CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 22 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Perth man has been jailed for three years, with a non-parole period of 18 months, for child abuse material-related offences. The man, 48, was sentenced in Perth District Court last week (16 January, 2025) after pleading guilty to 11 charges related to possessing, transmitting and accessing child abuse material online. The West Australian Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (WA JACET) executed a search wa...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 22 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 03:06 PM Minister for Customer Services and Open Data and Minister for Small and Family Business The Honourable Steve Minnikin Business groups to kickstart red tape round-up * Queensland's Chambers of Commerce to contribute to Crisafulli Government's small business red tape reduction focus. * Removing unnecessary regulations for regional Queensland small and family busines...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 22 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: A 27-year-old male Constable from the Northern Region has been charged in relation to allegedly possessing child exploitation material. It will be alleged that the material was obtained whilst off duty. The member has been charged with one count of use carriage service to access child abuse material. They have been suspended from the Queensland Police Service and is expected to appear in the Towns...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 22 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: A 30-year-old male Senior Constable from the Brisbane Region has been charged in relation to allegedly possessing child exploitation material. It will be alleged that the material was obtained whilst off duty. The member has been charged with one count of use carriage service to access child abuse material. They have been suspended from the Queensland Police Service and is expected to appear in the...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 22 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: The State Emergency Service (SES) has received a $300,000 sponsorship through their partnership with Powerlink Queensland, and Energex and Ergon Network as part of Energy Queensland. These funds will buy vital equipment for SES groups across Queensland including power tools, generators, lighting, stretchers, rescue and first aid training manikins, tactical response kits, and vehicle accessories. Now...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 22 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Detectives are appealing for information as they continue to investigate the suspicious death of John Patrick Hackett, who was found deceased in his home on Gold Street at Mackay in November last year. On November 9, 67-year-old John Patrick Hackett was located at his unit on Gold Street at Mackay following a welfare check by family members. A crime scene was declared and police launched homicide in...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 21 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police have charged a 26-year-old Acacia Ridge man following an incident in Annerley where a police officer and a man were shot earlier this month. On January 10, police were called to an address on Tamar Street following reports of a disturbance around 9.13am. It is alleged upon arrival, two officers, a male Acting Sergeant and a male First Year Constable (FYC), located a 26-year-old man, with no c...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 21 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: A 32-year-old man has been charged with arson following an investigation into a house fire in Aldershot yesterday, January 20. It will be alleged, about 3pm, the 32-year-old Aldershot man has crashed a white Isuzu D-Max utility into a Sapphire Street property. It will be further alleged, the man has deliberately lit the property on fire. He was taken to hospital with minor burns. No one else was p...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 21 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are seeking urgent public assistance to help locate a 44-year-old man missing from the Rockhampton area since January 10. Mark Stafford was last seen along Lawrie Street in Gracemere around 11am on January 11 but has not been seen since. Police and family hold concerns for his welfare. Mark is described as Caucasian, approximately 180cm tall, proportionate build, blonde hair and blue eyes. ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 21 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: The Queensland Police Service would like to apologise for the publication of wrong information included in a media release in relation to a serious traffic crash at Birkdale that occurred yesterday morning, January 20. Initial information received indicated that an 80-year-old man involved in the incident had passed away in hospital later that day. That information has since been shown to be incorre...