BRISBANE, Queensland, May 8 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: JOINT 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 Minister for the Environment and Tourism and Minister for Science and Innovation The Honourable Andrew Powell Construction of newDaintree cultural and ecotourism centre underway * Works on the Eastern Kuku...
BRISBANE, Queensland, May 8 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Queensland Police Service (QPS) officers paused to mark National Domestic Violence Remembrance Day last night, May 7, joining the community at moving candlelight vigils across the state. The national day is held annually, where community members, including victim-survivors and frontline advocates, come together to remember those who have lost their lives to domestic and family violence (DFV). The vigi...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 8 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the AFP and the Australian Taxation Office Editor's note:Images available via Hightail Two Sydney-based leaders of an Australian criminal syndicate have been stripped of more than $8.7 million in assets for their roles in an elaborate gold bullion GST fraud. Orders made by the Supreme Court of New South Wales resulted in those assets being forfeited to the Commonwealth....
CANBERRA, ACT, May 8 -- 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 available via Hightail A Sydney man is expected to face Downing Centre Local Court today (8 May, 2025) charged over his alleged involvement in a failed plot to import about 215kg of methamphetamine and 3kg of heroin in tiles sent from Southeast Asia. The AFP arrested the man, 57, yesterday (7...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 8 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Photos available via Hightail AFP Commander Geoff Turner will play a critical role in bolstering and evolving law enforcement capabilities in the Pacific after being selected as Commissioner of Tonga Police. Commander Turner has been appointed by the Tonga Judicial Appointments and Discipline Panel of the Privacy Council, with the approval of His Majesty King Tupou VI of Tonga. He'll be sworn...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 8 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint release between the Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force Editor's note:Arrest vision and imagesavailable via Hightail Two men sentenced earlier this year for the second largest importation of cocaine into South Australia, have today (8 May, 2025) had their sentences more than doubled. The two Victorian men, aged 20 and 23, were eachinitially sentenced on 29 January, 2025, by...
BRISBANE, Queensland, May 8 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: JOINT STATEMENT Premier and Minister for Veterans The Honourable David Crisafulli Minister for Education and the Arts The Honourable John-Paul Langbroek Ready, Set, Read! 2025 Premier's Reading Challenge launches * The Crisafulli Government launches the 2025 Premier's Reading Challenge as part of its plan to lift literacy results across the State. * New resources and targeted training will help ...
Belconnen, ACT, May 8 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and mobile phone footage following an assault in Turner last month. About 6:10pm on Friday, 25 April 2025 (ANZAC Day), police responded to reports of a disturbance of approximately 20 people fighting in a rear car park of a hospitality venue in Turner. During the incident one person sustained a broken ankle requiring hospitalisation. Enquiries into the incident are ongoing and police a...
Belconnen, ACT, May 8 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and persons with information about alleged offending by a cafe manager in Gungahlin to come forward. About 7:25am yesterday (7 May 2025), police conducted a search warrant at a 32-year-old man's residence, where he was subsequently arrested. Police allege the man abused a 15-year-old girl at their workplace in April this year. The man will face the ACT Magistrates Court this morning (T...
BRISBANE, Queensland, May 7 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning and Minister for Industrial Relations The Honourable Jarrod Bleijie New priority development area to unlock homes for Queenslanders sooner * New North Harbour Priority Development Area (PDA) proposed for City of Moreton Bay to deliver more homes sooner. * Around 200 homes will be unlocked straight away, with more than 3,700...