BRISBANE, Queensland, April 12 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Housing and Public Works and Minister for Youth The Honourable Sam O'Connor Young leaders take their place in 30th Queensland Youth Parliament * 30th Queensland Youth Parliament gets underway. * Ninety-three young people aged 15 to 25, representing every electorate across Queensland, will take part in the six-monthprogram. * Record-breaking471 applications received this year shows ...
Belconnen, ACT, April 11 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 32-year-old man will face court again today for alleged family violence offences he committed in 2022. About 9:30pm on Sunday, 1 May 2022, a woman, who was the 32-year-old man's partner, was driving along the Monaro Highway in Symonston. During this time, the couple had an argument where the man allegedly reached across and jerked the steering wheel causing the vehicle to veer off the road and onto the median strip...
BRISBANE, Queensland, April 11 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: The Queensland Police Service (QPS) is celebrating International Women's Day (IWD) with an 'Accelerate Action' event emphasising the importance of taking swift and decisive action to achieve gender equality. The rescheduled event, originally planned for March 7 but postponed to Tropical Cyclone Alfred, was hosted by the QPS at Southbank Brisbane today, April 11, and co-sponsored by the Queensland Po...
BRISBANE, Queensland, April 11 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for Integrity The Honourable Deb Frecklington Crisafulli Government announces new Judge Administrator of the District Court * Judge Michael Burnett AM appointed Judge Administrator of the District Court of Queensland. * HisHonour succeeds Justice Paul Smith, who was elevated to the Supreme Court. * Judge Burnett to commence his new appointm...
BRISBANE, Queensland, April 11 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: JOINT STATEMENT Minister for Finance, Trade, Employment and Training The Honourable Ros Bates Minister for Primary Industries The Honourable Tony Perrett All eyes on Queensland for global agriculture investment * World's premier agriculture investment event coming to Brisbane in June 2026. * First time GlobalAgInvesting will be held in the Southern Hemisphere. * Securing hosting rights a maj...
BRISBANE, Queensland, April 11 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for Integrity The Honourable Deb Frecklington A Toast to Tradition - Queensland's Top Pub Names Revealed * Royal Hotel crowned the top name for pubs across Queensland. * Grand Hotel came in second followed jointly by Commercial Hotel and Railway Hotel. * Pub names also often reflect famous people and location. The Royal Hotel has been crow...
BRISBANE, Queensland, April 11 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: JOINT STATEMENT Minister for Local Government and Water and Minister for Fire, Disaster Recovery and Volunteers The Honourable Ann Leahy Minister for Primary Industries The Honourable Tony Perrett More than $160 million delivered to support flood ravaged Western Queensland * $105 million extraordinary disaster assistance package delivered for flood affected Western Queenslanders. * The suppor...
BRISBANE, Queensland, April 11 -- 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 Bribie Island breakthrough review springs into action * Crisafulli Government releases Terms of Reference for Bribie Island breakthrough review. * Global leaders in coastal engineering to lead review into immediate and long-term solutions toBribie Island ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, April 11 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: JOINT STATEMENT Minister for Primary Industries The Honourable Tony Perrett 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 Queensland's World Class Seafood...
CANBERRA, ACT, April 11 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A catering employee based at Perth Airport is scheduled to appear in Perth Magistrates Court today (11 April, 2025) charged with allegedly breaching an airside security zone inside the international terminal. The AFP was alerted on 18 February, 2025, when the woman allegedly used her airport security identification card (ASIC) to enter a secure area inside Perth Airport for non-work-related purposes. The...