Queensland Police
Safe spaces for DFV victims in every Queensland police station
Police say the safe spaces will empower survivors of domestic and family violence to come forward and seek the help they need.
- by Fraser Barton
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Man taken into custody after standoff at anti-corruption HQ in Valley
The man surrendered to police, with officers later finding a small tomahawk in his bag.
- by Cloe Read
Police were told to ‘elevate’ this advisory body. It’s been sacked
The group has gone public with concerns after its members were let go on former commissioner Katarina Carroll’s last day.
- by Matt Dennien
Only one in 20 Qld vehicles are motorcycles. Yet they account for one-third of fatalities
One-third of motorists killed on Queensland roads in the first four months of 2024 were motorcyclists, despite only a small fraction of road users travelling on two wheels.
- by Cameron Atfield
Woman flees after alleged hit-run injures cop in Brisbane’s south
Meanwhile, a Townsville man has been charged after a crash that killed a young motorcyclist last week.
Police stage sad, quiet recreation of fatal Brisbane bus turn
Police staged a quiet recreation of the bus turning from Ann Street into Edward Street as part of their investigation into the bus crash that killed 18-year-old Tia Cameron on March 8.
- by Tony Moore
More cops on the beat amid uptick in recruitment
About 500 extra sworn officers and 400 unsworn officers are set to join the state’s police service, with nearly 700 recruits undergoing training.
- by Fraser Barton
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Queensland
Man shot dead on Bruce Highway ‘pointed rifle at police’
Police said the man had earlier stolen a vehicle, which had a long-arm rifle inside.
- by Marissa Calligeros and Cloe Read
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Government
Steve Gollschewski named as Queensland’s new police commissioner
The police veteran of 44 years has been appointed to the top job after a two-month search to fill the early departure of his predecessor, Katarina Carroll.
- by Matt Dennien
From an aspiring teacher, keen to meet others, to a murderous loner
The parents of the Bondi Junction killer have spoken of his descent from country school kid to national “monster”, against the backdrop of untreated mental illness.
- by Sean Parnell
Gold Coast police searched Bondi Junction killer for knives in December
The Queensland man who fatally stabbed six people at a shopping centre in Sydney’s Bondi Junction was itinerant and living out of his car with history of mental illness, police say.
- by Tony Moore