BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 23 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 01:28 PM Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning and Minister for Industrial Relations The Honourable Jarrod Bleijie A fresh start for Queensland electrical apprentices: Updated guidance to keep sparkies safe at work * Launch of the updatedSafe Working and Supervision Guide for Electrical Apprentices * The guide is designed to help electr...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 23 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police and Tasmania Police A Launceston man is expected to face the Launceston Magistrates Court this evening (23 February, 2025) charged with allegedly accessing child abuse material. The Tasmanian Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (TAS JACET), comprising of members from the AFP and Tasmania Police, charged the man, 54, this morning after...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 22 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police have charged a third teenage boy in relation to a break and enter and sexual assault in Manunda early yesterday morning, February 21. Extensive investigations involving significant police resources lead detectives to attend a Manunda address at just after 5.45pm yesterday afternoon, where a 15-year-old boy was taken into custody. He has been charged with 13 offences, including five counts of ...
Belconnen, ACT, Feb. 22 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 39-year-old Richardson man has been charged and 13 prohibited firearms have been seized following police response to a disturbance last night. About 10.20pm last night (Friday, 21 February 2025) police attended a residence in Richardson following reports of a disturbance. After entering the residence, officers observed display wall containing numerous prohibited firearms. Police located the owner of the firearms at...
Belconnen, ACT, Feb. 22 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and information following the discovery of an unconscious man in Watson earlier this afternoon. About 2pm today (Saturday, 22 February 2025) police and ACT Ambulance Service paramedics were called to the Windeyer Court apartment complex on Knox Street, Watson. At the apartment complex, officers and paramedics located a 56-year-old unconscious man at the bottom of a flight of stairs. ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 22 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 01:56 PM JOINT STATEMENT Minister for Education and the Arts The Honourable John-Paul Langbroek Minister for Sport and Racing and Minister for the Olympic and Paralympic Games The Honourable Tim Mander Olympic talent set to spike atCraigslea State High School's Volleyball Centre * $18 million sports hall opens at Craigslea State High School * Purpose-built facility Vo...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 22 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Images and footage available via Hightail A New South Wales man is scheduled to appear before Perth Magistrates Court today (22 February, 2025) after the AFP seized about $1.1 million from a suitcase at Perth Airport, triggering an interstate money laundering investigation. The AFP charged the North Rocks man, 21, in Sydney on 20 February, 2025, before extraditing him to Perth yesterday (21 ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 22 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating a fatal traffic crash in Kingston today, February 22. At approximately 10.40am, a white Holden Barina and a red Ford Focus collided on Anthony Street before the Ford Focus left the road and crashed into a mobility scooter. The 76-year-old Kingston man who was on the mobility scooter was declared deceased at the scene. A 17-year-old boy, the driver of the For...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 22 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are appealing for information following an arson at a business in Biggera Waters early Saturday morning, February 22. Just after 2am, two males attended the business in a dark-coloured sedan before driving into the building and using an accelerant to set it on fire. The males fled the scene on foot prior to police arrival. The business was vacant at the time of the incident. A crime scene w...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 22 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 12:54 PM Minister for Local Government and Water and Minister for Fire, Disaster Recovery and Volunteers The Honourable Ann Leahy Support extends west and north in response to flooding disaster * Seventeen more councils now eligible for disaster support in response to northern floods. * Grants, loans and freight subsidies also available to primary producers, and grants to r...