QPS PARTNERS WITH SAFE AND FOUND TO IMPROVE SEARCH AND RESCUE CAPABILITY

BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 13 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: The Queensland Police Service (QPS) has partnered with not-for-profit organisation Australian MedicAlert Foundation to launch the Safe and Found initiative in Queensland. The partnershipwill significantly expand the organisation's capability to assist with missing person investigations and search and rescue operations. The initiative assists people living with dementia, autism or a cognitive impairm...


FATAL TRAFFIC CRASH, STANMORE

BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 13 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating a fatal traffic crash at Stanmore on Sunday, February 9. Initial investigations indicate that around 1.15pm, emergency services were called to Bellthorpe Range Road, following reports a vehicle had struck a tree. Upon arrival, police located a Toyota Hilux utility with a single occupant in the driver seat, receiving treatment by other emergency services. The...


MAJOR AND ORGANISED CRIME DETECTIVES SEIZE GUN, DRUGS AND CASH AT CAIRNS SHOPPING CENTRE

BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 13 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Detectives from the Major and Organised Crime Squad Far Northern along with officers from the Special Emergency Response Team (SERT) arrested two people at separate shopping centres in Cairns on February 11. It will be alleged at around 12pm, police intercepted a 34-year-old Manoora man at an Earlville shopping centre and seized a handgun, more than $43,000 and methylamphetamine. It will be alleged ...


OMCG RECRUITING CHARGES, SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND

BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 13 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Detectives from Taskforce Maxima South Eastern Region have charged 15 people on more than 50 charges following an operation targeting the alleged recruitment of gang members across the southeast. Operation Whiskey Rebound was launched in September 2024, to investigate members, former members and associates of the Comanchero Outlaw Motorcycle Gang (OMCG) who were allegedly involved in recruitment, dru...


UPDATE 2: MISSING WOMAN ROMA/DALBY

BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 13 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are appealing for dash-camera footage as part of an investigation into a missing 29-year-old woman from the Roma and Dalby areas since on February 2, 2025. Following information received from the community, police have confirmed Tayla Spies left a hotel in Dalby at around 8am on Sunday morning and travelled west towards Surat. Her vehicle was last seen at the intersection of Burrowes Street a...


PROPERTY CRIME, LOGAN

BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 13 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Logan police are intensifying efforts to disrupt and apprehend offenders responsible for multiple property crimes across the region. Following a series of break ins, robberies, and vehicle thefts across Rochedale South, Carindale, Eagleby, Underwood, and Manly West, police are actively targeting those responsible and implementing strategic enforcement measures to prevent further offending. Acting Ch...


QUEENSLANDERS URGED TO BE ALERT AGAINST MOSQUITO BITES

BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 13 -- Queensland Health issued the following media release: Queenslanders are urged to take measures to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes amid detections of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) and Ross River virus among some mosquito populations across the state. Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr Heidi Carroll said that notifications of mosquito borne illnesses typically start to rise in February as mosquito populations increase. "Mosquito numbers always increase sign...


EMERGENCY ALERT FOR CHARTERS TOWERS AS AT 5.20PM THURSDAY FEBRUARY 13

BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 13 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: An EMERGENCY ALERT has been issued at 5.20pm Thursday February 13 by Charters Towers Local Disaster Management Group. This is a WATER ADVICE from the Charters Towers Local Disaster Management Group for CHARTERS TOWERS. Charters Towers will be moving to a level 5 water restriction (essential use only) from 9pm today. Please conserve your water use for showering (maximum 3 minutes), only flushing the t...


Australia: CUTTING EDGE CRICKET Owns Trademark for 'Net Pass'

Australia, Feb. 12 -- CUTTING EDGE CRICKET Pty. Ltd., owns the trademark (2462319) for 'Net Pass' till July 3, 2034. Status: registered: Registered/protected Class: 41 [sports classes; sporting activities; sports training; sports activities; sports instruction; organisation of sports activities; sports courses; sporting and cultural activities; organisation of sports events and competitions; organising sports events; sports coaching; organisation of sports competitions; organization of sports ...


Australia: YEEZING Owns Trademark for 'GAAWI' and '3 LEAVES ATOP WORD'

Australia, Feb. 12 -- YEEZING Pty. Ltd., owns the trademark (2463076) for 'GAAWI' and '3 LEAVES ATOP WORD' till July 3, 2034. Status: registered: Registered/protected Class: 3 [breath freshening preparations for personal hygiene; toning lotions for the face; sunscreen preparations; skin hydrators for cosmetic purposes; cosmetic creams; bath preparations, not for medical purposes; dentifrices; cleansing milk; serums for cosmetic purposes; beauty masks] Type of Mark: Figurative Date of Accepta...