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Bikie gang members refused entry to Bali

A big meeting of the Finks bikie gang planned for Bali has been thrown into chaos after Indonesian officials, at the behest of Australian police, stopped and banned two members, including the national president Kosh Radford, from entering the island. Both were flown home.

The Coast’s most storm-hit suburbs

It’s the devil’s triangle of Gold Coast storm-chasers. Data from NRMA Insurance shows Mudgeeraba, Robina and Varsity Lakes have scored the top three ranks as the most storm affected suburbs on the Gold Coast. The stats also show that Mudgeeraba is in the top three storm affected suburbs in Queensland, trailing only Proserpine and Cannonvale in Mackay. Robina councillor Hermann Vorster said the area was plagued with storm-related issues.

The Coast’s next big shopping Mecca

The $470 million first stage of the Coomera Town Centre is on track to open just one year from now. The northern Gold Coast’s largest shopping centre is now well under construction had has reached its latest milestone despite a recent spate of wet weather. It is expected to open in the final quarter of 2018.

‘Drunk chair’ back at Flemington

The “drunks chair” used to wheel off overindulgent racegoers has returned to Flemington on the last race day of the Melbourne Cup Spring carnival. The special chair, designed as an emergency and rescue patient handling device but adapted to remove drunk racegoers, re-emerged at Flemington on Saturday. At Emirates Stakes Day, a young woman was wheeled out of the racecourse by paramedics. She was among 68,000 punters who flocked to Flemington for the final traditional day of betting.