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TIM the Yowie Man has made an urgent trip to the Gold Coast hinterland believing the recent heavy rain will have flushed out Australia' answer to Big Foot - the yowie.

A FATHER of four has been sentenced to eight years jail for shaking and hitting a baby to death in its Loganlea home.

SWIMMERS on the Gold Coast have been warned to watch out for sharks and shark nets following the week's wild weather.

DISTRAUGHT family members have hurled abuse and soft drinks at media crews outside a Gold Coast court where a man has appeared charged with the murder of a four-year-old boy.

HEALTH bureaucrats still cannot say what flight may have been contaminated by swine flu when 13 people who arrived on the Gold Coast last night were admitted to hospital with flu-like symptoms.

THIRTEEN Gold Coast residents on board the cruise ship that was quarantined in Sydney due to swine flu fears have been admitted to Gold Coast Hospital's emergency department.

A 26-year-old male was late last night charged with murder over the death of a four-year-old boy on the Gold Coast at the weekend.

SOUTH Africa's economy, the largest on the continent, slipped into recession as official data showed that gross domestic product contracted by 6.4 per cent in the first quarter.

THE dollar closed lower today, but its fall was halted by news mining giant Rio Tinto had reached agreement with Japan's leading steelmaker over iron ore contract prices.

THE share market closed in positive territory buoyed by Rio Tinto after the global miner reached a better than expected iron ore price deal with Japan.