Belconnen, ACT, March 3 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking the public's assistance to locate missing 50-year-old man David. David has not been seen or heard from since 10am on Sunday, 2 March 2025 and was last seen in Campelltown, NSW. He is described as Caucasian in appearance, about 185cm (6'1") tall, with a medium build, tan complexion, short black hair, and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a long-sleeved blue shirt and dark grey tracksuit pants...
BRISBANE, Queensland, March 3 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 02:27 PM Minister for Police and Emergency Services The Honourable Dan Purdie Crisafulli Government deliverspermanent funding for high-visibility police operations * $31.1 million in additional funding for high visibility police operations to target high-crime locations to restore community safety. * Boosted patrols to disrupt and deter offending and drive down victims of...
BRISBANE, Queensland, March 3 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police have released new CCTV footage (below) as part of Operation Xray Spa relating to missing Roma woman Tayla Spies. At approximately 9.20am on February 2, 2025 Ms Spies was captured on CCTV purchasing fuel from a service station on Wambo Street in Condamine before continuing west. Police are looking at a 9000km2 area in which Ms Spies has travelled in, which takes in the areas of Yuleba, Wullamb...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 2 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint release between the AFP and Australian Border Force A Chinese national has faced Northbridge Magistrates Court today (2 March, 2025) charged with alleged child abuse material offences. The man, 21, arrived in Perth on a flight from Thailand yesterday (1 March, 2025), when he was selected for a baggage examination by Australian Border Force (ABF) officers. During the examination, which incl...
BRISBANE, Queensland, March 2 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Detectives from the Emerald Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) have charged two men in relation to property offences in December last year. It will be alleged around 1.15am on December 3, a stolen Toyota Landcruiser deliberately rammed through the front of a shop within a shopping centre on Capricornia Highway and Codenwarra Road in Emerald. It will be further alleged there was extensive damage cau...
BRISBANE, Queensland, March 2 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police have shot a man in his 30s following an incident at Burleigh Heads overnight, March 1. Around 7:30pm, police were called to a Gardenia Grove residence following reports of an armed man making threats. Upon arrival, the armed man made threats to officers and was subsequently shot by police. Medical assistance was immediately rendered to the man and he was transported to the Gold Coast Univers...
BRISBANE, Queensland, March 2 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police have released an image of a man who may be able to assist them with investigations into alleged child sex offences on the Gold Coast. It's alleged that the offences occurred between Wednesday, February 19 and Sunday February 23 at a Coomera address. The man is described as Caucasian in appearance, with dark short hair, a scar on the side of his head, and wears braces on his teeth. Investigat...
Belconnen, ACT, March 2 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an alleged assault committed against a runner yesterday morning. About 7.20am (Saturday, 1 March 2025), a woman was running in the Tuggeranong Hill Nature Reserve when she was grabbed from behind by a man. The woman was able to break free from the man's hold and run away before calling police. The man is described as Caucasian in appearance in his late 20's to early 30's, with bro...
BRISBANE, Queensland, March 2 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 12:10 PM Minister for the Environment and Tourism and Minister for Science and Innovation The Honourable Andrew Powell No time to waste in reducing rubbish across Queensland * Crisafulli Government gives green light to new funding to keep Queensland rubbish free. * Recipients will share in $500,000 for innovative community waste clean-upprojects. * Crisafulli Government del...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 1 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's Note: Arrest vision and images from Queensland are available via Hightail Two Australian men are among 25 people arrested as part of a global operation targeting the alleged production and distribution of child abuse material generated by artificial intelligence (AI). The AFP charged the Australians this week as part of a global resolution for Operation Cumberland, which was led by Danish Police a...