BRISBANE, Queensland, March 29 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: JOINT STATEMENT Minister for Police and Emergency Services The Honourable Dan Purdie Minister for Youth Justice and Victim Support and Minister for Corrective Services The Honourable Laura Gerber 29 March 2025 New Wacol Youth Remand Centre ready to hold young offenders * Crisafulli Government opens new Wacol Youth Remand Centre, increasing capacity in Queensland's strained youth detention sy...
Belconnen, ACT, March 29 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 31-year-old Victorian man has been charged with multiple offences following two collisions on Canberra Avenue yesterday morning. About 9.10am yesterday (Friday, 28 March 2025), police and emergency services received reports that a green Holden Commodore station wagon had collided with a vehicle, before hitting two teenage pedestrians on Canberra Avenue outside St Edmund's College. The driver of the vehicle, the31-y...
BRISBANE, Queensland, March 28 -- 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 Deadline for landmark Racing Review submissions extended * The deadline for feedback on the Crisafulli Government's Racing Review has been extended to midnight Monday 7 April. * 480 submissions received in response to a discussion paper that will inform the comprehensive Racing Review. * Th...
BRISBANE, Queensland, March 28 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Primary Industries The Honourable Tony Perrett Crisafulli Government takes action against feral pigs * Queensland to develop new regionally focused plans to deal with feral pigs. * $2 million investment into new control methods and regional plans. * New regional feral pig coordinators hit the ground across Queensland, including Cairns,Longreach, Mareeba, Townsville and Mt Isa. The...
BRISBANE, Queensland, March 28 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Transport and Main Roads The Honourable Brent Mickelberg Crisafulli Government begins work on faster rail for the Gold Coast * The Crisafulli Government is set to begin work on the design and pre-construction phase of the Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail project. * The project will unlock faster rail and additional services to address the high travel demand between Brisbane and the ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, March 28 -- 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 loans and hardship grants activated in response to western Queensland floods * Loans and freight subsidies for primary producers in nine flood affected western Queensland council areas. * Personal Hardship Assistance for Barcoo, Bulloo, Quilpie and Winton residents to ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, March 28 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Education and the Arts The Honourable John-Paul Langbroek Crisafulli Government pumping up Queensland's live music venues * Thirteen Queensland live music venues will share in more than $300,000 to upgrade facilities and grow gigs for local artists. * Crisafulli Government is promising to dial up Queensland's live music scene after it was turned down by Labor. * The second round of ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, March 28 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: The Baker to Vegas Challenge Cup relay is back for another year, bringing together emergency services personnel from across the globe to compete in the 120mile (approx. 193km) race from Baker, California to Las Vegas, Nevada. This year, 65 Queensland Police Service (QPS) personnel are heading to the United States to take part in the event which takes place on April 5 and 6, captained by Detective Se...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 28 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: search warrant image available via Hightail A Perth man who possessed more than 71,000 child abuse files, including snuff images, has been sentenced to almost 12 years' imprisonment by the Perth District Court. The man, 41, was sentenced yesterday (27 March, 2025), to 11 years and nine months' jail, with a non-parole period of seven years. He came to police attention in November, 2022, whe...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 28 -- 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: Arrest vision and images available via Hightail A Hunter region man is scheduled to appear before Penrith Local Court today (28 March, 2025) over his alleged role in a scheme to import 99kg of methamphetamine from China. The AFP began an investigation in October, 2024 after a consignment labell...