PROPERTY AND STOLEN VEHICLE CHARGES, BRISBANE

BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 20 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Brisbane police have charged fourteenagers in relation to multiple alleged property and stolen motor vehicle offences. It will be alleged the teens committed a series of property crime offences between December 29, 2024, and January 15 in Brisbane. It is further alleged offences occurred across multiple suburbs including Hamilton, Wilston, Wavell Heights, Newmarket, Balmoral, Morningside, Bridgeman ...


ARMED ROBBERIES APPEAL, BRISBANE AND LOGAN

BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 20 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Queensland police are investigating a number of armed robberies throughout Brisbane and Logan during the early hours of this morning. Initial investigations indicate around 5.50am, up to four offenders, believed to be males, attended a service station on Beenleigh Redland Bay Road, Cornubia, armed with a knife and wrench. An amount of cigarettes and cash were stolen before the offenders left the sce...


TEENAGE BOY ARRESTED AFTER MULTIPLE ARMED ROBBERIES, GREATER CAIRNS AREA

BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 20 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Detectives from the Cairns Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) and Property Crime Unit with the assistance of the Cairns Dog Squad and Tactical Crime Squad charged a 15-year-old Gordonvale boy with a total of 36 property related offences yesterday, January 19. It will be alleged the boy was involved in six armed robberies and multiple break ins and stolen vehicles in the greater Cairns area in the la...


APRA AND ASIC RELEASE NOTES ON SUPERANNUATION CEO ROUNDTABLES - NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2024

SYDNEY, Jan. 20 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) are releasing the public notes on the Superannuation CEO Roundtables held on Monday 25 November and Thursday 5 December 2024. The Roundtables were hosted by APRA and ASIC. They were attended by 14 superannuation trustee chief executive officers and other executives, representing a ...


FATAL TRAFFIC CRASH, BRIDGEMAN DOWNS

BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 19 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: A man has died after he was involved in a single vehicle motorcycle traffic crash in Bridgeman Downs, Sunday, January 19. Police and emergency services were called to Bridgeman Road about 3:20pm following reports of serious injuries to a motorcycle rider. Initial investigations suggest the rider was travelling north on Bridgeman Road prior to the crash and has been thrown from the motorcycle after co...


ROBBERY APPEAL, CHERMSIDE

BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 19 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are appealing for information from the public in relation to a robbery that took place at Chermside, January 18. At about 9pm, a woman was violently robbed of her property outside a business on the corner of Gympie Road and Norman Drive. The suspect, pictured below, was witnessed by a number of people at different locations shortly after the offence was committed. Investigators are seeking f...


ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGE, MARYBOROUGH

BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 19 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: A 45-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder following an alleged shooting incident in Maryborough on January 13. Police and emergency services were called to a Fort Street address around 9pm to reports a 43-year-old Maryborough man had sustained a gunshot wound to the head. It will be alleged that following a disagreement, the 45-year-old Maryborough man has produced and discharged a fi...


UPDATE 1: SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATION, MORETON BAY

BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 19 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Update: The search and rescue operation has been stood down in Moreton bay. The vessel has been located, nil persons outstanding and the owner is aware and assisting police. Earlier: Brisbane Water Police in conjunction with a number of marine authorities including the Coast Guard and Marine Rescue have launched a search and rescue operation off Bribie Island today, January 19. The operation relates...


MISSING GIRL: NEWFARM

BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 19 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are seeking public assistance to locate a 15-year-old-girl reported missing from New Farm, January 18. The girl, pictured, was last seen at an address on Barker Street at around 10:00am on January 17 She is known to frequent Fortitude Valley and Brisbane City as well as Browns Plains. Police hold concerns for her welfare due to her age and concerning associations with adult acquaintances. T...


SERIOUS TRAFFIC CRASH, STRATHPINE

BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 19 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating following a serious traffic crash involving a vehicle and pedestrian at Strathpine, Saturday, January 18. Initial investigations indicate at about 10:00pm a white Mazda 3 hatchback was travelling South along Gympie Road when it has struck a pedestrian crossing the road. The pedestrian, an 85-year-old Strathpine man suffered life threatening injuries and was co...