BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 6 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating a fatal traffic crash at Carbrook last night, January 5. Initial investigations indicate that around 7:25pm, emergency services were called to Mount Cotton Road near Coorang Road following reports of a Nissan Patrol four wheel drive crashed into a Honda Goldwing motorcycle. Upon arrival, the rider of the motorcycle, a 63-year-old Cornubia man and his pillion p...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 6 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are seeking urgent public assistance to locate a 41-year-old woman missing from Morayfield since Friday, December 6, 2024. Emily Baxter, pictured, was last seen boarding a train in Morayfield between 4pm and 5pm and has not been seen since. Police and family have serious concerns for her welfare. Emily is described as First Nations, approximately 160cm tall, with a proportionate build, dark h...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 6 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Officers from Caboolture Criminal Investigation Branch & Homicide squad, with the assistance of specialist units, have arrested 2 men in connection with the murder of a 23-year-old woman in Caboolture on December 22. A 29-year-old Marsden man and a 32-year-old Caboolture man were arrested without incident in parkland off Civic Parade, Logan around 2pm, today January 6. Police wish to thank the media ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 6 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Officers from the Caboolture Criminal Investigation Branch and Homicide Squad have charged two men following the alleged murder of a 23-year-old woman in Caboolture on December 22, 2024. Investigators will allege a 29-year-old Marsden man and a 32-year-old Caboolture man shot the woman outside a Railway Parade address shortly after 12am. The woman sustained critical injuries and was declared deceased...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 6 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: An Australian couple accused of disorderly behaviour on a domestic flight are expected to appear in the Downing Centre Local Court today (6 January, 2025). The AFP responded to a request for assistance from airline staff after a man, 45, and woman, 53, were accused of causing a disturbance on a flight from Hobart to Sydney on Sunday, 29 December, 2024. The pair were allegedly intoxicated and drinking alcoho...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 6 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 06:43 PM Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for Integrity The Honourable Deb Frecklington Statement from the Attorney-General I have instructed the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions to lodge appeals against two sentences which, in my view, fail to meet community expectations. The first appeal is in respect of a juvenile who crashed a stolen c...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 6 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 02:49 PM JOINT STATEMENT Premier and Minister for Veterans The Honourable David Crisafulli Minister for Police and Emergency Services The Honourable Dan Purdie Crisafulli Government locks in the Youth Crime Taskforce * Crisafulli Government announces $15.45 million to make Youth Crime Taskforce permanent * The Youth CrimeTaskforce now has operational certainty and can sp...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 6 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Published Yesterday at 01:38 PM Minister for Transport and Main Roads The Honourable Brent Mickelberg A Win for the Bruce; A Win for Queensland * The Crisafulli Government has secured an 80:20 funding split for the Bruce Highway. * A funding commitment was achieved in just two months of forming Government. * This commitment follows the first meeting of the newly formed Bruce Highway Advisory Counc...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 5 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are investigating following a fatal house fire at Sarina this afternoon, January 5. Emergency services were initially called to the Kathleen Street property around 4:25pm following the building being located fully alight. The fire has since been contained, and an initial search of the house located a 71-year-old Sarina woman deceased inside. A crime scene has been declared, and investigations...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 5 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are appealing for information and witnesses following a serious vehicle and pedestrian traffic crash at Hodgson Vale, south of Toowoomba, on December 31. Initial investigations indicate that shortly before 9pm, a white single cab Hilux was travelling along Windermere Drive before striking a pedestrian near Hazelmere Court. The Hilux did not stop and continued travelling north on Windermere Dri...