Gold Coast Articles

Gambling giants Crown and The Star see losses balloon

Gambling giants Crown and The Star see losses balloon

They say the house always wins, but for Australia’s two casin...

Vicinity's $1 billion turnaround signals retail recovery underway

Vicinity's $1 billion turnaround signals retail recovery underway

Shopping centre group Vicinity Centres (ASX: VCX) has recorded a $1...

Entertainment agency The Brag Media acquires Epic Digital to gain foothold in gaming, anime

Entertainment agency The Brag Media acquires Epic Digital to gain foothold in gaming, anime

Sydney-based The Brag Media has today announced the acquisition of ...

JB Hi-Fi online sales surpass $1 billion in six months, $250m share buyback flagged

JB Hi-Fi online sales surpass $1 billion in six months, $250m share buyback flagged

Retailer JB Hi-Fi (ASX: JBH) is backing itself with a $250 million ...

QLD announces $200m deal to secure international flights

QLD announces $200m deal to secure international flights

The Queensland Government has announced it will match a $100 millio...

VentureCrowd raises $10m to fund Asia-Pacific alternative asset expansion

VentureCrowd raises $10m to fund Asia-Pacific alternative asset expansion

Digital alternative-investment platform VentureCrowd has bolstered ...

Australian film local box office earnings tripled to $71.5m in 2021

Australian film local box office earnings tripled to $71.5m in 2021

Australian-produced films are raking in more at the cinema despite ...

FloodMapp raises $8.5m in seed round led by NYC-based Union Square Ventures

FloodMapp raises $8.5m in seed round led by NYC-based Union Square Ventures

Brisbane-based start-up FloodMapp has just announced the completion...

Omicron grinds down café spending in CBDs with recovery to pre-COVID levels unlikely

Omicron grinds down café spending in CBDs with recovery to pre-COVID levels unlikely

Weekday café transactions in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane ...

Gurner plans $120m Gold Coast project for ‘hottest market in Australia'

Gurner plans $120m Gold Coast project for ‘hottest market in Australia'

Tim Gurner has ramped up his push into Queensland with plans for a ...

Deloitte predicts business investment likely to rise rapidly after Omicron

Deloitte predicts business investment likely to rise rapidly after Omicron

Government and business investment in Australian projects is expect...

“Welcoming the world back to Australia”: International border to reopen on 21 February

“Welcoming the world back to Australia”: International border to reopen on 21 February

Australia will reopen to all fully vaccinated visa holders on the 2...

Fresh calls for national border relaxation emerge amid reduction in COVID hospitalisations

Fresh calls for national border relaxation emerge amid reduction in COVID hospitalisations

Tourism industry leaders and peak bodies have renewed calls to rela...

MA Financial injects $12 million into CartonCloud expansion

MA Financial injects $12 million into CartonCloud expansion

Gold Coast-based logistics software company CartonCloud has ra...

Black Hops taps into craft beer thirst raising a record $2.2m in a day

Black Hops taps into craft beer thirst raising a record $2.2m in a day

The thirst for a piece of the craft beer industry has seen emerging...

Raider Targetry locked on to hit its moving targets

Raider Targetry locked on to hit its moving targets

After being provided with the opportunity to work with Australian s...

Supply chain woes sees Kogan profit dive 58 per cent

Supply chain woes sees Kogan profit dive 58 per cent

Despite delivering record sales revenue for the first half of FY22,...

How Fable Food Co founder Michael Fox tricked himself back into business after failed venture

How Fable Food Co founder Michael Fox tricked himself back into business after failed venture

After his online footwear retail startup Shoes of Prey failed follo...

Myer's online sales surge 54 per cent but Omicron hampers post-Christmas performance

Myer's online sales surge 54 per cent but Omicron hampers post-Christmas performance

Although Myer (ASX: MYR) has reported a strong period of trade in t...

Demand for local travel sees Camplify flourish despite lockdowns

Demand for local travel sees Camplify flourish despite lockdowns

Despite widespread lockdowns restricting movement across Australia,...

Consumer confidence bounces back after hitting 15-month low

Consumer confidence bounces back after hitting 15-month low

Australian consumer confidence rose 2.2 per cent last week after dr...

December retail sales bolstered by eased COVID-19 restrictions

December retail sales bolstered by eased COVID-19 restrictions

Australian consumers were unafraid to splurge during the holiday se...

Adairs shares plummet as closures cut earnings by $18m

Adairs shares plummet as closures cut earnings by $18m

No amount of soft pillows and quilts could buffer Adairs' (ASX:...

Renewable energy developers get green light for two rural electrification projects

Renewable energy developers get green light for two rural electrification projects

Renewable energy developers X-Elio and Maoneng are propelling rural...

Better waze ahead for drivers with FloodMapp's early warning system

Better waze ahead for drivers with FloodMapp's early warning system

As the climate emergency impacts weather patterns across the globe,...

Online marketplace retailer MyDeal bucks late 2021 trend with record growth

Online marketplace retailer MyDeal bucks late 2021 trend with record growth

Leading online retail marketplace MyDeal.com.au (ASX: MYD) has reve...

Peak bodies propose six-point plan to carry business through Omicron wave

Peak bodies propose six-point plan to carry business through Omicron wave

A coalition of Australia’s peak industry groups represen...

TWU: Transport workers pressured to work while sick with COVID

TWU: Transport workers pressured to work while sick with COVID

A new survey conducted by the Transport Workers Union (TWU) has rev...

Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine gets drug regulator's green light

Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine gets drug regulator's green light

A COVID-19 vaccine made by pharmaceutical company Novavax has been ...

Two oral COVID-19 treatments get provisional approval from TGA

Two oral COVID-19 treatments get provisional approval from TGA

Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has today ...