Commissioner Ian Stewart and the Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Services Jack Dempsey have today welcomed the announcement of the six recipients of the Australian Police Medal (APM) from the QPS ranks who have been nationally honoured for their distinguished service. The QPS APM recipients share a vast and varied career history between them, […]
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Police are investigating a serious assault that occurred late last night in a carpark at Maroochydore. At around 11.15pm a man entered a carpark of a fast food store on Horton Parade where he approached two men. An altercation began where the man has bitten-off the tip of one man’s finger and then assaulted the […]
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A man and a woman have died in a traffic crash in Toowoomba early this morning. The male driver and sole occupant of a second vehicle was taken to Toowoomba Base Hospital. The incident occurred at the intersection of Ruthven and Alderley Streets, Toowoomba at about 4.45am. No further information is available at this time. If […]
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Police are treating a fire that caused significant structural damage to an unoccupied house in Lawnton as suspicious. Officers were called to the Foley Street residence around 8pm after neighbours noticed flames coming from the home. The house is being guarded overnight with Scenes of Crime officers due to attend later this morning. Investigations by […]
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Police arrested eight youths with offences ranging from public nuisance, drunk in a public place, assault police and obstruct police following a large street disturbance at Kallangur last night. Several police units attended Narangba Road, Kallangur around 9.50pm following multiple calls to the Police Communications Centre. A police vehicle was damaged when its rear window […]
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A 66-year-old woman sustained life threatening head injuries after she was struck by a vehicle in Bundaberg this evening. Preliminary investigations suggest the woman was crossing Bingera Street, at the intersection with Bourbong Street, around 7.50pm when the incident occurred. The woman, a Chinese tourist, was transported to Bundaberg Base Hospital in a critical condition. […]
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Loganholme detectives are investigating the assault and robbery of a man at Beenleigh this afternoon. Around 4pm the 20-year-old Springfield Lakes man was walking along Tallagrandra Court when he was approached by three males, one armed with a baseball bat. The man was threatened before being punched about the face and having his mobile phone […]
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Police have charged an 18-year-old man following investigations into the attempted armed robbery of a taxi driver at Mount Isa this morning. It will be alleged that around 9am, three men entered a taxi and asked the driver to take them to Miles Street. On arrival, it is alleged that one of the men threatened […]
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Two women have been injured in a serious traffic incident at Yungaburra this afternoon. Around 12.05pm, police were notified that a vehicle had left the roadway and gone into a park off Kehoe Place, hitting a 52-year-old woman and 21-year-old woman. The 52-year-old woman sustained critical injuries and was airlifted to the Townsville Base Hospital. […]
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Police are investigating a single vehicle traffic crash in which a man was found deceased at Stapylton this morning. Just before 8am police were called to Burnside Road following a report that a motorcycle had crashed near a creek bed. The 45-year-old motorcycle rider was located deceased at the scene. It is unknown when the […]
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