A cackle comes down the line. “Reporting from party HQ,” announces Rabbit Bartholomew. “I’ve done it!” He has indeed. You’d have to be a pretty sleepy surfer not to have heard of Bugs being tapped by ...

The three-time surfing world champion has been recruited by Labor to take on third-term LNP incumbent Michael Hart in the technically marginal seat of Burleigh at October’s state election. But it’s ...

COAST icon “Rabbit” Bartholomew has dangled a political carrot ahead of the election saying surfers will support the party ensuring the sport’s future. Surfers want the iconic beachline on the ...

Former surfing world champion and would-be politician Wayne ‘Rabbit’ Bartholomew has been hospitalised after being bitten by a snake. The former world champion, who stood for the Labor Party in the ...

ARTIST Grant Molony has created a unique portrait of surfing legend Wayne “Rabbit” Bartholomew painted entirely in beer, which he will enter in the prestigious $100,000 Archibald Prize. With that ...

The three-time world champion is nipping at the heels of LNP incumbent Michael Hart for the Gold Coast seat of Currumbin. Mr Bartholomew, who has lived on the coast for more than 60 years, is hoping ...

Wayne “Rabbit” Bartholomew is the Gold Coast’s celeb candidate - but it’s his position on the light rail which has divided Bulletin readers. The three-time surfing world champion has been recruited by ...