BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 19 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 02:27 PM Treasurer, Minister for Energy and Minister for Home Ownership The Honourable David Janetzki Labor's last Budget failure: S&P downgrades credit rating outlook * Credit rating agency confirms waning fiscal discipline of the former Labor government. * Labor ignored repeated credit rating outlook warnings, leavingQueenslanders to pay a high price. * Outlook downgrad...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 19 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 02:48 PM Minister for Finance, Trade, Employment and Training The Honourable Ros Bates Crisafulli Government trade mission to Singapore and India to deliver opportunity and investment * Stability, certainty and growth key themes during Trade Minister's mission to India and Singapore. * Hyderabad'sBioAsia 2025 is a key focus of the mission with 20 delegates representing 10 ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 19 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 03:33 PM Minister for Primary Industries The Honourable Tony Perrett New award tohonour AgTech trailblazer * New bursary announced in honour of the late Liz Alexander's contributions to agricultural innovation in Queensland and beyond. * The Minister for Primary Industries announced the bursary atevokeAG. 2025, the Asia-Pacific region's premier agrifood innovation event, in...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 19 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Logan police have charged two men as part of the ongoing operation targeting recidivist property offending in the district and across south-east Queensland. On February 14, a 33-year-old Waterford West man was arrested in Waterford West and charged with two counts of receiving tainted property, and one count each of enter vehicle with intent to commit an indictable offence, armed robbery in company, ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 18 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Audio grabs of Commander Bellis are available via Hightail. The AFP responded to more than 4000 incidents at major Australian airports during the holiday period, with 93 people charged and 132 counts laid for alleged criminal conduct. Between 1 December, 2024, and 31 January, 2025, the AFP has recorded officers responding to 4205 incidents* at airports across the country, of which 93 led to ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 18 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Correction: Officers from the Tablelands Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) charged 10 young people with more than 50 offences on Friday, February 14. Earlier: Officers from the Tablelands Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) charged 10 young people with 55 offences on Friday, February 14. Police from the Far North Dog Squad, Mareeba Station, Mareeba Child Protection Investigation Unit (CPIU), POLAI...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 18 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police have charged a 37-year-old Dicky Beach man following multiple alleged sexual assaults on the Sunshine Coast. Detectives from the Caloundra Child Protection and Investigation Unit (CPIU) launched Operation Maple to investigate an alleged sexual assault on December 2, 2024. Police will allege the man met a teenage girl at Moffat Beach to supply her with an illicit substance, before he assaulted...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 18 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating a fatal traffic crash in Jimboomba on Monday, February 17. At approximately 12.35pm, police were called to the intersection of Edelsten Road and Amber Crescent, following reports of a single vehicle traffic crash. Initial investigations indicate a silver Nissan Patrol was travelling in a westerly direction on Amber Crescent, before travelling through the t-in...
Belconnen, ACT, Feb. 18 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 30-year-old man has been charged after allegedly stealing a stranger's vehicle and driving to his former partner's home where he threatened to kill her. About 4pm on Sunday, 9 February 2025, police allege the man approached another man working at a job site and spoke to him briefly before stealing his vehicle. Later that afternoon, the man attended his former partner's home and got into a verbal and physical alterca...
Belconnen, ACT, Feb. 18 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and information after a man was reported to have assaulted an elderly woman in the backyard of her residence in O'Connor in December. About 5.00am on Thursday, 26 December 2024, the man allegedly entered the woman's backyard and assaulted her, before jumping over the victim's rear fence and departing the area a short time later. The woman was later conveyed to hospital with non-life t...