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No life for Gold Coast home for the dead
Source: Chicago Tribune by Robert Channick

A proposal to convert a former Gold Coast arts dormitory for women into a repository for human ashes is apparently dead.

Snake caught in printer queue causing paper jam
Source: goldcoast.com.au

A Lismore couple couldn't figure out why their paper was jamming when printing until further investigations found this sleeping inside their printer.

Surviving schoolies week: it's possible
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DOMINIC Mapstone could tell a few schoolies week disaster stories if he cared to.

Judge says Balcony Stripper is too OLD and fines $400
Source: www.goldcoast.com.au

A WOMAN old enough to know better has been fined $400 for flashing her bare buttocks and spanking herself in front of a crowd of about 200 people, including children, at the Gold Coast Indy.

New club urged: get Matthews
Source: realfooty.com.au

HAVING just walked away from the Brisbane Lions coaching position after a decade in the job, the push has started to get AFL legend Leigh Matthews involved in the fledging Gold Coast Football Club.

Voss throws himself in deep end
Source: Australian News Network

What will be the cosequences for other AFL teams and coaches when the new teams enter the AFL competition?

Gold Coast would welcome Leigh Matthews
Source: Australian News Network

AFL newcomers Gold Coast have played down the prospect of Leigh Matthews becoming foundation coach but have hinted there's a job for him if he wants it.

Marquee Gold Coast with the most
Source: Australian News Network

THE Gold Coast has the potential to snare one or two marquee players from rival clubs after being given an additional $1 million in its salary cap when it starts in the AFL in 2011.

New clubs to take priority
Source: Australian News Network

THE controversial priority pick system could be suspended in 2010 and 2011 to allow Gold Coast and potentially a club from western Sydney to reap the major benefits of the national draft.

Five to six wins the AFL pass mark for Gold Coast team
Source: Australian News Network

THE AFL has defined the pass mark for Gold Coast in its first season. Five to six wins and a percentage of about 80 would meet the AFL's criteria for a "competitive" 2011.

Coast keen for Lethal mentor
Source: Australian News Network

THE Gold Coast team has played down the prospect of Leigh Matthews becoming foundation coach but have hinted there's a job for him if he wants it.

Who will bust as Coast booms?
Source: Australian News Network

... will the once-sleepy town - more popular for Schoolies' Week than sport - sustain three major sporting codes?

The best pick? Gold Coast will get the cream of the young footballer crop
Source: realfooty.com.au

THE AFL will reveal the draft concessions for the new Gold Coast club within the next week, with nine first round picks in 2010 - including the top three selections - the most likely scenario. AFL boss Andrew Demetriou said the league was likely to make plans for the 2010 draft  …

Tassie ups ante on Demetriou with Senate investigation
Source: Australian News Network

AFL bosses will be called before a Senate inquiry to explain why footy-mad Tasmania has been denied a league team of its own. The AFL commissioners have prioritised the admission of Gold Coast and western Sydney teams over Tasmania.

AFL to roll out draft package to the Gold Coast for 2011
Source: Australian News Network

AFL Commision wrestles with creating a competitive team when GC17 joins the league in 2011 while not disadvantaging existing clubs.

AFL set to create compo formula
Source:

AFL acknowledges that existing teams will suffer as players join the new Gold Coast team. The AFL looks at how teams might be compensated.

Gold Coast instals key piece in recruitment puzzle
Source: Australian News Network

Pieces of the Gold Coast AFL team begin to fall in place as the prepare for their debut in 2011

Bulldogs recruiter to join Coast
Source: realfooty.com.au

He constructed one champion Queensland side. Now recruiter Scott Clayton has been hired to build the next one.

Dream offer to Dogs recruiter too good to refuse
Source: Australian News Network

No club could have competed with the "dream" offer that lured recruiter Scott Clayton to the Gold Coast as he seized the rare opportunity to build a list from ground zero.

Gold Coast snares AFL recruiting manager
Source: Melbourn Age

TopNotch Recruiter recruited by Gold Coast AFL Club

Gold Coast lands Dogs' recruiter | Herald Sun
Source: Australian News Network

THE AFL's new Gold Coast team, due to join the AFL in 2011, has signed Scott Clayton as its head of recruiting

Gold Coast to buck jumper tradition
Source: AFL Website

Gold Coast, looking to join the AFL competition in 2011, promise a jumper design that avoids traditional designs.

No 'old-fashioned' jumper for Gold Coast team
Source: Sydney Morning Herald

The Gold Coast AFL team due to join the AFL in 2011 and play games in lower level competions before 2011 start to get serious about the design of their team uniform.

McKenna should get Gold Coast AFL gig: Malthouse
Source: Australian News Network

Collingwood coach, Mick Malthouse outlines his belief that, now that Guy McKenna has been appointed as the first coach of the Gold Coast AFL team, he should logically be the coach of the team when it joins the AFL competition in 2011.

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