CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 12 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint release between Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force Editor's note: Images of the seized containers are available via Hightail A United States national who allegedly imported about 3kg of cocaine into Australia in shampoo containers is the fourth person to be charged with importing border controlled drugs at Melbourne Airport this year. The woman appeared in the Melbourne ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 12 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 12:14 PM Minister for Youth Justice and Victim Support and Minister for Corrective Services The Honourable Laura Gerber Making Queensland Safer Laws: Expert Legal Panel appointed * The Crisafulli Government appoints Expert Legal Panel to advise on next tranche of Adult Crime, Adult Time laws. * Panel to be chaired by distinguished barrister April Freeman KC, with four othe...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 12 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 09:51 AM Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning and Minister for Industrial Relations The Honourable Jarrod Bleijie More Queensland supply chains super charged with second emergency planning declaration * 18 more local government areas have Applicable Event declaration * More businesses to support on-the-ground supply and recovery effor...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 12 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 11:34 AM Minister for Sport and Racing and Minister for the Olympic and Paralympic Games The Honourable Tim Mander Queensland Academy of Sport on fast track to become a Statutory Body * The Crisafulli Government will introduce legislation to transition the Queensland Academy of Sport to a Statutory Body on 1 July * Move will provide greater independence and position the Qu...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 12 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 12:47 PM JOINT STATEMENT Premier and Minister for Veterans The Honourable David Crisafulli Minister for Local Government and Water and Minister for Fire, Disaster Recovery and Volunteers The Honourable Ann Leahy JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT:State Recovery Coordinator appointed to lead flood recovery in the north * The Crisafulli Government has appointed Andrew Cripps as State...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 12 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 03:23 PM JOINT STATEMENT Minister for Primary Industries The Honourable Tony Perrett Minister for Women and Women's Economic Security, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships and Minister for Multiculturalism The Honourable Fiona Simpson Queensland Rural Women's Award finalists announced * Three finalists for the Queensland Rural Women's Award ann...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 12 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 01:54 PM Minister for the Environment and Tourism and Minister for Science and Innovation The Honourable Andrew Powell Mackay and Whitsunday operators havetheir say on 20-year tourism master plan * Tourism operators and stakeholders in Mackay and the Whitsundays have contributed to the development of a new 20-year tourism plan to help shape the industry's future. * Destina...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 12 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are seeking urgent public assistance to help locate a 71-year-old man missing from the Parkinson since February 1. Shalindra Singh was last seen at his home address in Parkinson at about 7pm on February 1, but has not been seen or heard from since. Police hold concerns for his welfare due to existing health conditions which may present as confusion. Shalindra, is described as Indian in appea...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 12 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Tablelands Police are trying to locate the owners of the pictured items that have been handed into police. The green pushbike was located on Wednesday December 4 at about 10am in bushland on Minna Street Herberton. Please contact Herberton Police on 4096 2568 and reference QP2402082064 to claim if it belongs to you. The gold ring was located at Gallery 5 on Herberton Street Atherton on Monday Decemb...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 12 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police have charged a 26-year-old Gulliver man with murder following the death of a 21-year-old Vincent man at Woodstock in December last year. Around 8.45am on Saturday December 14, a passer-by found the 21-year-old man's body on the backseat of his vehicle on Webb Road. Following investigations by the Townsville Criminal Investigation Branch and the Homicide Investigation Unit, the Gulliver man wa...