Queensland police banned from using 'sleeper' chokehold A Queensland Police decision to ban a controversial chokehold often applied during difficult arrests has been challenged by union officials. AAP · Apr 14, 2023
Reward offered in Indigenous mother's disappearance A $500,000 reward for information to solve a young mother's disappearance in the remote Cape York is on the table. AAP · Apr 11, 2023
Hunt for ‘dangerous’ armed gunman enters fourth day Queensland Police are calling for the surrender of an accused drug trafficker allegedly involved in three separate violent incidents in Brisbane on Thursday. The New Daily · Apr 10, 2023
Hunt for 'dangerous' armed gunman enters fourth day Queensland Police are calling for the surrender of an accused drug trafficker allegedly involved in three separate violent incidents in Brisbane on Thursday. AAP · Apr 9, 2023
‘Armed, dangerous, irrational, unpredictable’: Massive Qld manhunt for shooting and arson suspect Mitchell Wilson Queensland police have issued an all-points alert for an accused drug dealer described as armed, dangerous and "unpredictable". The New Daily · Apr 9, 2023
Hunt for 'unpredictable' man after alleged crime spree Queensland Police have appealed for an accused drug trafficker allegedly involved in three separate violent incidents in Brisbane on Thursday to surrender. AAP · Apr 9, 2023
Brisbane courthouse locked down amid shooting protest A Brisbane courthouse has briefly been locked down after hundreds of protesters marched through the CBD following Aubrey Donahue's fatal shooting by police. AAP · Mar 31, 2023
Police confirm officers who shot dead Mareeba man were not wearing body cameras Acting Deputy Commissioner Mark Wheeler says the specialist police who fired the lethal shots "generally don't" wear body cameras, which are standard for first responder QPS officers. ABC News · Mar 30, 2023
Queensland Police to extradite Mount Druitt man over alleged incidents with 17yo girls on Gold Coast A Sydney man is in custody following two incidents involving teenage girls having to flee for help after allegedly being grabbed in public areas on the Gold Coast. ABC News · Mar 30, 2023
Emergency declaration revoked, Lindsay Transport depot fire in Bundaberg brought under control Queensland Police have lifted an emergency zone after firefighters battled until 2:00am to bring an industrial fire under control in Bundaberg. ABC News · Mar 24, 2023
Queensland Police lose stun grenade in Townsville suburb after siege, issue public warning A sound-and-flash grenade that has the "capacity to injure" is missing in a Townsville suburb after being lost by Queensland Police's tactical squad. ABC News · Mar 16, 2023
Accused scam money launderer 'had 55 bank accounts' Prosecutors allege a Brisbane woman accepted nearly $2.4 million from hackers and withdrew the money as cash or transferred it to foreign exchanges. AAP · Mar 15, 2023
Widow slams police over 'disgraceful' ambush probe A Queensland Police inquiry into an officer's fatal shooting was "nothing short of disgraceful", his widow has told media after inquest findings were delivered. AAP · Mar 13, 2023
Prisoner checks 'substandard' in hours prior to death Queensland Police found a Brisbane Watch House officer did not complete adequate safety checks on Aunty Sherry, an Indigenous woman who died in custody. AAP · Mar 8, 2023
ABC News · Mar 2, 2023 $25 million to pay police overtime to target Queensland's youth crime hotspots Queensland police officers will be paid extra in overtime shifts under a $25 million high-visibility operation targeting youth crime.
The Guardian - AU · Mar 2, 2023 Queensland police to retain right to charge children over minor drug offences for which adults receive only warning Exclusive: advocates and legal experts warn legislation could disadvantage children who would still be subject to police discretion
AAP · Mar 1, 2023 Cordingley suspect extradited over DNA, phone evidence Rajwinder Singh has been extradited from India after police found DNA and phone evidence linking him to the homicide of Queensland woman Toyah Cordingley.
AAP · Feb 28, 2023 Man accused of murder being extradited from India Rajwinder Singh, who's suspected of the murder of a Queensland woman in 2018, is being extradited from India to Australia to face police questioning.
AAP · Feb 23, 2023 Homicide probe begins after Queensland man stabbed Queensland police have launched a homicide investigation after a 20-year-old man died following a stabbing during a brawl south of Brisbane.
AAP · Feb 23, 2023 Queensland to recruit hundreds of foreign police Up to 500 foreign nationals a year could be taken on by Queensland Police under an agreement between the state and federal governments.
ABC News · Feb 23, 2023 Queensland Police offer $500,000 reward to help solve Christine Fenner suspected murder cold case Christine Fenner disappeared in February 1999 with Queensland Police now offering a $500,000 reward to anyone with information that can help convict her suspected killer.
ABC News · Feb 21, 2023 Queensland is to relax its drug laws, even for ice and heroin. How could it affect you? The state government wants to expand its diversion program to personal quantities of anything from cocaine to meth.
AAP · Feb 17, 2023 Teen driver killed in outback Queensland crash A 17-year-old boy driving with four passengers has died after he lost control of the vehicle in outback northwest Queensland.
ABC News · Feb 16, 2023 Queensland police say the Wieambilla shooting is a terrorist attack motivated by premillennialism. Here's what that means Premillennialism is the belief that after a period of extreme suffering, Jesus Christ will physically return to Earth for 1,000 years. A far-right and religious extremism expert says the ideology is experiencing "renewed momentum".
AAP · Feb 13, 2023 Murder charge dropped after 78-year-old mother dies Queensland Police have dropped a murder charge after a woman accused of killing her autistic son more than 50 years ago passed away at the age of 78.