Senior police are working closely with community leaders and elders in Aurukun to help calm tensions which have been heightened in recent days. Preliminary information indicates that a number of large street disturbances between local families occurred yesterday on Kang Kang Road, which involved the use of projectiles, some of which were made of wood and […]
A 10-year-old boy has been airlifted to hospital following a serious traffic crash at Gleneagle this afternoon. Initial information suggests just after 1pm a motorbike and car have collided on the Mount Lindesay Highway. The 10-year-old rider of the motorbike suffered serious injuries and was airlifted to the Lady Cilento Hospital. The Mount Lindesay Highway […]
Police are currently at the scene of a serious traffic crash which occurred at Gleneagle this afternoon. Initial information suggests just after 1pm a bicycle and car have collided on the Mount Lindesay Highway. A boy, who was riding the bicycle at the time of the crash, has received serious injuries. The Mount Lindesay Highway […]
Police have charged a 35-year-old South Australian man after an alleged assault in Kuttabul yesterday, 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 the Sorensens Road residence and stabbed him once in the torso. The armed man allegedly then entered the […]
Police are urging drivers travelling throughout the Mount Isa District to take extra precautions following a substantial amount of rain fall in the area recently. Heavy rain falls in short periods of time have resulted in localised flooding and major road closures, including Richmond Winton Road at Richmond and the Flinders Highway between Julia Creek […]
Police are investigating a fire that occurred at a business in Harristown last night. At about 11.38pm emergency services attended the fitness centre on the corner of West and James streets where they found the rear of the premises well alight. The blaze was extinguished however the building sustained significant damage. No one was inside […]
Detectives have charged seven teenagers following the alleged unlawful entry of a utility and theft of a vehicle from a Palm Cove residence on the night of December 21. It will be alleged a number of the youths attended the residence on Buchan Street, gaining entry to a utility and searching through it before stealing […]
Police have revised the amount of sulfuric acid a freight train was carrying when it derailed approximately 20kms east of Julia Creek. Updated information indicates the train was transporting approximately 819,000 litres of sulfuric acid when it derailed on December 27. An emergency declaration and two kilometre exclusion zone remains in place under the Public […]
Statistics from day 6 of the Christmas Road Safety campaign have police reminding motorist to slow down and obey speed limits after a motorcycle was detected travelling 215km in 110km zone on the Bruce Highway, Glass House Mountains. During the Christmas Holiday Period, Queensland Police will enforce high risk road user behaviour including the fatal […]
Police have located the 13-year-old girl missing from Bundamba since Saturday, December 26. She was located safe and well overnight and has been reunited with her family.