CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 26 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: The AFP-led Joint Policing Cybercrime Coordination Centre (JCP3) is urging consumers to be vigilant of online shopping scams this festive season, with Australians reporting nearly $4 million in losses to this scam type in 2024*. As of October 2024, ScamWatch had received more than 13,500 reports of online shopping scams this year*, with the total annual numbers expected to increase as more scammers target b...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 26 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Images and audio grabs available via Hightail The AFP will today remember the victims and families impacted by the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami and reflect on the support and assistance provided by Australian law enforcement and forensic specialists as part of the largescale international response to the natural disaster. Current and former AFP members will attend commemorative services in Khao L...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 26 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 09:17 AM Minister for Health and Ambulance Services The Honourable Tim Nicholls Renaming satellite hospitals - the survey results are in! * The survey of health professionals on renaming Queensland's satellite hospitals closed on 20 December. * Conducting the survey was a key commitment of the Crisafulli Government's 100 Day Plan. * More than 2780 people, including frontl...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 26 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: A 53-year-old man has been charged following the alleged attempted murder of a 22-year-old man in Rosevale on December 26. Around 6am, the 22-year-old Rosevale man was travelling along Rosevale Road in a Toyota Hilux. He pulled over to the side of the road and exited his vehicle. It will be alleged, the 53-year-old man, was travelling behind him in a Toyota Landcruiser, has pulled up behind the you...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 26 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are appealing for public assistance as part of an investigation into a serious two-vehicle crash in Cedar Grove yesterday, December 25. Investigations indicate about 4.10pm, a Toyota Camry and a Toyota Hilux crashed at the corner of Bamboo Drive and Mount Lindesay Highway. The driver of the Camry, a man in his 80s, was airlifted to Princess Alexandra Hospital in a critical condition. The pas...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 26 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police have launched a search and rescue operation to locate a 66-year-old woman reported missing from Yelarbon. Pauline Steepe was last seen on Kaboon Street around 2pm on Tuesday December 24 and has not been seen since. Pauline is described as having a proportionate build, about 157 cm tall with short grey hair and was last seen wearing a white top with floral prints and denim shorts. Family and p...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 26 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Detectives are investigating a suspicious house fire in Gulliver early this morning, December 26. Emergency services were called just after 3am to a Mooney Street address following reports the house was on fire. Three people were inside at the time of the fire. A 53-year-old woman and 83-year-old man were transported to Townsville University Hospital with critical injuries, and a 55-year-old man wa...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 25 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force Editor's note: Images and vision of the concealments available via Hightail Organised crime syndicates continue to make the naughty list in 2024, with more than 740 attempted drug imports disrupted by the AFP and Australian Border Force (ABF). Between 1 January and 1 December 2024, more than 740 consignments, s...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 25 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police have charged a man following a hit-and-run crash in Martyville this morning, December 25. Initial information indicates approximately 5.20am, a man in his 20s was located deceased on the side of Martyville Road. Following investigations by officers from the Forensic Crash Unit and Innisfail Criminal Investigation Branch, a 27-year-old man was taken into police custody. He has been charged wi...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 25 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police have charged three people following an alleged break and enter with violence incident yesterday, December 24. It will be alleged three males armed with a firearm, a machete and a hammer, attended an address in Arundel around 4.45am in a stolen BMW vehicle. It will be further alleged they stole property from the address before leaving the scene in the stolen BMW and an Audi SUV stolen from the...