BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 19 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: A 17-year-old girl and 17-year-old boy have been located deceased at a waterfall in Yandina on the Sunshine Coast earlier today, January 19 after Police conducted a Search and Rescue operation to locate them. Emergency services initially responded to reports a 17-year-old girl fell off a waterfall at Wappa Falls and failed to resurface around 2:30 this afternoon. An acquaintance of the girl, a 17-ye...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 18 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 10:05 AM Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning and Minister for Industrial Relations The Honourable Jarrod Bleijie Local communities to have their say on wind farm developments * More consultation for regional Queenslanders on new wind farms * LNP election commitment to ensure consistent approval processes * Labor's failed laws did not ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 18 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: A 36-year-old Kingston man has been charged with attempted murder following an alleged incident in Kingston this morning. It will be alleged, about 7.45am, police and emergency services were called to a residence on Kingston Court to reports a man and female were involved in an altercation. It will be further alleged; the man has produced a lighter and lit a 34-year-old woman on fire. It will be fu...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 18 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police have charged two men and a boy following an incident in Birkdale overnight. Initial investigations indicate that just before midnight POLAIR began tracking an alleged stolen Volkswagon Amarook on Ipswich Road, Annerley. The vehicle had been wanted by police in connection with a number of alleged armed robberies on the Gold Coast. With the assistance of POLAIR, police successfully deployed Ty...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 18 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Two people have been charged with a combined 21 charges after a stolen vehicle was intercepted on the Sunshine Coast yesterday afternoon, January 17. Around 5.30pm, police were called to Maroochydore following reports of a suspicious vehicle. Upon arrival, police will allege the stolen vehicle, a blue Ford Everest displaying false plates, was driven in a dangerous manner. POLAIR tracked the vehicle...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 18 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: A man is assisting police with their investigations following an incident in Kingston this morning. Around 7:45 am, police and emergency services were called to a home on Kingston Court, where a woman aged in her 30's, was located with burns to her body. She was treated by paramedics at the scene and was transported to the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital in a serious condition. A 36-year-old ma...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 18 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are appealing for witnesses in relation to a suspicious fire at a business in Beenleigh this morning, January 18. Emergency crews were called to a City Road address around 4.30am. Upon arrival the business was fully engulfed. A crime scene was declared, and police are further investigating the cause of the fire. Anyone with information or vision that could assist investigations is urged to ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 18 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Update 1 - The declaration made under the provisions of the public safety preservation act in Birkdale has now been revoked and a male person has been taken into custody as a result of the incident. Police would like to thank members of the public for their patience. Earlier - Police are on scene and dealing with an incident in Birkdale this morning, January 18. As a result a declaration has been ma...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 18 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: A man has died in hospital, after he was involved in a single vehicle traffic crash in Ironpot (North Rockhampton) on Thursday, January 16. Police and emergency services were called to Yeppoon Road about 10.45am following reports a white Volkswagen Transporter van had veered off the road and gone into a ditch. The driver, and sole occupant of the vehicle, a 79-year-old Pomona man was transported to ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 17 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A West Australian man is expected to face Perth Magistrates Court today (17 January, 2025), charged with allegedly sending four threatening and harassing emails to a Commonwealth Member of Parliament. The AFP charged the Eden Hill man, 46, yesterday (16 January, 2025) after he attended AFP Perth headquarters. Investigators conducted a search of the man, seizing a mobile phone which allegedly contained the t...