Category Archives: News Articles
Volunteer support continues for flood victims
(An example of my layout work.)
Traffic Delays at Gold Coast Show
Gold Coast Show sponsor, Frank Goldstein, has apologised to show-goers for the lengthy traffic delays outside the Showgrounds. Over 31,000 people attended the Show on the first day with traffic on Parklands Drive crawling as motorists entered both the Showgrounds and Griffith University to park. “I feel sorry for all those people stuck in the …
“Bright Future” for Queensland Domestic Tourism
Recent research into Queensland’s domestic tourism numbers show a bright future, Minister for Tourism Peter Lawlor told Parliament last month. The Tourism Research Australia data has revealed that 15.7 million Australians visited Queensland for the year ending 30 June 2010, down two percent on the previous year, trailing behind Victoria (22.8 million visitors) and New …
New ‘community hub’ to benefit Coomera
Plans are underway for a new Gold Coast City Council ‘community hub’ to provide facilities for residents of Upper Coomera and surrounding suburbs. The development, which is currently in the design stage, will contain a community centre, library, aquatic centre, customer service centre and the councillor’s divisional office upon its completion. GCCC Division One Councillor, …
Calls for increased driver training for young drivers.
Three years after the Queensland Government introduced changes to the learner and provisional licensing system, the Opposition is calling for more accessible and affordable driver training. The introduction of the graduated licencing system in July 2007 saw learner drivers being able to get their licences at 16 and having to complete a logbook with 100 …
More English and Mathematics in Queensland schools
Education Queensland has revealed plans to have a required number of teaching hours for English and mathematics for primary school students from 2010. From next year, teachers will have to spend a minimum of five hours per week teaching mathematics and a minimum six hours per week teaching English in an attempt to improve the …
Students learn reporting skills
Gold Coast students are learning the skills required to be a journalist by reporting for the Gold Coast Bulletin’s weekly TXT4U lift-out. The TXT4U program, which began on 13 July 2004, currently has 85 registered student reporters from primary schools and high schools throughout the Gold Coast region. Education Services Co-ordinator Amy Lane has been …
Griffith University students save lives
Around 250 students have helped save lives by donating blood during the Australian Red Cross Blood Van’s visit to Griffith University Gold Coast campus earlier this month. At a time when many regular donors cannot donate blood due to winter colds and flus, the Blood Van was fully booked for its visit from 10–14 August. …
On The Kase 