BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 16 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are seeking public assistance to locate a missing 23-year-old woman, Achta Mahamat, reported missing after leaving an address in Woodridge to go to work at about 6:00am, January 15. Achta was last seen leaving the address to go to work in her vehicle, a 2015 Toyota Prius bearing Queensland Registration 716JI2. Achta is a female of African descent, with a slim build, about 155cm tall, dark ey...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 16 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are appealing for information after a break and enter and serious assault of an elderly man and woman in Murgon yesterday, January 15. At approximately 10.20pm, three people have attended a Wallace Street property and attempted to gain entry into two vehicles parked within a carport. The three people have then gained entry into the residence before making verbal threats to two elderly residen...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 16 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:Images available via Hightail The AFP has chargedtwo Chinese nationals and Sydney man over a failed plot to import more than half a tonne of illicit drugs into Australia in 2024, with a further two Chinese nationals charged over the alleged possession of precursor chemicals. The five men were arrested in Sydney yesterday (15 January, 2025), with three charged over their alleged involvement in...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 16 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Sudan-born man is expected to appear in the Melbourne Magistrates' Court today (16 January, 2025) charged with allegedly failing to comply with his visa-mandated curfew conditions. The AFP charged the man, 38, today (16 January, 2025), after he was located in Melbourne. It will be alleged the man breached the conditions of his Commonwealth visa by failing to observe his residential curfew obligations. T...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 16 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:Images and audio grabs available via Hightail AFP Special Operation Avalite has charged a Western Sydney man with allegedly making death threats to members of a Jewish organisation. The Blacktown man, 44, was charged today (16 January, 2025) with one count of using a carriage service to make a threat to kill, contrary to section 474.15(1) of the Criminal Code(Cth) and one count of using a car...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 16 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Today at 03:00 PM Minister for Housing and Public Works and Minister for Youth The Honourable Sam O'Connor Crisafulli Government delivers 34 new social and affordable homes on Brisbane's northside * Dozens of new social and affordable homes delivered by the Crisafulli Government in Chermside * Modern,eco-friendly housing designed for seniors and people with disabilities * The Crisafulli...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 16 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 05:25 PM Minister for Health and Ambulance Services The Honourable Tim Nicholls Scathing Audit report reveals true depth of Labor's health crisis * TheAuditor-General's report confirms Queensland's health system was in a critical condition and desperate need of treatment under the former Government. * The audit is a scathing assessment ofLabor's health legacy, outlining sk...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 16 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Today at 12:41 PM Minister for the Environment and Tourism and Minister for Science and Innovation The Honourable Andrew Powell Bumper turnout in Western Queensland to join the 20-year tourism masterplan discussion * Queenslanders are having their say on the development of a new 20-year tourism plan to help shape the industry's future. * More than 70 stakeholders welcomed by theCrisafu...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 16 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Detectives from Logan Criminal Investigation Branch have charged a second man following the death of a 52-year-old man earlier this month. Police will allege the 52-year-old man was assaulted near Rudyard Street, Inala around 6.30pm on January 5. Several hours later, police were called to Logan Hospital around 12.30am on Monday, January 6, after the man presented with significant head injuries. The...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 16 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Detectives from the Crime and Intelligence Homicide Investigation Unit and Ayr Criminal Investigation Branch are continuing to investigate the death of a 56-year-old Down syndrome man, Isaac Oar, in Ayr in August 2023. Around 9.18pm on Thursday,10th of August, 2023, emergency services were called to an Alice Street residence after Isaac, also known as 'Ike', was located unresponsive. He was pronounc...