BRISBANE, Queensland, March 18 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning and Minister for Industrial Relations The Honourable Jarrod Bleijie Fresh Start for Queensland: Community consultation for additional wind farm proposals * Two additional wind farm proposals to undergo mandatory public consultation. * Labor's failed laws did not require any community consultation. * Wind farms now to ha...
BRISBANE, Queensland, March 18 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Health and Ambulance Services The Honourable Tim Nicholls Record number of future doctors join regional career path * Record number of future doctors enrol in Regional Medical Pathway, training future doctors in Central Queensland and Wide Bay. * Local universities and Hospital and Health Services partner to meet regional healthcare needs. * The program provides a sustainable "home...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 18 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: AFP Special Operation Avalite has charged a Victorian man with allegedly making death threats and antisemitic comments to a Commonwealth Member of Parliament. The man, 41, was charged today (18 March, 2025) with: * One count of using a carriage service to menace, contrary to subsection 474.17 of the Criminal Code (Cth), which carries a maximum penalty of five years' imprisonment; and * One count of thr...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 18 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A South Sudan-born man was sentenced to 14 months' imprisonment by the Perth District Court yesterday (17 March, 2025) after pleading guilty to 11 breaches of his visa-mandated conditions. The Commonwealth sentence will start in July, 2025, following a term of imprisonment the man is already serving for unrelated state offences. The Judge ordered the man serve one month in custody for the Commonwealth off...
BRISBANE, Queensland, March 18 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: The Queensland Police Service (QPS) is this week celebrating Harmony Week, with events taking place across the state, including at Police Headquarters in Brisbane today. The QPS Multicultural Affairs Unit, alongside Police Liaison Officers and Cross-Cultural Police Officers, have held a morning tea to celebrate the many cultures, languages and backgrounds of QPS staff and officers. The QPS reaffirm...
Belconnen, ACT, March 18 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 19-year-old Higgins man who tried to evade police after performing a burnout in the car park of the Belconnen Police Station will face court today. At about 8.40pm yesterday (Monday, 17 March) police will allege a group with trail bikes were performing burnouts in the Belconnen car park before one man rode up to the front doors of the station on a yellow Suzuki motorcycle before riding back to the car park. Police ...
Belconnen, ACT, March 18 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking to identify a man to assist in the investigation into an alleged assault that occurred in a City nightclub last month. About 11:00pm on Saturday 15 February (2025), a patron of a City nightclub was allegedly assaulted by a man. Following inquiries police would like to speak to the man in this image or anyone who knows this man. Police believe this man has information that can assist with the i...
Belconnen, ACT, March 18 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 24-year-old man has been extradited from Victoria where he fled after allegedly assaulting his partner. About 9pm on 9 January 2025, police allege the man assaulted his partner at her residence in Phillip, strangling her and striking her in the head repeatedly. The incident was reported to police a short time later and the woman was taken to hospital for treatment. Despite efforts by police, the man was unable to ...
Belconnen, ACT, March 18 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an incident in Namadgi National Park overnight. About 6.30am this morning (Tuesday, 18 March 2025), police and emergency services responded to a report that a woman had been located at the Namadgi National Park visitor centre. Police are appealing to anyone with information about the incident to come forward. At this stage, police do not believe there is an ongoing threat to the ...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 18 -- Murray-Darling Basin Authority issued the following news release: The likelihood of water quality issues typically reduces as the season transitions from warmer to cooler months. Conditions remain favourable for algal growth across much of the Basin, particularly within some northern Basin rivers/storages, the Menindee Lakes and lower Darling-Baaka, parts of the Lachlan/Murrumbidgee and mid-Murray systems, and some central Victorian storages. Low dissolved oxygen (D...