BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 7 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are allowing accredited tradespeople access over the temporary bridge at Ollera Creek for urgent electrical safety checks at flood impacted residences. Electricians and other tradespeople will need to produce their Queensland Building and Construction Commission (QBCC) Licence at the Rollingstone Truck Pads checkpoint, 3 kilometres south of the bridge, to be granted access. The community is ad...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 7 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police have charged three people following the recovery of a stolen firearm from a Captains Mountain property last year. Police executed a search warrant at a Swan Street address in Dalby on January 31, locating a .22 calibre firearm along with weapon parts, 30kg of ammunition, and drugs. The firearm was stolen from a property on the Gore Highway between December 9 and December 16, 2024. A 52-year-o...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 7 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: A 58-year-old male staff member from the Protective Services Group has been charged in relation to an alleged assault incident. The member has been charged with the offence of common assault, allegedly committed while on duty. The member has been suspended from the Queensland Police Service and is expected to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on February 13. In keeping with our commitment to ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 7 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint release between the Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force Editor's note: Images and vision available via Hightail link A Victorian man has been sentenced to nine years and 10 months' imprisonment by the Perth District Court today (7 February, 2025), for importing almost 5kg of methamphetamine through Perth Airport in 2022. The man, now 53, pleaded guilty in November, 2024, a...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 7 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Images available via hightail The AFP has charged a Hunter Valley man for his role in the alleged attempted importation of 21kg of methamphetamine from Spain last month. The man, 37, allegedly had links to an organised crime group and appeared in Singleton Local Court today (7 February, 2025) charged with attempting to import commercial quantities of border-controlled drugs. He was remanded i...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 6 -- The Department of Environment and Science issued the following media release: Open larger image Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service personnel, from left to right Ranger Kurt Zietlow from Cairns, Senior Ranger Brett Duke from Toowoomba, Senior Ranger Chris White from Atherton, Ranger Girresse De Simone from Springbrook, and Ranger Cooper Jenkins from Tewantin, prior to their departure to assist in fighting Victorian bushfires. Five fire-trained Department of ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 6 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Images available via Hightail Special Operation Avalite has issued a court summons to a Melbourne man, 34, for allegedly waving a Hizballah flag through the streets of Melbourne's CBD during a protest last year. The Broadmeadows man has been summoned to appear in Melbourne Magistrates' Court on 19 March, 2025. The AFP yesterday (6 February, 2025) served him with the notice for the offence of...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 6 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 11:38 AM Minister for Health and Ambulance Services The Honourable Tim Nicholls A Fresh Start for Queensland: Satellite Hospitals to be renamed Satellite Health Centres * The Crisafulli Government has delivered on a key commitment from its 100 Day Plan, renaming 'Satellite Hospitals' to an appropriate name. * Overwhelming feedback from clinicians has been to change the name...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 6 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 05:29 AM Minister for Local Government and Water and Minister for Fire, Disaster Recovery and Volunteers The Honourable Ann Leahy Disaster loans activated for north Queensland farmers, small business and not-for-profits * Flood affected primary producers, small businesses and not-for-profits in seven NQ LGAs can now apply for concessional loans to support recovery. * Disaste...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 6 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 05:29 AM Minister for Local Government and Water and Minister for Fire, Disaster Recovery and Volunteers The Honourable Ann Leahy More Townsville residents to receive disaster hardship grants * Support for Queenslanders impacted by the NQ floods has been activated for 26 new localities in the Townsville City Council area. * Eligible residents can apply for a range of hardsh...