CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 18 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:Audio grabs and images available via Hightail link here. Threats to Australian federal parliamentarians reported to the AFP have increased significantly in the past financial year. In 2023-24, the AFP received 1009 reports of incidents involving harassment, nuisance, offensive and threatening communications. This is a 42 percent increase from the 709 matters reported to the AFP during the sam...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 18 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward, following the death of a 21-year-old Vincent man in Woodstock on Saturday December 14. The man's body was found in his Silver Subaru Forester, which was parked on Webb Road. Detective Inspector Jason Shephard from the Townsville Crime Services Group said the vehicle was an older model and was distinctive. Detective Inspector Shepherd is urging any...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 18 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating following a fatal traffic crash in Innisfail yesterday, December 17. Around 3.10pm, a red Range Rover SUV was travelling on the Bruce Highway near Goondi Bend when it left the road and crashed into a pole. The driver of the vehicle, a 66-year-old Wongaling Beach man, died at the scene. A 56-year-old Wongaling Beach woman, the passenger, was transported to th...
SYDNEY, Dec. 17 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released findings from a review into superannuation trustees' progress in implementing enhanced valuation governance and liquidity risk management requirements.The findingswill help trustees inaligning their practices withPrudential Standard SPS 530 Investment Governance (SPS 530),including in relation to the use of independent external asse...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 17 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Queensland Government Air (QGAir) is celebrating a significant, world-first, milestone in Emergency Medical Services (EMS), with one of its Townsville helicopters becoming the first in the world to surpass 10,000 flight hours dedicated to saving lives. The AW139 aircraft reached its 10,000 flight hours while performing a medical evacuation out of a mine site near the aircraft's base hometown on Sunda...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 17 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A South Australian man is expected to face the Adelaide Magistrates Court today (17 December, 2024) charged with 52 new child abuse-related charges. The South Australia Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (SA JACET), comprising of members of the AFP and South Australia Police, first charged the man, 38, with three offences in December, 2023, following a search warrant at his home in the southern suburbs of A...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 17 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Graphics of the tactics online groomers use available on Hightail The AFP is urging parents who are buying internet-enabled devices for their children this Christmas to install safety features and talk to their children about how to stay safe online. AFP Human Exploitation Commander Helen Schneider said the AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) recorded a spike in r...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 17 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are appealing for urgent public assistance to locate an 84-year-old man missing from Carrara since this afternoon, December 17. Warren Bartley (pictured) was last seen around 1pm at a golf club on Alabaster Drive and has not been seen or heard from since. He is described as Caucasian, approximately 165cm tall with grey hair, and last seen wearing a white t-shirt and board shorts. Family and ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 17 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police are appealing for public assistance to identify a man who may be able to assist them with investigations into reported suspicious behaviour at Burdell on November 1. The man allegedly attended a Main Street business between 2.45pm and 3.10pm. Police appeal to the man, anyone who may know him, or was in the area at the time to come forward. Investigations are ongoing. Disclaimer: Curated by ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 17 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: A search and rescue operation has recommenced this morning to locate a 77-year-old man missing from Burrum Heads since yesterday, (Monday, December 16). Paul Kearns (pictured) was last seen at an address on Riverview Drive, Burrum Heads between 3.30pm and 4.30pm and has not been seen or heard from since. He is described as Caucasian, approximately 183cm tall, with a proportionate build and grey hair...