The Commonwealth Games is facing another major setback with Canada now withdrawing its bid to host the 2030 Games, leaving the event in turmoil.
Just last month, the Games suffered
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Commonwealth Games in turmoil as a second city walks away after Dan Andrews pulled out
Commonwealth Games in turmoil as a second city walks away after Dan Andrews pulled out
- Canada was considering hosting 2030 Games
- Bid will no longer be made
Gold Coast childcare centre worker is charged with 1,623 child abuse offences ‘with 91 victims’ – including 136 counts of rape
An AFP investigation has led to a former childcare worker being charged with 1623 child abuse offences against 91 children – including 136 counts of rape and 110 counts of sexual intercourse with a child under 10 – in Brisbane, Sydney and overseas between 2007 and 2022.
The Gold Coast man, 45, has been in custody in Queensland since August 2022 when the AFP arrested and charged him initially with two counts of making child exploitation material and one count
Sea World helicopter crash video
It was another perfect sunny day in paradise as the Sea World helicopter lifted off from the theme park’s helipad at Southport on Queensland’s Gold Coast.
There was a slight breeze blowing but nothing to concern anyone as British-born pilot Ash Jenkinson, 40, balanced the chopper’s sensitive controls to gently lift off just before 2pm on Monday.
On board with him were six passengers – British holidaymakers Ron Hughes, 65 and his wife Diane, 57, and Sydney mother Vanessa Tadros,
Sea World helicopter crash: Sydney mother and British couple identified
A Sydney mother and a British couple have been identified as three of the four people killed in the horrific Sea World chopper crash.
Sydney mother Vanessa Tadros, 36, and British couple Ron, 65, and Diane Hughes, 57 died when a helicopter collided with another chopper near the Sea World theme park, on the Gold Coast, at 2pm on Monday.
Pilot Ash Jenkinson, 40, originally from Birmingham in the UK, is the fourth person who was killed in the crash.
Sea World helicopter crash: Why chief pilot Ash Jenkinson and his colleague failed to see each other
How two experienced pilots failed to see each other before colliding mid-air above a crowded theme park and killing four people will form the basis of a major investigation into Monday’s helicopter tragedy at SeaWorld on the Gold Coast.
Sea World Helicopters chief pilot Ash Jenkinson, 40, and three passengers were killed after their Eurocopter EC130 took off from the park’s helipad.
Seconds later hit an incoming EC130 – shearing off its rotors and sending it plunging 30 metres to
I’m A Celebrity’s Babatunde Aleshe PULLS OUT of first trial
I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! kicked off in shocking fashion on Friday as one star pulled out of the very first trial of the series.
In scenes that will air during Sunday’s launch show, comedian Babatúndé Aléshé was unable to confront his fear of heights and was unable to take part in the Walk The Plank trial which traditionally kicks off the series.
As the show returned to Australia for the first time since the Covid pandemic
Chris Dawson accused of choking babysitter’s co-worker who asked her on a date
A trolley boy who worked at Coles with the schoolgirl who replaced Chris Dawson’s missing wife has told how the accused choked and threatened him to ‘stay away from her’.
The Dawson murder trail heard how the then 16-year-old had asked JC out of several dates, to the movies and to Collaroy Plateau disco.
He said JC, who became the Dawsons’ babysitter and later Chris Dawson’s second wife after the disappearance of Lynette, was ‘very attractive’ and he was keen
Anzac commemorations turn ROWDY after a long day of beers and two-up followed solemn dawn services
Anzac Day commemorations turned rowdy on Monday as Australians poured out of pubs and clubs a little worse for wear after a long day which began with the traditional dawn service.
From about midday, as hotels were able to serve alcohol, hundreds of thousands of punters flocked to their locals for a traditional game of two-up and to share a drink with mates.
The festivities went well into the evening with friends seen staggering out of venues around midnight, singing,
Devastated friends and family hold emotional candlelit vigil for schoolgirl Charlise Mutten
Hundreds of devastated mourners have held a candlelit vigil to pay their respects to schoolgirl Charlise Mutten after her body was tragically discovered in a barrel.
Friends, family and fellow students of the nine-year-old congregated outside the front gates of Tweed Heads Public School on the Gold Coast on Wednesday night.
Many of the young mourners held candles as they stood outside the gates adorned with countless bunches of flowers, pink balloons, cards and photos of Charlise.
The schoolgirl’s body
Byron Bay Schoolies: Thousands of young Aussies kick off in style as they party the night away
Thousands of teenagers have kicked off the start of their Schoolies week in style with Byron Bay packed with Year 12 leavers keen to let their hair down after a school year blighted by Covid.
The northern NSW town was buzzing with graduating Victorian Year 12 students on Saturday night, who began their celebrations as their Queensland counterparts wrapped up their week of partying on the Gold Coast.
With the Queensland border still shut to Covid-19 hotspots, students from Victoria