BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 17 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: JOINT STATEMENT Minister for Police and Emergency Services The Honourable Dan Purdie Acting Minister for Families, Seniors and Disability Services and Minister for Child Safety and the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence The Honourable Ann Leahy * The Crisafulli Government is delivering stronger protections for victims to make Queensland safer, and hold repe...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 17 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: JOINT STATEMENT Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for Integrity The Honourable Deb Frecklington Minister for Transport and Main Roads The Honourable Brent Mickelberg * The Crisafulli Government has delivered stronger laws targeting high-risk, dangerous driving to save lives on Queensland roads. * The new laws introduce amodernised offence fram...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 17 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Finance, Trade, Employment and Training The Honourable Ros Bates * The Crisafulli Government is delivering jobs and helping Queenslanders overcome barriers to employment by backing projects aimed at growing the State's workforce. * The latest round of the Growing Workforce Participation Fund will engage 164 employers, support 470 employees and assist 287 ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 17 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: JOINT STATEMENT Premier and Minister for Veterans The Honourable David Crisafulli Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning and Minister for Industrial Relations The Honourable Jarrod Bleijie * Rockhampton flatwater course on the Fitzroy River has been endorsed by World Rowing and Paddle Worldwide, confirming Games rowing, para row...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 17 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Youth Justice and Victim Support and Minister for Corrective Services The Honourable Laura Gerber * The Crisafulli Government's nation-leading Circuit Breaker Sentencing has passed Parliament, delivering a new court-ordered intensive rehabilitation program to make Queensland safer and drive down youth crime, despite Labor voting against it. * The new pro...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 17 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and 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 * The Crisafulli Government fast-tracks up to 27,000 homes and a unique dining district in Bowen Hills, next door to key 2032 and beyond precinct. * Amendments will reignite one of Queensland's oldest Priority Development Are...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 17 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A man has been sentenced to four years and nine months' imprisonment, with a non-parole period of three years, by the Downing Centre District Court today (17 September, 2026) for multiple child abuse-related offences. The Charmhaven man, 37, previously pleaded guilty to: * One count of using a carriage service to access child abuse material, contrary to section 474.22(1)(a)(i) of the Criminal Code (Cth);*...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 17 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Arrest vision and images available via Hightail A 36-year-old Sydney man is expected to appear before the NSW Bail Division Court today (17 September, 2026) charged with multiple fraud and drug-related offences. AFP investigators arrested the man at a hotel in Darling Harbour about 6.15am yesterday (16 September 2026). The AFP subsequently executed a search warrant on a vehicle parked at t...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 17 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the AFP and Samoa Police Two men have been charged by Samoa Police following an investigation, assisted by the AFP, into the alleged shooting murder of an Australian citizen in Vietnam on 21 May, 2026. The men, a New Zealand national, 31, and a Samoan national, 33, were charged on 10 September, 2026, with conspiracy to murder, contrary to section 106 of the Crimes Act...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 16 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: JOINT STATEMENT Minister for Finance, Trade, Employment and Training The Honourable Ros Bates Minister for Women and Women's Economic Security, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships and Minister for Multiculturalism The Honourable Fiona Simpson * The Crisafulli Government is delivering more training and employment opportunities for Aborigi...