An emergency declaration under the Public Safety Preservation Act (PSPA) in Julia Creek remains in place, but has been reduced in size. The area around the Julia Creek train derailment site will be smaller to allow the Flinders Highway to reopen to traffic this afternoon. It will now cover an area of 50 metres in all […]
Police have located the 16-year-old boy reported missing on December 23 from Dalby. He was located safe at around 2.30pm today in Toowoomba. Thank you to the media and public for their assistance. If you have information for police, contact Policelink by providing information using the online suspicious activity form 24hrs per day at www.police.qld.gov.au/reporting.Report […]
Two Queensland detectives have extradited a 35-year-old South Australian man following an incident in Kuttabul on December 28, 2015. It will be alleged that around 12.15am, a man armed with a knife confronted a 23-year-old man in the back yard of a Sorensens Road residence and stabbed him once in the torso. The armed man […]
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a 50-year-old man reported missing from Wrights Creek yesterday. He was last seen at 7.45pm at a Harris Road address. Police and family hold concerns for his welfare. He is Caucasian, between 175cm and 180cm tall with a proportionate build, grey hair and blue eyes, and […]
Three men who allegedly escaped from the Townsville Correctional Farm in Stuart on December 30 have been charged. The three men were reported missing from the Townsville Correctional Farm December 30. It will be further alleged that they stole a vehicle from Heatley, which evaded police at around 8.40am, the following day on the Bruce […]
Police have located the body of a missing surfer following a two-day air, sea and land search on the Gold Coast. The body was located in the water in the vicinity of Crusoe Island around 11am. Police have confirmed that the body is that of the 34-year-old man who went missing at The Spit at […]
Police have praised the behaviour of New Year’s revellers across the state with reported crowd numbers up while arrests were down compared to last year. An estimated 120,000 people attended the South Bank precinct in Brisbane to join in celebrations while around 50,000 counted down to 2016 in Surfers Paradise. There were 536 arrests at […]
Police and other agencies are continuing their air, sea and land search for a missing surfer at Main Beach today. Today’s search involves a rescue helicopter, beach patrols, and water police and other agencies on jet boats and jet skis. A leg rope was located at 5.30am this morning 200m south of the Seaway, however, […]
Police are continuing to urge motorists to consider the fatal five before driving after a large amount of drink and drug drivers were detected in Queensland overnight. A 31-year-old Daisy Hill man was riding his motorcycle along Paradise Road, Slacks Creek at 6.30pm last night when it collided with a vehicle near Meaking Road. The […]
Police have charged a man following an emergent situation in Kingfisher Drive, River Heads yesterday afternoon. A 31-year-old River Heads man has been charged with one count each of possess weapon, possess explosive, possess dangerous drug and possess utensils. He is expected to appear at the Hervey Bay Magistrates Court on January 28.