BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 8 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: An EMERGENCY WARNING as been issued at 8:46am by Burdekin local disaster management group. A MAJOR FLOOD is happening now at HAUGTON RIVER at GIRU. BOM has advised the current level is 2.93m and may reach 3m today. The peak flood height earlier this week was 3.13m. If you are near floodwater MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND now. For more information listen to local radio orvisit www.disaster.burdekin.qld.gov.au...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 8 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 02:20 PM JOINT STATEMENT Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning and Minister for Industrial Relations The Honourable Jarrod Bleijie Minister for Education and the Arts The Honourable John-Paul Langbroek Southport Spit Redevelopment Back on Track * Carter's Basin land release moves to detailed proposal stage * Queensland Government part...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 8 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 12:40 PM Minister for Local Government and Water and Minister for Fire, Disaster Recovery and Volunteers The Honourable Ann Leahy Hardship assistance extended to Charters Towers, more residents in Cassowary Coast * Flood impacted residents in targeted areas of Charters Towers and more parts of Cassowary Coast can apply for Personal Hardship Assistance. * Includes Emergency H...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 7 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police and Victoria Police AFP Special Operation Avalite and Victoria Police have charged a Victorian man with allegedly making death threats and antisemitic comments to members of the Commonwealth and Victorian Parliaments. The Reservoir man, 33, was charged yesterday (6 February, 2025) with: * Four counts of using a carriage service to menace,...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 7 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 02:30 PM Minister for Women and Women's Economic Security, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships and Minister for Multiculturalism The Honourable Fiona Simpson Queensland Reconciliation Awards to celebrate cultural champions * Nominations are open for the 2025 Queensland Reconciliation Awards. * Award categories celebrate initiatives supporting and...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 7 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 08:50 AM Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning and Minister for Industrial Relations The Honourable Jarrod Bleijie Supply chains super charged with emergency planning declaration * Applicable Event declared for essential businesses in North and Far North Queensland allowing 24-hour re-supply * Supermarkets, warehouses, transport depots p...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 7 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 01:30 PM Minister for Health and Ambulance Services The Honourable Tim Nicholls Labor's horror handling of regional maternity services revealed * Crisafulli Government's 100 Day Plan commitment to assess regional maternity services has exposed chronic workforce gaps created by Labor. * Assessment revealed birthing bypasses at eight hospitals and rural health services since ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 7 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 02:20 PM Minister for Health and Ambulance Services The Honourable Tim Nicholls A Fresh Start For Queensland: Renewed transparency on availability of forensic medical examination kits * Crisafulli Government delivers on 100 Day Plan commitment to release information about current capacity levels for forensic medical examination kits. * Queensland Health now has more than si...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 7 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Today at 11:40 AM Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for Integrity The Honourable Deb Frecklington A Fresh Start for Queensland: Prosecutors get $6M to reduce DNA backlog as former FBI expert joins FSQ review * Crisafulli Government boosts funding for Director of Public Prosecutions to tackle cases backlogged by Labor's DNA debacle. * Delivery of 100 Day Plan commitm...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 7 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Today at 02:55 PM Minister for Sport and Racing and Minister for the Olympic and Paralympic Games The Honourable Tim Mander New Para Unit aims to double Queensland's Paralympic pipeline ahead of Brisbane 2032 * Crisafulli Government invests $2 million into new Para-Sport Unit to double pipeline of Para-athletes ahead of Brisbane 2032 * TheQAS will focus on enhancing performance pathways...