BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 27 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Detectives from the Bayside Criminal Investigation Branch are continuing to appeal for public assistance after a man was charged in relation to online threats and harassment posted on social media last year. Police will allege the man used various social media services to post repeated messages threatening, intimidating, and harassing a man and his family between June and October 2024. The man was ta...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 27 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a 17-year-old boy reported missing from Aramara. The boy was last seen at a location near Maryborough Biggenden Road around 10:30pm on Tuesday, February 25, and has not been seen or heard from since. Police and family hold concern for his welfare due to his age and the disappearance considered out of character. He is described as Caucasian i...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 27 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a 12-year-old girl missing from Redland Bay since Saturday, February 22. The girl was last seen on Shaw Place at approximately 12pm and has not been seen or heard from since. Family and police have concerns for the girl due to her age. The girl is described as Pacific Islander, approximately 150cm tall, with black hair and brown eyes. Police are...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 27 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Detectives have charged two people following investigations into a series of armed robberies across South Brisbane District on Sunday, February 23. Just after 12.15am, a break in occurred involving three people at a Calamvale residence, where jewellery and other items were stolen. At 11.30am on Sunday, the same three males allegedly gained entry into a Sunnybank Hills residence where cash, electroni...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 27 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Detectives from Bayside Criminal Investigation Branch have charged two people following investigations into a number of property offences in Wynnum between February 22 and 25. Between 9am Saturday February 22 and approximately 5am on February 25, it will be alleged attempts were made to break into five businesses on Florence Street, Edith Street, Bay Terrace and Tingal Road. At approximately 5am on ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 27 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are seeking public assistance to locate a 17-year-old boy reported missing from Maryborough since Wednesday, February 19. The boy, pictured, was last seen at a park on Sussex Street however has not been seen or heard from since. Police and family hold concerns for his welfare as he has not made contact with family for some time and has a medical condition. He is described as Caucasian, with ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 27 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Detectives from Acacia Ridge Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) have charged a 60-year-old man with a further three offences in relation to an ongoing investigation into alleged sexual assault offences. It will be further alleged the man, in his position as a physiotherapist, sexually assaulted a woman in her 50s on three occasions between July 2019 and February 2025 at an Oxley business. Yesterday...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 27 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Detectives have charged a 21-year-old man with a further 34 offences as part of Operation Xray Fiero, an ongoing operation targeting recidivist property offending in Logan and South Brisbane Districts. On February 22, detectives arrested a 21-year-old Woodridge man at a Windsor address. On February 23, he was charged with 34 offences relating to property offending alleged to have occurred between No...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 27 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force Editor's note: Images are available via Hightail. Two Czech Republic nationals are expected to appear before Downing Centre District Court today (27 February, 2025) charged with allegedly importing 12kg of methamphetamine into Australia. Australian Border Force (ABF) officers found the illicit drugs yesterday (26 ...
MELBOURNE, Victoria, Feb. 27 -- The Bureau of Meteorology issued the following media release: 27/02/2025 The Bureau of Meteorology has released its long-range forecast for autumn 2025. While autumn is often a time for cooler weather to begin, this season is very likely to be warmer than average across Australia and summer heat may persist into early autumn. Rainfall is likely to be in the typical range for the season for most of Australia. However, for parts of the far north-west of the cou...