BRISBANE, Queensland, April 7 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Detectives from the Rural and Stock Crime Squad are appealing for information in relation to the theft of 21 sheep from a property on Gatton Clifton Road, Mount Whitestone. The stud quality sheep which were born in November, 2024. The sheep had black NLIS tags with QDLV1050. The sheep were stolen during the day, between 7am and 3pm, on Monday 24 February 2025 and are described as: * One Dorset lam...
Belconnen, ACT, April 6 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: UPDATE: Thank you Canberra. The missing 14-year-old boy has been located safe and well. ********************************************************************************* ACT Policing is urgently seeking the public's assistance to locate missing 14-year-old boy Riley Sebbens. Riley has not been seen or heard from since earlier today (Sunday, 6 April 2025) and was last seen in Hawker. He is described as Caucasian in a...
CANBERRA, ACT, April 6 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Sudan-born man is expected to appear before Melbourne Magistrates Court today (6 April, 2025), charged with allegedly failing to comply with his visa-mandated conditions. The AFP charged the man, 46, on Friday (4 April, 2025) after he was arrested by Victoria Police in Melbourne. It is alleged the man breached the conditions of his Commonwealth visa by not wearing a monitoring device at all times. He ha...
CANBERRA, ACT, April 6 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Jordanian national is expected to face Parramatta Local Court today (6 April, 2025) charged with endangering the safety of a Sydney-bound aircraft and assaulting a member of the cabin crew. AFP at Sydney Airport responded yesterday evening (5 April, 2025) to an airline request for police to meet a flight arriving from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It will be alleged a man, 46, attempted to open the rear emerge...
BRISBANE, Queensland, April 6 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: JOINT STATEMENT Premier and Minister for Veterans The Honourable David Crisafulli Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning and Minister for Industrial Relations The Honourable Jarrod Bleijie A Fresh Start for Queensland: Residential Activation Fund unlocks new homes * Applications open tomorrow forCrisafulli Government's landmark Residential Activation Fund to...
BRISBANE, Queensland, April 5 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: The Queensland Police Service's (QPS) Blue Lures program has successfully expanded into southeast Queensland, with the intervention program launching its fifth chapter in Broadbeach today. The program was first developed in February 2024 by St George Police members Constable Daniel Burton and Police Liaison Officer (PLO) Chelsea Beardmore, who is now a Police Recruit. This early intervention youth e...
BRISBANE, Queensland, April 5 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: JOINT STATEMENT Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning and Minister for Industrial Relations The Honourable Jarrod Bleijie Assistant Minister to the Deputy Premier and Assistant Minister for Planning, Housing and Better Regulation Mrs Rebecca Young Delivering a place to call home for more Queenslanders * New Southern Thornlands Priority Development Area decl...
Belconnen, ACT, April 5 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: Two teen boys have been arrested following multiple pursuit incidents in a stolen motor vehicle throughout Canberra's inner north overnight. Between Thursday night (3 April 2025) and Friday morning (4 April 2025) a white BMW SUV was stolen from a residence in Amaroo. Throughout the course of Friday afternoon, police received multiple Triple Zero calls in relation to the vehicle driving dangerously. The vehicle was obs...
BRISBANE, Queensland, April 4 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: JOINT STATEMENT Minister for Police and Emergency Services The Honourable Dan Purdie Minister for Families, Seniors and Disability Services and Minister for Child Safety and the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence The Honourable Amanda Camm Major reform for domestic and family violence puts victims ahead of perpetrators * Major domestic and family violence reform announced to bolster pro...
BRISBANE, Queensland, April 4 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: The Queensland Police Service (QPS) has welcomed 53 new officers with policing backgrounds following their graduation from the QPS Academy in Brisbane. Each officer brings valuable frontline policing experience from Australian and international jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom (UK), New Zealand, the United States, and Germany. Over 20 weeks, the cohort completed the Police Abridged Compet...