Belconnen, ACT, May 27 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to two incidents yesterday in Oxley and Erindale where one man was robbed and another was assaulted after being threatened with a knife. About 3.45pm yesterday (Monday, 26 May 2025)a man was approached on Newman Morris Circuit, Oxley by a male teenager and a younger boy and was allegedly threatened with a knife before handing over a sum of money and his Airpod earphones. The second inc...
BRISBANE, Queensland, May 27 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Health and Ambulance Services The Honourable Tim Nicholls Major funding injection to aid Queensland's trainee GPs * The Crisafulli Government delivers $24 million this year to assist early career trainee GPs. * The General Practice Trainee Incentive Scheme will give eligible trainee doctors who start their GP training in 2025 a one-off $40,000 payment. * The funding is part of theCri...
BRISBANE, Queensland, May 27 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Sport and Racing and Minister for the Olympic and Paralympic Games The Honourable Tim Mander Queenslanders immortalised at Suncorp Stadium * New tribute to celebrate the greats of Queensland Rugby League opened at Suncorp Stadium. * 1,225 players responsible for building theQueenslander spirit celebrated. * New names to be added each year following State of Origin series. The Crisa...
BRISBANE, Queensland, May 27 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: JOINT STATEMENT Minister for Housing and Public Works and Minister for Youth The Honourable Sam O'Connor Minister for Women and Women's Economic Security, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships and Minister for Multiculturalism The Honourable Fiona Simpson First Nations housing getting off the ground in Townsville * Construction has started on a new First Nations social ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, May 27 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Families, Seniors and Disability Services and Minister for Child Safety and the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence The Honourable Amanda Camm New independent Domestic and Family Violence Advisory Panel established * A new independent domestic and family violence advisory panel has been established and will provide advice on reform. * The panel is comprised ofDFV experts from a...
BRISBANE, Queensland, May 27 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Women and Women's Economic Security, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships and Minister for Multiculturalism The Honourable Fiona Simpson Practical steps to Close the Gap as Crisafulli Government marks Reconciliation Week * The Crisafulli Government continues to deliver critical infrastructure projects in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communitie...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 27 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint release between Australian Federal Police, Northern Territory Police and Australian Border Force Editor's note: Arrest vision available via Hightail Six children have been removed from harm in the Philippines following a Northern Territory Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (NT JACET) investigation into a Darwin man who was allegedly involved in the live online abuse of children overseas. T...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 27 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Somalia-born man has appeared before the Melbourne Magistrates Court today (27 May, 2025), charged with allegedly failing to comply with his visa-mandated conditions. The AFP charged the man, 43, today, after locating him in Melbourne. It will be alleged the man breached the conditions of his Commonwealth visa by failing to maintain and wear his electronic monitoring device. The man has been charged with...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 27 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint release between Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force Editor's note: Images available via Hightail A Perth woman has been sentenced to imprisonment by the Perth District Court, joining her father in prison over their involvement in a failed plot to import 5kg of methamphetamine into Australia by international mail in 2021. The woman, 27, was sentenced on Friday (23 May, 2025...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 27 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:Images available via Hightail An Adelaide man who paid about $60,000 to watch live on video as children overseas were sexually abused has been ordered to serve more than a decade behind bars. The Elizabeth man, 67, was sentenced yesterday (26 May, 2025) by the District Court of South Australia to 10 years, one month and 25 days' imprisonment, with a non-parole period of five years and nine mon...