BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 28 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: A crime scene has been established following two suspicious fires at a tobacconist in Stanthorpe. Police and emergency services were called around 2.36am today, January 28, to reports of flames coming from the Maryland Street business. No one was injured and the fire was quickly extinguished, however the premises has been extensively damaged. Investigations are ongoing to determine the cause of the...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 28 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: With this week marking the start of the 2025 school year, police are reminding road users to slow down and be on the lookout ahead of the return to an increase in traffic and pedestrian activity around school zones. The call comes as the state faces a devastating beginning to the year, with 23lives lost on Queensland roads to date (as of midnight January 27). This includes 2people killed in traffic ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 28 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are appealing for dash-camera footage as part of the investigation into a road-rage incident that occurred at Oxenford last month. Around 9.30am on Thursday December 19, 2024, a white Hyundai Elantra Sedan, believed to be a 2024 model, was travelling northbound along the Pacific Motorway at Nerang. A silver Isuzu D-Max dual-cab utility, containing a 52-year-old male-driver and his 20-year-old...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 28 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: As students within the Wide Bay Burnett district return to school today, the school zone speed limits also return. Police across the district, from Gympie to Bundaberg, will be increasing high visibility patrols in areas around schools this week, focusing on both enforcement and education, to facilitate a safe return to school. Wide Bay Burnett District Officer Superintendent Anne Vogler said police...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 28 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: School zone speed limits are back in play today, as Sunshine Coast students return to school. This week also marks the closure of Operation Mistletoe which is a road safety operation that focuses on reducing the lives lost on Queensland roads over the school holidays, including the back-to-school period. Sunshine Coast police will be increasing patrols in areas around schools this week, focusing on ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 28 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: As Queenslanders wind down from the summer holidays and roll back into the classroom, motorists are urged to heed the school zone speed limits, after Queensland Police Service (QPS) officers spent more than 62,000 hours conducting high visibility road safety activities over the break. Throughout Operation Mistletoe, police surged additional resourcing such as covert motorbikes to target dangerous dri...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 28 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 12:49 PM Minister for Transport and Main Roads The Honourable Brent Mickelberg ​​Drivers slow down as kids go back to school * ​School zone speed limits will apply from Tuesday 28 January to help keep kids safe. * Parents and carers to encourage children to be alert near roads or driveways and to obey school crossing supervisors. * ​Road safety educ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 28 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 10:53 AM Minister for Health and Ambulance Services The Honourable Tim Nicholls Independent Review into puberty blockers * Issues with Cairns Sexual Health Service raise concerns about paediatric gender therapies State-wide. * Broader review of the evidence for hormone therapy treatment for paediatric gender services to be undertaken. * Immediate pause of hormone therapy f...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 27 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: As children and young people across the country prepare to head back into the classroom, the AFP wants to help parents and carers keep children and young people safe when posting back-to-school photos online. The first day of the school year is an important milestone families often celebrate with happy snaps of smiling students in their new uniforms. But AFP CommanderHelen Schneider said before sharing th...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 27 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police have charged two people after a stolen vehicle was tracked across Brisbane's south overnight, January 26. It will be alleged that around 7:30pm, three people gained access to a Mander Court, Wellington Point address before threatening three occupants at the address. The occupants then proceeded to flee the property, with the three offenders proceeding to steal a black Chrysler 300 SRT and fle...