Legal experts to advise on new Youth Justice laws
The Queensland Government will create an Expert Legal Panel to review new laws it introduced last month to combat youth crime.
The Making Queensland Safer Laws were
Read more21 January 2025Safety
Deadliest start to year on state roads since 2020
The deadliest start to a year on the state’s roads in five years has promoted a plea from the Queensland Police Service (QPS).
QPS Road Policing and Regional Support
Read more21 January 2025
Whole-of-society focus in counter-terrorism strategy
More than $100m will be invested over the next four year to fight terrorism and extremism under a new strategy.
Federal Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said the extra
Read more18 January 2025
E-scooter police blitz in Brisbane CBD
Police are cracking down on dangerous e-scooter use in Brisbane’s CBD, with a recent operation resulting in 50 people receiving tickets.
Brisbane City Sergeant
Read more17 January 2025
Five surprising items you should not keep in your car
Victoria’s peak motoring body has published a list of five times that motorists should not keep in their cars.
They include some electronic devices, medicines, aerosol
Read more15 January 2025
QPS flying squad soars with 41 extra officers
More than $30 million is being invested to grow a Queensland Police Service’s (QPS) rapid response unit to almost 60 officers.
Premier David Crisafulli said the QPS
Read more13 January 2025
Anti-scam campaign taps into consumers’ inner-voice
A new campaign to help Australians avoid being scammed has been launched around three simple actions.
The Stop, Check, Protect advertising campaign, to be screened on
Read more13 January 2025
Could Los Angeles-style fires devastate Australian cities?
By David Bowman
As I write this, five people are dead and at least 1000 buildings have been destroyed by wildfires that have swept across Los Angeles.
Around 100,000
Read more11 January 2025
The top five scams to look out for in 2025
Australians need to be on the lookout for artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven scams and a new-level of dodgy cryptocurrency investment offers this year.
In a warning to
Read more9 January 2025
Head knocks “wake up” dementia-inducing viruses
Repeated head knocks have been found to activate dormant dementia-inducing viruses in the brain, opening the door to possible new treatments.
A study has found that
Read more9 January 2025