Belconnen, ACT, March 19 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 51-year-old man will face court today following a family violence incident where police later located 10 cannabis plants being grown hydroponically. About 2.40pm yesterday (Tuesday, 18 March 2025) a woman contacted police to report an alleged family violence incident that had just occurred. Police located the woman at nearby shops and soon after lawfully entered the woman's home to try and locate the alleged offend...
BRISBANE, Queensland, March 19 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Police and Emergency Services The Honourable Dan Purdie Crisafulli Government delivers new state of the art police station in Clermont * New Clermont Police Station replaces old station from the 1930s. * The facilityhas been purpose-built to support the Clermont community's current and future needs. * It features more space, an attachedwatchhouse and a vehicle holding yard. The Cr...
BRISBANE, Queensland, March 19 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Transport and Main Roads The Honourable Brent Mickelberg Fixing the Bruce - $9 Billion Safety Package Kicks off The Albanese Labor Government and Crisafulli Queensland Governments are delivering on our promise to fix the Bruce Highway, with work to begin on the first set of safety upgrades in the $9billion Bruce Highway Safety Package. In January, the Federal and State Governments c...
BRISBANE, Queensland, March 19 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Customer Services and Open Data and Minister for Small and Family Business The Honourable Steve Minnikin North Queensland open for business following floods * Small and family businesses across flood-impacted areas of North and Far North Queensland are back open and trading six weeks after the devastating floods. * Crisafulli Government urging insurance companies to process claims q...
BRISBANE, Queensland, March 18 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning and Minister for Industrial Relations The Honourable Jarrod Bleijie Fresh Start for Queensland: Community consultation for additional wind farm proposals * Two additional wind farm proposals to undergo mandatory public consultation. * Labor's failed laws did not require any community consultation. * Wind farms now to ha...
BRISBANE, Queensland, March 18 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Health and Ambulance Services The Honourable Tim Nicholls Record number of future doctors join regional career path * Record number of future doctors enrol in Regional Medical Pathway, training future doctors in Central Queensland and Wide Bay. * Local universities and Hospital and Health Services partner to meet regional healthcare needs. * The program provides a sustainable "home...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 18 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: AFP Special Operation Avalite has charged a Victorian man with allegedly making death threats and antisemitic comments to a Commonwealth Member of Parliament. The man, 41, was charged today (18 March, 2025) with: * One count of using a carriage service to menace, contrary to subsection 474.17 of the Criminal Code (Cth), which carries a maximum penalty of five years' imprisonment; and * One count of thr...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 18 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A South Sudan-born man was sentenced to 14 months' imprisonment by the Perth District Court yesterday (17 March, 2025) after pleading guilty to 11 breaches of his visa-mandated conditions. The Commonwealth sentence will start in July, 2025, following a term of imprisonment the man is already serving for unrelated state offences. The Judge ordered the man serve one month in custody for the Commonwealth off...
BRISBANE, Queensland, March 18 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: The Queensland Police Service (QPS) is this week celebrating Harmony Week, with events taking place across the state, including at Police Headquarters in Brisbane today. The QPS Multicultural Affairs Unit, alongside Police Liaison Officers and Cross-Cultural Police Officers, have held a morning tea to celebrate the many cultures, languages and backgrounds of QPS staff and officers. The QPS reaffirm...
Belconnen, ACT, March 18 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 19-year-old Higgins man who tried to evade police after performing a burnout in the car park of the Belconnen Police Station will face court today. At about 8.40pm yesterday (Monday, 17 March) police will allege a group with trail bikes were performing burnouts in the Belconnen car park before one man rode up to the front doors of the station on a yellow Suzuki motorcycle before riding back to the car park. Police ...