BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 1 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: An EMERGENCY ALERT has been issued at 5.44am on Saturday 1 February, 2025 by the Cassowary Coast Local Disaster Management Group. FLOOD WATCH AND ACT MESSAGE from Cassowary Coast Regional Council forthe Mourilyan area. Localised flooding may occur today. Prepare to move to higher ground if required. Conditions could change quickly. Listen to ABC radio or disaster.cassowarycoast.qld.gov.au for more inf...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 1 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: **THIS EMERGENCY ALERT HAS BEEN CANCELLED** EARLIER: An EMERGENCY ALERT has been issued at 5.10am Saturday, February 1, 2025 by the Cassowary Coast Regional Council This is a FLOOD EMERGENCY WARNING message from the CassowaryLocal Disaster Management Group. Localised flooding is HAPPENING NOW at South Johnstone River Catchment. LEAVE IMMEDIATELY. Conditions could change quickly. Listen to local radio...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 1 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: A man is in custody after police successfully deployed a tyre deflation device (TDD) at Peak Crossing to stop an alleged stolen vehicle last night, January 31. Around 10.08pm, a black VW Tiguan and a silver Hyundai Santa Fe were reported stolen from a Peak Crossing residence. Police, with the support of POLAIR and dog squad, tracked the Santa Fe to a rural property where police successfully deployed ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 1 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: An EMERGENCY ALERT has been issued at 8.39pm Saturday February 1 2025 by Townsville Local Disaster Management Group. This is a FLOOD EMERGENCY WARNING message from the Townsville Local Disaster Management Group. People in the following places must LEAVE BY MIDDAY (12 NOON) Sunday February 2: * Cluden * Hermit Park * Idalia * Oonoonba * Railway Estate * Rosslea Water in the Ross River is rising...
SYDNEY, Jan. 31 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released its Monthly Authorised Deposit-taking Institution Statistics (MADIS) publication for December 2024. Copies of the December 2024 monthly publication are available on the APRA website at: Monthly Authorised Deposit-taking Institution Statistics publication. Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication....
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 31 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Myanmar-born man is expected to appear before Brisbane Magistrates Court today (31 January, 2025), charged with allegedly failing to comply with one of his visa-mandated conditions.   The man, 47, was served a court attendance notice on 3 January, 2025, after he was located in Logan. It will be alleged the man breached a condition of his Commonwealth visa on 29 December, 2024, by contacting a...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 31 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Audio grabs of Commander Schneider available via Hightail The AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) has urged school communities to be alert to signs of children being forced to marry, with forced marriages the most reported human trafficking offence in Australia. The AFP responded to 91 reports of forced marriages in 2023-24, which represented almost 25 per cent of...
SYDNEY, Jan. 31 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has updated the APRA Connect Taxonomy Artefacts webpage with additional draft superannuation artefacts. These artefacts are available on the APRA website at APRA Connect Taxonomy Artefacts. Please address any queries to dataanalytics@apra.gov.au. Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication....
SYDNEY, Jan. 31 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Federal Court of Australia has today dismissed the judicial review application of BUSS (Queensland) Pty Ltd (BUSSQ), which sought to set aside APRA's decision to impose additional licence conditions on BUSSQ, announced on 14 August 2024. The additional licence conditions were imposed to address prudential concerns regarding BUSSQ's fitness and propriety processes and fund expenditure managemen...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 31 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the AFP,National Anti-Scam Centre, Philippines Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission and National Bureau of Investigation Editor's note:Text message screenshot, images from investigation, and audio grabs from AFP Commander Graeme Marshall are available via Hightail Authorities have texted more than 5000 potential victims in Australia to warn they may have been t...