up at the end of the month. The group has released pricing for its first inresort residential offering, with one-bedroom apartments priced from $467,000, while twobedroom apartments are priced from $668,500.

Given the elbow due to flu epidemic

The flu is taking lots of prisoners and people are scrambling to evade capture. But when introduced to someone new this week, one woman was extra cautious, extending her elbow instead of her hand in my direction. “Sorry,” she said. “I’m flu-phobic.” I found myself half holding her elbow and giving it a little wiggle, grinning because I did not know what else to do.

Man left bloodied in bashing at home

A Pimpama man has been taken to hospital with a facial injuries after being assaulted by two men at a home on Hanover Dr. Police said they were called to the address on Wednesday shortly after 7pm following reports two men had broken into the house and bashed someone. Paramedics said they took the victim to Robina Hospital. He was in a stable condition.

Busy snake catcher had his hands full

Gold Coast snake catcher Tony Harrison was kept busy on Wednesday after wrangling a 1.7m eastern brown snake from a property in Ormeau. He was called to the property to catch what the family thought was a carpet python who had “taken a few swings” at the husband who was trying to catch him. Mr Harrison said the snake was “extremely cold” and was easy to handle. But transporting it home was another story. “It tried to eat me,” Mr Harrison wrote on Facebook.