CANBERRA, ACT, May 7 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:Arrest vision, images and CCTV footage of man wanted for police assistance are available via Hightail Three men, including a father and son, have been charged for their alleged roles in the suspected large-scale manufacture and supply of methamphetamine in western Sydney. The men have each been charged with manufacturing a controlled substance, namely methamphetamine, contrary to section 305.5(...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 7 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:Images of the seized counterfeit pharmaceuticals available via Hightail Counterfeit pain medications have emerged as the latest threat posed by illicit drug importation, as Australian authorities detect a worrying spike in nitazenes. Nitazenes are an illicit and dangerous synthetic opioid which cancause serious and unpredictable health effects, including overdose which may present as loss of co...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 7 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: An Ethiopia-born man is set to appear before Melbourne Magistrates' Court today (7 May, 2025) charged with allegedly failing to comply with his visa-mandated conditions. The AFP charged the man, 28, after he was located today (7 May, 2025) in Melbourne. It will be alleged he breached the conditions of his Commonwealth visa between 2 and 19 April, 2025, by failing to abide by his curfew hours and maintain h...
BRISBANE, Queensland, May 6 -- 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 appoints new members to Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council * Three highly regarded legal minds to join Queensland Sentencing Advisory Council. * New members have impressive backgrounds in criminal law, bringing key knowledge and experience toQSAC. * Appointments are for a ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, May 6 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Customer Services and Open Data and Minister for Small and Family Business The Honourable Steve Minnikin Major funding boost delivered during Queensland Small Business Month * The Crisafulli Government unveils the Small and Family Business First Action Statement that establishes the right operating environment to support them achieve their potential. * TheAction Statement has a clear fo...
BRISBANE, Queensland, May 6 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Health and Ambulance Services The Honourable Tim Nicholls Record-breaking raids in war on illicit tobacco and dangerous vapes * Queensland has seized the nation's largest ever haul of illegal cigarettes and vapes by a health authority, under Queensland Health-led Operation Appaloosa. * More than 30 locations were raided, with 76,000 vapes, 19 million cigarettes and 3.6 tonnes of loose t...
BRISBANE, Queensland, May 6 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Queensland Police Service (QPS) is helping landowners to safeguard their properties against rural crime as part of a new crime prevention initiative launched today in the Darling Downs. Shut the Gate on Rural Crime is a campaign designed to address the unique challenges of rural crime through targeted educational resources and a regional roadshow, where landowners can meet with QPS officers. As part o...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 6 -- 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: Audio grabs and images of 1,4-Butanediol available via Hightail. It's a substance found in industrial cleaning products, biodegradable plastics and even spandex. However, the chemical solvent 1,4-Butanediol (1,4-BD) has an insidious secondary use that shatters lives, facilitates crime and devastate...
Belconnen, ACT, May 6 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to dangerous driving in Gungahlin after a 53-year-old man was charged with failing to stop for police last week. About 7:10pm last Friday (2 May 2025), officers from Gungahlin Station were conducting patrols when they saw a grey Holden Captiva SUV driving dangerously on Horse Park Drive. Police activated their lights and sirens but the driver of the Holden failed to stop, and continued ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, May 5 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: JOINT STATEMENT Premier and Minister for Veterans The Honourable David Crisafulli Minister for Police and Emergency Services The Honourable Dan Purdie Young criminals arrested during crime crackdown to start the year * New police data shows police made more than 4,200 youth arrests and laid more than 18,000 charges on youth offenders during the first quarter of 2025. * As the Government works to ...