BRISBANE, Queensland, March 27 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Local Government and Water and Minister for Fire, Disaster Recovery and Volunteers The Honourable Ann Leahy Disaster support for western Queensland flood response and recovery * Disaster assistance is now available to seven western Queensland councils in response to flooding following this week's heavy rains. * Support will cover councils' counter disaster operations, emergency road ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, March 27 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Primary Industries The Honourable Tony Perrett North Queensland cropping recovery * North Queensland farmers can now access disaster funding to replant crops. * Australian and Queensland Governments have released details of amendments to primary producer recovery grants. * Funding can be used for replanting, fertilizer and other activities to re-establish destroyed crops. The Alban...
BRISBANE, Queensland, March 27 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Health and Ambulance Services The Honourable Tim Nicholls Queensland innovation delivering better care for babies and children * Queensland produces world-first, purpose-built neonatal retrieval units for Queensland's sickest babies. * The $350,000 units will be used to safely transfer more than 150 babies for medical care each year. * Connecting2uhealth program expanding to help p...
BRISBANE, Queensland, March 27 -- 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 Grants boost for Queensland small and family businesses * More than 165 small and family businesses will share in Business Boost Grants. * TheCrisafulli Government is backing Queensland small and family business owners to boost efficiency and productivity. * Recipientscome from ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, March 27 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Housing and Public Works and Minister for Youth The Honourable Sam O'Connor Delivering homes to tackle Labor's soaring social housing waitlist * Crisafulli Government delivering 156 new social and affordable homes in Redbank Plains, Waterford West and Miles. * Labor's decade of failure laid bare - final social housing waitlist of 2024 grows 4.5 per cent to nearly 50,000. * NewHomel...
BRISBANE, Queensland, March 27 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Run Army is returning to Brisbane and Townsville this March and April to celebrate health and wellbeing, while raising much needed funds for Emergency Services. The annual fundraising event brings community members together to participate in either a 5km or 10km fun run or walk, with participants electing an emergency services charity to raise money for. For QPS members, it's an opportunity to fund...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 27 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: An Iraq-born man is expected to appear before the Melbourne Magistrates' Court this evening, (27 March, 2025), charged with allegedly failing to comply with his visa-mandated conditions. The man, 34, was charged by the AFP in Melbourne today (27 March, 2025) after he was arrested on other matters by Victoria Police. The AFP will allege he breached the conditions of his Commonwealth visa by failing to obse...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 27 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Sudan-born woman appeared before Parramatta Local Court yesterday (26 March, 2025), charged with allegedly failing to comply with her visa-mandated conditions. The AFP charged the woman, 45, yesterday (26 March, 2025) after she was located in Sydney. It is alleged she breached a condition of her Commonwealth visa on 16 March, 2025, by failing to observe her residential curfew obligations. The woman has...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 27 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release with the Australian Federal Police, ANZ, CommBank, NAB and Westpac. Editor's note: Campaign material, real case studies, and audio grabs of Commander Graeme Marshall are available via Hightail. Criminals are advertising 'side-hustle' jobs in a deceptive attempt to scam vulnerable local and international university students into doing their dirty work. The AFP anticipates cri...
BRISBANE, Queensland, March 27 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Health and Ambulance Services The Honourable Tim Nicholls Independent lead reviewer appointed to examine paediatric gender hormone therapy * Professor Ruth Vine has been appointed to lead an independent review of the evidence for using Stage 1 (puberty suppression) and Stage 2 (gender-affirming) hormone therapies in paediatric gender services. * Professor Vine has served as Australi...