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............................................................ 24 ........................................................... 17 ......................................................... 27 ................................................................ 16 .............................................................. 25 ................................................................. 30 ................................................................... 23 ........................................................... 26 .................................................................. 15 MUDDY WATERS A YEAR TO FORGET Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate is glad to see the back of 2017 following serious health scares for both himself and his wife Ruth.

COUNCIL have closed two popular Gold Coast waterways to swimmers for public health reasons after the water quality dropped following steamy summer heat and recent rains.