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...
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...
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...
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 ...