{"id":3897,"date":"2016-09-10T10:36:42","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T22:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/?p=3897"},"modified":"2016-09-10T10:36:42","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T22:36:42","slug":"gold-coast-mayor-tom-tate-met-former-lawyer-24-hours-before-citys-tallest-tower-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/gold-coast-mayor-tom-tate-met-former-lawyer-24-hours-before-citys-tallest-tower-approved\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold Coast mayor Tom Tate met former lawyer 24 hours before city\u2019s tallest tower approved"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"tg-tlc-storyheader_titlewrapper_h1\">MAYOR Tom Tate dined with his former lawyer Tony Hickey, the spokesman for the Chinese company building the city\u2019s tallest tower, just 24 hours before the project was approved by the city council.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Exclusive photographs obtained by the <em>Gold Coast Bulletin <\/em>show an animated conversation between the pair during the lunch, with Mr Hickey at one stage pointing at the mayor.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE VIA <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au\/news\/council\/gold-coast-mayor-tom-tate-met-former-lawyer-24-hours-before-citys-tallest-tower-approved\/news-story\/87970cb3001e3c75e8b4a482bac36f8a\">GCB<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3894\" src=\"\/\/www.propertynoise.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tom-tate.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"tom-tate\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tom-tate.jpg 617w, https:\/\/propertynoise.co.nz\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tom-tate-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tom Tate and Wayne Hickey at lunch and an artist\u2019s impression of Spirit. 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