BRISBANE, Queensland, Aug. 21 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: JOINT STATEMENT Minister for Education and the Arts The Honourable John-Paul Langbroek Minister for Sport and Racing and Minister for the Olympic and Paralympic Games The Honourable Tim Mander * The National Football League is distributing Flag Football kits to every Queensland school. * Flag football is the non-contact format of American Football and one of the fas...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Aug. 21 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Women and Women's Economic Security, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships and Minister for Multiculturalism The Honourable Fiona Simpson * The Crisafulli Government partners with Eat Street Northshore to bring Queenslanders together as part of Multicultural Queensland Month. * This weekend (21-23 August) will be an official Multi...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 21 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: TRISH COOK MP, MEMBER FOR BULLWINKEL:Good morning, everyone. Thank you for coming. I am very pleased to be here at Salvation Army with Warren and Kate, and with my colleague Patrick Gorman. As you know, as federal member for Bullwinkel, I am a nurse that has been aware of the family violence, and the scourge on our community that the family violence can cause. And I have seen what happens to people's ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 21 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Images and vision available via Hightail A man, 42,has appeared before the NSW Bail Division Court today (21 August, 2026) after he allegedly made multiple vexatious calls to Australian electoral offices while based in New Zealand. An AFP investigation began in June, 2026, after the man departed Coolangatta Airport and arrived in Auckland, New Zealand. Over a two-week period, the man allege...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 21 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Editor's note: Arrest vision is available via Hightail A dual Russian-Australian citizen has been charged with attempting to engage in foreign interference after allegedly seeking to provide information about Ukrainian military activities to individuals he believed were linked to Russia...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 21 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Queensland Joint Organised Crime Taskforce (QJOCTF) agencies. Editor's Note: Vision of arrest and photos are available on Hightail A Brisbane man and a Sydney man have been charged with drug and firearms offences as part of the ongoing investigation into Australia's largest cocaine seizure. The Brisbane man, 41, was charged yesterday (20 August, 2026) after AFP an...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Aug. 20 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Customer Services and Open Data and Minister for Small and Family Business The Honourable Steve Minnikin * The Crisafulli Government is delivering a boost to safety for Yeppoon with $50,000 to bolster CCTV for James Street and Normanby Street. * The upgrades to make Yeppoon safer will be delivered in partnership with the Livingstone Shire Council as part o...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Aug. 20 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Finance, Trade, Employment and Training The Honourable Ros Bates * Mining, energy, agriculture and education at the heart of Queensland-Latin America Trade and Investment Strategy 2026-28. * New strategy aims to deliver more trade and investment outcomes with South and Central America partners. * TheCrisafulli Government is delivering more jobs and better ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Aug. 20 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and 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 * Crisafulli Government backs major defence push in Toowoomba - investing $12 million for Australia's first sovereign wide-body aircraft paint and refinishing facility through the flagship $180.6 million Sovereign Industry Deve...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Aug. 20 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: JOINT STATEMENT Premier and Minister for Veterans The Honourable David Crisafulli Minister for Sport and Racing and Minister for the Olympic and Paralympic Games The Honourable Tim Mander * The Crisafulli Government has pulled off a major coup, relocating Australia's Men's and Women's Rugby Sevens programs and the Wallaroos to Queensland, as part of a deal with Rugb...