BRISBANE, Queensland, March 21 -- 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 $2 billion Residential Activation Fund to unlock thousands of new homes across Queensland * Guidelines released today for $2 billion Residential Activation Fund. * Round...
Belconnen, ACT, March 21 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking to speak to at least two people who witnessed the collision of a police vehicle on Adelaide Avenue early on Sunday, 5 January (2025). About 1.00am on the Sunday morning, the police vehicle collided with a concrete barrier on a left hand bend heading south on Adelaide Avenue. Investigators from the Major Collision Team would like to speak to two people who witnessed the collision but at this ti...
Belconnen, ACT, March 21 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking dashcam and mobile phone footage following anincident in Dickson yesterday. About 5:50pm yesterday (20 March 2025), police received multiple reports of a maroon Honda CRV with a black roof storage box bearing ACT registration YPA 32E driving dangerously in Dickson. Police allege the driver, a 41-year-old woman with a suspended licence, mounted the gutter and drove erratically on footpaths and ...
Belconnen, ACT, March 21 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and dash-cam footage of four vehicles being driven dangerously between 7 and 9 March. Between Friday, 7 and Saturday, 8 March 2025, a red Volkswagen Golf with ACT registration YKT54U and a white Volkswagen Tiguan with ACT registration YKT64M were stolen from a residence in Turner. About 9.30am on Saturday, 8 March, the Golf was involved in a collision on Greenway Street, Turner, and ...
Belconnen, ACT, March 21 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 34-year-old woman will face court today in relation to sexual assault and incite suicide offences. Police will allege that between 2015 and 2022 the woman was in a relationship with another woman. In 2018, the 34-year-old woman allegedly told her partner she should kill herself, with the partner being admitted to hospital that day after attempting suicide. Later in 2018 the 34-year-old allegedly sexually assaulted...
Belconnen, ACT, March 21 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 21-year-old Dickson man will face the ACT Magistrates Court today for allegedly organising the manufacture of MDMA and other controlled drugs via clandestine laboratories. In early 2024, ACT Policing's Drugs and organised crime team commenced an investigation into a drug trafficking group, which identified the 21-year-old man as a person of interest. Police will allege the 21-year-old man's primary involvement was ...
MELBOURNE, Victoria, March 21 -- The Bureau of Meteorology issued the following media release: 21/03/2025 Issued: Friday 21 March 2025 Submit your best weather photos to the Bureau of Meteorology's 2026 Australian Weather Calendar competition for the chance to be featured in the next edition. The 2025 edition of the calendar featured an atmospheric foggy sunrise over Mornington, Western Australia, a glowing aurora australis from Squeaking Point, Tasmania and a stunning storm and rainbow co...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 21 -- Murray-Darling Basin Authority issued the following news release: At any given time, water flowing through the river is destined for various uses, including irrigation, industry, communities, the environment, and meeting South Australia's flow entitlement. The exact mix of these flow components is determined by a number of factors including demand and water availability. Each month we provide an update showing flows in the River Murray system including the tot...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 21 -- Murray-Darling Basin Authority issued the following news release: After a small break from his 4 years in the Murray-Darling Basin Authority's (MDBA) engagement team, Josh Kirby is once again returning to the Goulburn-Broken as a knowledgeable and passionate Regional Engagement Officer (REO). Widely known as the 'fruit bowl of the Basin', the Goulburn Valley supports a wide range of industries, with the predominant being agriculture and food processing. Of the 2.4 mi...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 21 -- Murray-Darling Basin Authority issued the following news release: On 18 March the Authority met on Gayini, on the lands of the Nari Nari Tribal Council and were welcomed to Country by Mr Jamie Woods, the Chair of the Nari Nari Tribal Council who also provided a tour of the restoration of Country that has been undertaken over the past 7 years. On 19 March, the meeting continued on the lands of the Wiradjuri people in Griffith, New South Wales (NSW) and was chaired by D...