John Todd
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On the road to Mar-a-Lago with Tomahawk Tom and his Porkie Pies (opens the original)
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Fourteen years, one mayor and a very expensive detour to end a political career. When Tom Tate swept into Gold Coast City Hall in 2012, the script looked straightforward enough: businessman becomes mayor, promises fiscal discipline and sets about restraining rates and expenditure. What followed was a bewildering story of plot twists laden with allegations and of misconduct worthy of a Hollywood script. This week, we have witnessed the Tate's political journey that has travelled through booming d
Northern Rivers growth demands a return to rail (opens the original)
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Northern Rivers’ rapid growth has revived the case for a modern rail link connecting the region with the Gold Coast and Brisbane, writes John Todd. His principal was quietly relieved. With the young tearaway gone, classroom decorum returned. Seduced by the opportunity to earn a wage, he headed south to Sydney's post-war building boom and cleaned reclaimed bricks on construction sites. Yet nostalgia drew him back where his heart had remained hundreds of kilometres north, in the lush Tweed Valley
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