Today Commissioner Ian Stewart announced the R U in Control? campaign, aimed at empowering Queenslanders and helping them avoid becoming a victim of cyber and financial crime. The Commissioner said it had been estimated that organised crime costs the Australian economy $21 billion per year with $8.5 billion of that figure directly related to cyber, […]
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Police are investigating a bus and car crash in Beaudesert this morning. Around 8.30am, a school bus and a car collided head-on on the Mount Lindesay Highway. The bus was carrying 23 school children and the car contained a woman and two children. No children on the bus were physically injured. The two children in […]
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Police have further charged a man and a women following investigations into a driving incident on the Northern Gold Coast on Wednesday August 16. Around 1.30pm, it will be alleged police became aware of a utility due to the manner of driving on Santa Barbara Boulevard in Hope Island. Pol Air 1 was deployed and […]
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Police are investigating a serious traffic incident which occurred in Cairns last night. Officers were called to Sheridan Street at around 8.15pm following reports a pedestrian had been hit by a car. The 47-year-old man was struck and knocked to the roadway sustaining serious head injuries. He was transported to the Cairns Base Hospital for […]
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Police are investigating a fatal rail incident which occurred last night near a Mooloolah Railway Station. At around 11.30pm, a man was struck by a train approximately 400 metres north of the station, which was travelling towards Nambour. The man, who was wearing a dressing gown, a leather hat and glasses was pronounced deceased at […]
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Police have charged a man following an incident in Biggera Waters earlier today. Around 12.30pm, it will be alleged a man entered a Hollywell Road business and walked down one of the aisles before removing two knives from their packages. It will further be alleged the man then began walking around the store with the […]
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A 64-year-old Veteran woman has died following a serious crash that occurred this afternoon in Veteran. Initial information suggests that a vehicle was travelling on Belvedere Road at 12.10pm when it left the road and crashed through a fence and into a tree. The female driver, and sole occupant of the car, was taken to […]
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Forensic Crash Unit officers are renewing their appeal for public assistance into the fatal traffic crash at Bluewater (Townsville) on Friday afternoon, August 11. Investigators are appealing for any witnesses to the crash or for anyone who has dash cam footage of the incident to contact police. Initial investigations indicate around 5.26pm on the Bruce […]
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Update August 18: An 89-year-old man reported missing from Bundaberg has today been located safe and well. Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate an 89-year-old man reported missing from Bundaberg. The man was last seen in Bourbong Street, Bundaberg at 9:30am today, August 17. Police and family hold concerns for her welfare […]
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Three teenagers have been charged after an alleged stolen car failed to stop for police on the Warrego Highway near Gatton this morning. It will be alleged around 9.50am police attempted to intercept a black BMW hatchback along the Warrego Highway at the Gatton Bypass, however the vehicle drove away at high speed. Vehicle checks […]
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