BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 26 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Officers from the Gold Coast district have arrested a man following a call to assist from New South Wales Police yesterday, January 25. It will be alleged that at about 5:50pm the call for assistance was made after a Blue Holden Commodore sedan was observed driving at high speed on the Pacific Motorway at Cudgera Creek, New South Wales by the highway patrol about 10 minutes prior. Attempts were made...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 25 -- The Department of Environment and Science issued the following media release: Rangers are reminding parents to keep their children close this long weekend, after a child was bitten by a tagged female dingo onK'gari. The dingo reportedly charged two children, aged four and 12years old, who were swimming in shallow water in LakeMcKenzie (Boorangoora) on Thursday 23January2025. Sadly, the dingo bit the four-year-old child on the left shoulder, resulting in superf...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 25 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Forensic Crash Unit is appealing for witnesses following a fatal traffic crash in Birkdale on January 20. Initial investigations indicate around 11.30am, a 79-year-old Birkdale man was travelling on a mobility scooter when he was struck by a vehicle near the intersection of Old Cleveland Road and Buckingham Street. The 79-year-old man was transported to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in a critical ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 25 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Detectives have charged a teenager following a series of break and enters across the Ipswich and South Brisbane region this month. It will be alleged the boy was involved in multiple break and enters of businesses in Boonah, Springfield, Browns Plains, Springfield Lakes, South Brisbane and Brassall between January 9 and 23. Following extensive investigations, detectives from the Ipswich Criminal Inv...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 25 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: The Queensland Police Service (QPS) proudly recognises seven officers who will be awarded the Australian Police Medal (APM) in this year's Australia Day Honours for their impressive contribution to policing. Announced in January and June, on Australia Day and the King's Birthday, the APM recognises the unsung heroes who deserve both thanks and recognition for their service to the community. Now in i...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 24 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 10:47 AM Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, Minister for Manufacturing and Minister for Regional and Rural Development The Honourable Dale Last A Fresh Start for Queensland: Crisafulli Government expands Natural Resource Management * Crisafulli Government expands Natural Resource Management funding to boost biodiversity programs. * $117.84 million will be available ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 24 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:Footage and images available via Hightail An alleged Spanish-based transnational organised crime syndicate accused of trafficking illicit drugs to Australia has been dismantled, with 11 people charged in Barcelona and Ibiza in Spain following an international police investigation. The AFP provided intelligence to Spain's Guardia Civil in February, 2024, about a group suspected of trying to sm...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 24 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Wanneroo man has been jailed for two-and-a-half-years for possessing and accessing child abuse material. The man, 34, was sentenced in Perth District Court on Tuesday (21 January, 2025) after pleading guilty to five counts of accessing and possessing child abuse material. He was identified after the AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) received a report from the United States' ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 24 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Gold Coast man was yesterday (23 January, 2025) sentenced to two years' imprisonment by the Southport District Court for online child abuse material offences. The man, 60, was released immediately on entering a recognizance order to serve his sentence in the community as long as he remains of good behaviour for a three-year period, including two years of supervision by a probation officer. In September, ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 24 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Forensic Crash Unit have charged a 61-year-old Bowen man following a fatal traffic crash in Myrtlevale in September last year. Emergency services were called to two-vehicle crash, involving a Holden utility and BMW sedan, on the Bruce Highway around 5pm on September 15. The sedan caught fire as a result of the crash. The driver of the sedan, a 22-year-old Burdell woman, died at the scene. The driv...