The Latest Breaking News from Surfers Paradise

A podium sweep, a first-time rookie winner and a team that had not existed until weeks before the first round breaking through against the category’s giants. There was no shortage of feel-good stories following American Spirit Team Johansson driver Ryan Hunter-Reay’s victory in what turned out to be the final…

The British company's success in single-seater racing was translated dramatically into Indycar, as Michael Andretti won the manufacturer's first race at Surfers Paradise, sending shockwaves through the motorsport landscape.

A defence barrister has told a Brisbane Supreme Court jury that his client threw a fatal punch in order to defend a mate during a brawl at Surfers Paradise.

Two jockey-less racehorses ran amok on the Gold Coast on Tuesday, bringing traffic to a standstill and creating a spectacle on the streets.

An interstate visitor aged in his 40s drowns at Surfers Paradise, with an 11-year-old boy also pulled from the water.

Paradise Centre, at the heart of Surfers Paradise, is set for a $40 million revamp, with its owners and the City of Gold Coast hoping it marks the beginning of a reinvented entertainment precinct in an area that "did lose its buzz".