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Sea World founder Keith Williams dies

Staff Reporters Queensland developer Keith Williams has been remembered as a “pioneer and a legend” who put the Gold Coast on the international tourism map.

What happens after 'Best Job in the World' ends?

Ben Southall.

Bridie Jabour You score the best job in the world with a six figure pay packet to go with it but the only catch is it is a non-renewable six-month contract. So what do you do next?

Royal impostor insists he's changed after island sojourn

Fake prince

Freya Petersen Abdelkarim Serhani insists he is a changed man. Impersonating a Saudi prince, running up a $40,000 tab on Champagne, helicopter rides and "girls" at Queensland's Hamilton Island resort in 2009, and...

Irish tourist's Hangover a comedy of errors - and fraud

Michael Hegarty.

Steve Butcher An Irish tourist used illegally obtained credit card numbers to live in luxury during a six-week crime spree in Australia.

Cyclone forces 300 schools to close

About 300 schools in Queensland's far north, north and central regions will be closed from tomorrow as severe tropical cyclone Yasi approaches.