MEDIA STATEMENT: A FRESH START FOR QUEENSLAND: LOCAL COMMUNITY CONSULTATION RIGHTS MADE PERMANENT ON WIND FARM DEVELOPMENTS

BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 31 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 10:23 AM Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning and Minister for Industrial Relations The Honourable Jarrod Bleijie A Fresh Start for Queensland: Local community consultation rights made permanent on wind farm developments * Election commitment to make wind farms impact assessable delivered * Mandatory community consultation now required...


MEDIA STATEMENT: CRISAFULLI GOVERNMENT'S LONG-TERM PLAN FOR GROWING PRIMARY INDUSTRIES' PROSPERITY

BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 31 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 02:02 PM Minister for Primary Industries The Honourable Tony Perrett Crisafulli Government's long-term plan for growing primary industries' prosperity * Work to develop a 25-year blueprint to shape the future of Queensland's primary industries to begin. * This blueprint will be a critical component to help deliver upon our ambitious target to grow the sector's value to $3...


MEDIA STATEMENT: HERVEY BAY HOSPITAL FIRST SITE FOR NEW STATEWIDE TELESTROKE SERVICE

BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 31 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 03:24 PM Minister for Health and Ambulance Services The Honourable Tim Nicholls Hervey Bay Hospital first site for new statewide Telestroke Service * The new Queensland Telestroke service will support approximately 2 million Queenslanders who live in regional, rural and remote areas. * Hervey Bay Hospital has piloted the service which will be rolled out at additional hospi...


MEDIA STATEMENT: HISTORIC APPOINTMENT OF STATE'S FIRST SUPREME COURT RESERVE JUDGES

BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 31 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 05:48 PM Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for Integrity The Honourable Deb Frecklington Historic appointment of State's first Supreme Court reserve judges * Crisafulli Government appoints Queensland's first-ever reserve judges to Supreme Court * Appointment of the Honourable Robert Gotterson AO KC and the Honourable Philip Morrison KC will help ease si...


TORTURE AND GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM ARREST, LOGAN

BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 31 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Warning: This release contains details of a criminal investigation involving the physical abuse of a child and information in the below may contain content that is confronting, disturbing and distressing. Detectives from Logan Child Protection and Investigation Unit (CPIU) have charged a 32-year-old woman with multiple offences, including torture and grievous bodily harm, following a major investigat...


PROPERTY OFFENCE CHARGES, TOWNSVILLE

BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 31 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: A 17-year-old Vincent boy and a 23-year-old Garbutt man have been charged in relation to multiple alleged break and enter and property offences in Townsville. It will be alleged some of the offences relate to break and enter crimes at multiple of private homes and businesses, including tobacconist shops and service stations across the city between December 3, 2024, and January 30, 2025. It will be a...


HARDWARE THEFTS APPEAL, LOCKYER VALLEY

BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 31 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are appealing for information to help identify two people involved in a spate of thefts from a hardware store in the Lockyer Valley in the lead up to Christmas last year. On six separate occasions between December 11 and December 24, 2024, it is alleged a man stole a range of tools, from the Plainland business on the Warrego Highway. It is alleged on December 11, the man concealed a socket se...


FATAL TRAFFIC CRASH, IPSWICH

BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 31 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating a fatal traffic crash in Ironbark on Wednesday, January 29. About 10.10am, police were called to Brisbane Valley Highway, between Borallon Station Road and James Road following reports of a two-vehicle traffic crash. Initial investigations indicate a crash occurred involving a Mitsubishi Triton and Pajero Sport before the Mitsubishi has crashed into a tree. ...


SEXUAL ASSAULT INVESTIGATION, NORTH BRISBANE

BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 31 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Queensland Police are appealing for further information as part of ongoing investigations involving a 67-year-old Mango Hill man charged with alleged sexual assault offences. Operation Xray Modern was established after a report was received by police on January 19. Detectives from the Gateway Child Protection and Investigation Unit (CPIU) yesterday attended a Mango Hill address where a 67-year-old m...


ASSAULT AND DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY CHARGES, WEIPA

BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 31 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Officers from the Weipa Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB), and Weipa and Aurukun General Duties have charged three people following an alleged assault on January 23. It will be alleged at around 1pm, a group of five people attended a rural property on Peninsula Developmental Road at Mission River, for work purposes. It is further alleged three people not known to them approached the group and thre...