Belconnen, ACT, May 26 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: Police have seized more than 190 cannabis plants following a search of a house in Bonner this morning. Following an investigation into grow houses operating in the ACT, police executed a search warrant on the residence and seized more than 190 cannabis plants. Multiple pieces of hydroponic equipment estimated to be worth tens of thousands of dollars were also seized by police. A Vietnamese national believed to be invo...
Belconnen, ACT, May 26 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an assault in Petrie Plaza in the city on Saturday night. About 11:20pm on Saturday (24 May 2025), police responded to an incident in Petrie Plaza near the merry-go-round where a 44-year-old NSW man was allegedly assaulted by a group of young people. The group then left the area however a short time later two 16-year-old boys were apprehended by police in relation to the incident. ...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 25 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Sydney man is expected to appear in Parramatta Local Court today (25 May, 2025) charged with allegedly possessing child abuse material and committing obscene exposure in a public place. AFP officers at Sydney Airport received a report from airport staff yesterday (24 May, 2025) of a man, 48, allegedly committing an indecent act in a public area of the Sydney International Airport. It is alleged several me...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 25 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:Images of six long-term missing Australian children are available via Hightail Megan loved the freedom of ice skating. Ronya was always singing along to pop songs. Cherie's favourite activity was horse riding. Leela found joy in dancing. Eve spent her afternoons shooting hoops on the basketball court. And Darren was just a baby. They never met. They came from different places, families and liv...
BRISBANE, Queensland, May 25 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Primary Industries The Honourable Tony Perrett Historic investment into Queensland Shark Control Program * The Crisafulli Government has delivered the largest investment into shark management in the program's history. * The program includes increased servicing of shark control equipment to 365 days a year, weather permitting. * More investment into whale-deterrent technology and shar...
Belconnen, ACT, May 24 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 34-year-old man will face court today after allegedly strangling another man following a carpark dispute in Belconnen last night. Around 9.00pm (Friday, 23 May 2025), a male resident attempted to park his vehicle in the carparkof his apartment buildingwhen another vehiclecut him off. The driver of the second vehicle - the 34-year-old man - allegedly began yelling at the resident before getting out and approaching his...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 24 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:images are available via Hightail The AFP-led Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce (CACT) has restrained more than $20 million in assets from a NSW pharmacist, including a mansion, a retail property, two Ferraris, two Lamborghinis and a McLaren. The AFP began an investigation in February, 2023, following a referral from the Department of Health and Aged Care in relation to a pharmacist alleg...
BRISBANE, Queensland, May 24 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Women and Women's Economic Security, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships and Minister for Multiculturalism The Honourable Fiona Simpson Crisafulli Government grants unite Queenslanders to commemorate Reconciliation Week * The Crisafulli Government has provided more than $100,000 to 41 local organisations through the 2025 Celebrating Reconciliation Grants ini...
BRISBANE, Queensland, May 24 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Education and the Arts The Honourable John-Paul Langbroek Land purchased and planning starts for new special school on Brisbane's Bayside * Early-stage planning to ease enrolment pressure at Darling Point Special School. * Land purchased at Manly West for future education facilities. * Concept master plan and detailed business case to be prepared in consultation with local schools. ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, May 23 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Today marks a new era for marine rescue in the Torres Strait as Marine Rescue Queensland (MRQ) welcomes three Volunteer Marine Rescue (VMR) units to the fold, as well as launches its first newly established MRQ unit. MRQ Kubin - located on Moa Island - was established in response to community need and joins the newly launched MRQ units on Thursday Island, Masig and St Pauls. Activity on the water is ...