BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 28 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are investigating following two suspicious fires in Inala earlier this morning, December 28. Emergency services were called to a residence on Bamboo Street, about 1.30am to reports of a fire. The fire was extinguished quickly, and the house was only superficially damaged. A short time later around 1.55am, emergency services were called to another fire at an address on Japonica Street. Upon ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 28 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police have charged a 36-year-old Mount Isa man following an investigation into a fatal traffic crash in Lanskey, Mount Isa, on Sunday, June 23. Around 12.30am, emergency services responded to reports of a buggy rollover on Moondarra Drive, near Ryan Road. A 49-year-old Gordonvale man was later declared deceased at the scene. Following an extensive investigation, the 36-year-old driver voluntarily ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 28 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Detectives from Upper Mount Gravatt Criminal Investigation Branch are investigating two armed robberies in Brisbane's south overnight. Initial investigations indicate shortly before midnight, a 23-year-old man was travelling on a motorised scooter on Marshall Road through Tarragindi when he stopped along Kuring Gai Avenue. A silver vehicle pulled up behind him and the occupants exited the vehicle an...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 28 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating following a fatal traffic crash on the Bruce Highway at Kuttabul this afternoon, December 28. Initial investigations indicate at approximately 2.35pm, a Toyota Hilux utility heading northbound has come into contact with a southbound Chevrolet Silverado towing a caravan and then crashed with a southbound Toyota Kluger. The driver of the Kluger, a 76-year-old E...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 28 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: A 40-year-old man has died following a fatal shark bite in waters off Keppel Islands this afternoon, December 28. The man was fishing with family members when he was bitten by a shark about 4.30pm. The man sustained life-threatening injuries and succumbed to those injuries just before 6pm. Police will prepare a report for the Coroner. Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication....
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 28 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Detectives from Caboolture Criminal Investigation Branch have released images of two men who may be able to assist with investigations into a homicide in Caboolture last weekend. Emergency services were called to Railway Parade shortly after midnight on December 22, where they located a 23-year-old woman unresponsive. Initial investigations indicate woman was assaulted by two males and sustained a g...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 28 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are investigating an armed robbery in Manunda earlier today, December 28. Around 6.45am this morning, a group of people armed with tools forced entry to a service station on Koch Street. The group approached the front counter and the employee, a 22-year-old woman, fled on foot with her personal belongings. The employee was confronted by the group outside, was assaulted and the group demanded...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 27 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Images and vision available via Hightail The AFP has charged more than 790 people with 1848 offences as part of investigations undertaken across the country, as the agency continues to keep Australians safe onshore and offshore in 2024.* The charges, laid against 792 people between January 2024 and November 30 2024, relate to a range of crime types including transnational serious organised c...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 27 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 12:05 PM Minister for Police and Emergency Services The Honourable Dan Purdie Queensland records worst road toll in a decade * Christmas Day tragedy leads to 299 lives lost of Queensland roads * Latest fatality marks Queensland's highest fatal road toll in 10 years * Police Minister calls on all motorists to do their part, with fatal five behaviours labelled as major contri...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 27 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Detectives from Caboolture Criminal Investigation Branch have released vision as they continue to investigate a homicide in Caboolture last weekend. Emergency services were called to Railway Parade shortly after midnight on December 22, where they located a 23-year-old woman unresponsive. Initial investigations indicate woman was assaulted by two males and sustained a gunshot wound during the alterc...