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August

Friday, 31
Evening round-up
Serious assault police, Gatton: Serious traffic incident, Capalaba

Milk tanker rollover, Boondall
Police are still at the scene of a serious single vehicle traffic incident that occurred on the southbound lanes of the Gateway Motorway, Boondall.

Murder charge – Townsville
Police have charged a 28-year-old Vincent man with one count of murder following the discovery of the body of a 13-year-old girl this morning.

Townsville Police Academy Recruit Information Seminar
Are you ready to pull on the uniform and make a difference?

Afternoon Round-up
Fatal, Marian (near Mackay); Fatal, Southport; Armed man arrested, Brisbane

Suspicious death of 13-year-old girl, Vincent
Townsville police are investigating the suspicious death of a 13-year-old Condon girl, whose body was found at a residence in Vincent at 8am today.

Morning round up
Fatal crash - Tannum Sands; Bag snatch charges - Sunnybank Hills

Thursday, 30
Afternoon Round-up Second Edition
Robbery with violence - Durack; Rape charges - Frenchville.

Missing mother and daughter, Innisfail UPDATE: Located September 2
Police are seeking assistance from the public in locating a 21-year-old woman and her two-year-old daughter who were reported missing from Innisfail this week.

Riverfire road closures
Police are advising spectators who are planning to attend Brisbane’s Riverfire event this Saturday, September 1, to be aware of road, river and bridge closures.

Afternoon Round-up
Serious crash - Southport; Robbery with violence - Parrearra (Sunshine Coast).

Images released – stealing and attempted fraud, Yeronga
Images have been released of a woman police believe can assist with their investigations into a stealing and attempted fraud at Yeronga in May this year.

Fraud charges
A 48-year-old Redcliffe woman will appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court today on fraud related charges.

Morning Round-up
Serious traffic incident - Noosaville.

Wednesday, 29
Evening round up
Serious road crash - East Greenmount (near Toowoomba; Drug arrest - Labrador

Police reminder on equine standstill
Police continue to urge horse owners and those in the equine industry to comply with the ongoing ban on horse movements around the nation.

Arson charge, Mareeba
A 46-year-old Mareeba man will appear in the Atherton Magistrates Court this afternoon charged with one count of arson.

Assault charges and road closure, Townsville
Two Townsville men have been charged in relation to an altercation at an address in Charles Street, Aitkenvale about 9.20pm on Monday night.

Serious crash, Clayfield
Police are appealing for witnesses after a serious traffic incident at Clayfield this morning involving a utility and a motorcycle.

Armed robbery – Labrador Pharmacy
Police are investigating the armed robbery of the Labrador Pharmacy at Frank Street Labrador yesterday afternoon.

Morning Round-up
Fatal truck crash - Clairview.

Tuesday, 28
Evening round-up
Assault arrest - Landsborough; Three vehicle crash - Sippy Downs

Two men assisting with inquiries, Townsville
Two men aged 26 and 30 are assisting police with their inquiries into a shooting at Aitkenvale last night.

Police seek public assistance, Childers
Police are seeking public assistance from anyone who may have witnessed a fatal crash at the intersection of Lucketts Road and the Bruce Highway, Childers yesterday at 4.10pm.

Man hospitalised after shooting, Townsville.
Scenes of crime and forensic officers continue to examine the scene of a shooting in the Townsville suburb of Aitkenvale.

Morning Round-up
Shooting incident - Aitkenvale.

Monday, 27
Evening Round-up
Fatal - Elimbah (Redcliffe); Update, Fatal - Childers; Update, Fatal - Cornubia; Update, House fire - Kirwan (Townsville)

Double fatality - Bruce Highway, Childers
Police and emergency services are currently at the scene of a fatal traffic incident on the Bruce Highway, about 1km south of Childers.

Afternoon Round-up
Fatal fire - Mt Isa; Fatal - Sheldon

Police appeal for assistance in identifying human torso Sunshine Coast
Police are appealing for assistance in identifying a man whose torso washed up onto a Sunshine Coast beach last week.

Armed robbery offender sought
Police have released security footage of an armed man who robbed a Camp Hill service station in July

Morning Round-up
Robbery with violence - Newstead; House fire - Cooloola Cove (Gympie); House fire - Kirwan (Townsville)

Sunday, 26
Afternoon Round-up
Light plane crash, Pimpama; Update search, Cairns

Morning Round-up, Second edition
Update, search - Cairns; Robbery with violence - Mount Gravatt East; Drink driving charge - Capalaba; Assault and robbery charges - Gladstone; Drug arrest - Eudlo

Search for three missing men, Cairns
Cairns police are searching for three young men who failed to return from a fishing trip yesterday evening.

Morning Round-up
Fatal - Duaringa (Rockhampton); Flood incident - Tiaro (Maryborough); House fire - Mudgeeraba; Robbery with violence - New Farm (Brisbane City); Pedestrian hit by car - Fortitude Valley (Brisbane City); Taser deployment - Brisbane

Saturday, 25
Afternoon Round-up
Armed Robbery - Annerley

Boat and road warnings, North Coast
Hervey Bay Water Police have reported that some boats have come adrift as a result of floodwaters surging downstream towards River Heads.

Morning round-up, second edition
Traffic incident, Aspley; Serious assault, Cairns; Grievous bodily harm charge, Sippy Downs; Unlawful wounding, Crestmead; Special Olympics, cancellation of soccer, Redcliffe

Gympie Muster 2007 traffic disruption - update
At 9am today a meeting was held between muster organisers, the State Emergency Service, security providers and police.

Morning Round-up
Fatal - Pittsworth; Stalking - Surfers Paradise

Gympie Muster 2007 traffic disruptions
Police wish to advise that severe weather conditions on the south-east Queensland coast over the past week have resulted in traffic disruption at the annual Toyota Country Music Muster at Gympie.

Friday, 24
Evening Round-up
Fatal crash - Boronia Heights; Drug charges - South Rockhampton; Break and enter - North Ipswich; Appeal for witness after fatal crash - Bracken Ridge.

Police looking for three men after assault of convenience store attendent
Police are looking for three men after a shop attendant at a city convenience store was assaulted early today.

Drug arrests and drug laboratories, Sunshine Coast
Police from the Sunshine Coast District conducted a series of raids yesterday morning in relation to Operation Archive, a local drug operation.

Police appeal for driver of vehicle – Gold Coast
Police are appealing to the female driver of a greeny gold coloured late model Toyota Camry to come forward after a traffic incident at Gaven on the Gold Coast this morning.

Assault police charges, Coolangatta
Two police officers were seriously assaulted about 11pm last night in Coolangatta as they arrested two men.

Lighting the way for special athletes
The Queensland Police Service will show its support of the Special Olympics this weekend with the ‘Flame of Hope’, a torch which lights the way for special Olympians, being brought into Redcliffe.

Morning Round-up
Road closures - Sunshine Coast; Bruce Highway closed north of Tiaro; Robbery with violence - Brisbane; Non-suspicious house fire - Redcliffe.

Thursday, 23
Evening Round-up
Fatal - Bracken Ridge; Drug charges - Gladstone; Drug charges - Ipswich; Taser deployed - Coolangatta

Robbery with violence, Sunnybank
Police have released a comfit of one of three offenders believed to have been involved in last night’s robbery with violence at Sunnybank

Footage released - armed robbery, Springwood
Officers investigating an armed robbery at Springwood last night have released footage of the incident.

Afternoon Round-Up
Child sexual assault - Wandal; Single vehicle traffic incident - The Gap; Serious assault charge - Tin Can Bay.

Missing man, Lawnton
Police are seeking assistance to locate 45-year-old Brian Latimer from Lawnton who was last seen yesterday afternoon

Morning Round-up
Armed robbery - Springwood; House fire - Valdora (Sunshine Coast); Robbery with violence - Sunnybank.

Wednesday, 22
Missing man located, Forest Lake
The 66-year-old man missing from Forest Lake this afternoon has been located safe and well.

Afternoon Round-up
Further charges, robbery with violence - Nambour; Fatal - Morayfield; Missing man - Forest Lake

Missing man located, Hahn River
A 47-year-old Cardwell man who was reported missing on August 19 has been located safe and well.

Skeletal remains found, Windorah
Police believe the discovery of skeletal remains near Windorah on Monday, August 20, are those of a male tourist from the Republic of Slovenija.

Morning Round-up
Bikie arrests - Airlie Beach; Missing person - Hahn River (north of Cooktown) - Update.

Tuesday, 21
Police warn of lethal form of ecstasy
Queensland Police are warning the public of a potentially lethal form of ecstasy (MDMA) that has been circulating on the Gold Coast recently.

Traffic incident Gateway Motorway, Nudgee
A 45-year-old Rothwell man has been charged with one count of assault occasioning bodily harm and one count of wilful damage following a traffic incident this morning.

Morning Round-up
Rape arrest- Cleveland; Charter vessel runs aground - Broadwater

Monday, 20
Fatal traffic incident, Morningside
A 29-year-old Ipswich man has died as a result of a traffic incident that occurred this morning at Morningside.

Morning Round-up
Unlawful wounding - Marybrough; Armed person charges - North Rockhampton.

Sunday, 19
Afternoon Round-up
Serious assault - Mooloolaba; Robbery - Boondall; Drug charges follow death - Hope Island

Missing relatives found, Sunshine Coast
A 13-year-old Stafford Heights girl and her 32-year-old brother-in-law have been found safe and well in the Glasshouse Mountains area.

Morning Round-up
Woman killed by camel - Mitchell (Bollon); Robbery arrest - Cairns

Saturday, 18
Missing relatives, Brisbane's north
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a missing 13-year-old girl and her 32-year-old brother-in-law.

Afternoon Round-up
Robbery with violence - Nambour; Fatal - Farleigh (Mackay)

Another horror day on Queensland roads
Queensland’s road toll continues to climb after two people were killed and another was critically injured in a horror crash at Landsborough on the Sunshine Coast last night.

Friday, 17
Charges laid, Hemmant
A 45-year-old Hemmant man has been charged with drug, liquor and weapons offences following a police operation at Hemmant this morning.

Police at the Ekka
Police participating in a EKKA side show alley amusement are not under investigation as suggested by a media report.

Police Recruitment Open Day
Are you ready to pull on the uniform and make a difference?

Afternoon Round-up
Robbery - Milton; Fatal - Dalby; Armed robbery - Toowoomba; Indecent dealing - Atherton

One last ride for Sergeant Seefeld
A Queensland police officer will take his final ride into the history books today.

Robbery with violence, Kirwan (Townsville)
Police are appealing for public assistance to identify two men who assaulted and robbed a 23-year-old man at Kirwan in Townsville last night.

Thursday, 16
Man dies in truck crash, Kurwongbah
A 28-year-old man died when the truck he was driving crashed on Dayboro Road, Kurwongbah, north-west of Brisbane earlier today.

Stolen truck used in theft, Molendinar
Police believe a truck was used to steal a significant amount of batteries, razors and personal hygiene gift packs from a Molendinar business overnight.

Morning round-up
Fatal crash involving school bus - Southport; Armed hold-up - Inala; Officer injured - Stafford Heights

Wednesday, 15
Evening Round-up
Fatal - Bracalba (near Wamuran); Serious traffic crash - Bundaberg.

Afternoon Round-up
Attempted murder charges - Wavell Heights (update); Serious assault police arrests - Caboolture; Grievous Bodily Harm charge - Trinity Beach; Drug and weapons charges - Hervey Bay

Attempted murder charges, Wavell Heights
A man has been charged with two counts each of attempted murder and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and one count of evade police following an incident in Brisbane’s north last night.

Take time to tag your kids at the Ekka
Police have reunited dozens of lost children with parents or carers since the Ekka began last week.

Morning Round-up
Woman charged over arson in 2006 - Mount Louisa (Townsville); Robbery - Springwood; Update - Pedestrian hit by vehicle - Dalby.

Tuesday, 14
Evening round-up
Serious traffic incident - Dundowran (Hervey Bay)

Morning round-up, second edition
Murder charge - Alderley; Fatal truck crash - Bowen; Update, unit fire - Pomona; Serious traffic incident - Aspley; Robbery - Brisbane; Head-on collision - Warner

Suspicious death, Alderley
Police are investigating the suspicious death of a 53-year-old woman at an Alderley home overnight.

Morning Round-up
Fatal industrial incident - Indooroopilly; Unit fire - Pomona; Oil spill - Beaudesert.

Monday, 13
Evening round-up
Armed robbery - Hervey Bay; Historical child abuse arrest - Mossman

Kops in Kilts power up their pipes in Central Queensland
The Queensland Police Pipes & Drums are heading north for a series of concerts as part of the Central Queensland Kops in Kilts Community Tour.

Afternoon Round-up
Truck on fire - Oxley; Driving charges - Heatley (Townsville); Traffic incident - Scarborough - Update; Break and enter - Everton Park.

Morning round-up, second edition
Unlawful wounding - Inala (update); Multi-vehicle traffic incident - Bundaberg

Morning Round-up
Large grass fire - Mt Tamborine; Armed robbery - Cairns; Fatal - near Laura (west of Cooktown, Far North Queensland); Fatal - Fernvale; Man charged over robbery - Cairns

Sunday, 12
Evening Round up
Stabbing - Inala; Bakery break and enter - Ferny Grove; Unlawful wounding charge - Surfers Paradise.

Morning Round-up, Second edition
Vehicle seized - Surfers Paradise; Firearm charges, Capricorn Highway – east of Barcaldine; Bodily Harm Charges - Gold Coast; Drug charges - Dalby.

Morning Round Up
Rape charge - Sunnybank Hills; Arrest over service station robbery - Marsden; Assault charges - Alderley; Assault and robbery charges - Chermside; Armed robbery - Cairns.

Saturday, 11
Serious assault, Sunnybank Hills
Police are appealing for public assistance following reports of an assault in a park at the intersection of Garro and Chilton Streets, Sunnybank Hills this afternoon.

Information provided to Sunshine Coast Daily - Police deny claims of unprofessional behaviour - APEC
The Queensland Police Service strenuously denies any unprofessional behaviour by its officers during APEC’s Finance Ministers’ Meeting at Coolum.

Morning Round-up, Second edition
Shed fire, Government House - Paddington; House Fire - Rosewood; Pedestrian struck - Pittsworth.

Morning Round Up
Fatal traffic crash - Freestone; Fatal truck incident - Eton Range; Pedestrian killed in hit and run incident - Surfers Paradise; Man charged over cabbie assault - Brisbane; Arrests over party gatecrashers - Arana Hills; Assault of police officer - Smithfield.

Friday, 10
Call for witnesses – fatal traffic incident, Gaythorne
Police are seeking the assistance of the public in regards to a fatal traffic incident that occurred at 1pm today.

Fatal traffic incident - Gaythorne
Police are currently at the scene of a fatal traffic incident at the intersection of Grays Road and Samford Road, Gaythorne.

Assault, Brisbane
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding an alleged assault of a taxi driver at a Brisbane hotel this morning.

Traffic delays after truck rollover, North Quay
Police are notifying motorists of delays around North Quay after a truck rolled over carrying a large roll of steel around 5.20 this morning.

Morning Round-up
Fatal crash - Mango Hill; Dangerous driving charge - Mackay; Multiple driving charges - Kallangur.

Thursday, 9
Evening Round-up
Bus crash, Townsville; Man robbed, Charters Towers; Drug trafficking arrest, Townsville

Man stabbed at Palm Cove
Police have charged a man and woman following a disturbance at Palm Cove last evening.

Wednesday, 8
Missing stockman located at Coen
A 53-year-old stockman missing on a Coen station since last Wednesday was located this afternoon safe and well.

Robbery, Cannon Hill
Images have been released of a woman police believe can assist with their investigations into a robbery at Cannon Hill yesterday.

Afternoon Round-up
Serious crash - Biloela; Serious crash - Cooroibah

Fraud and stealing offences, Brisbane
Police are seeking the assistance of the public to help identify two people who may be able to assist them with their inquiries into a number of stealing and fraud offences.

Morning Round-up, second edition
Fatal - Quilpie; Unlawful wounding - Bluewater (Cairns)

Morning Round-up
Man charged over attempted armed robbery – Brisbane; Excessive speed – Enogerra;House fire – Browns Plains; Siege – Forest Lake; Drug arrest – Moorooka

Tuesday, 7
Fatal crash, Petrie
A woman aged in her 30s has died at the scene of a single vehicle at Petrie

Victim of bus crash identified, Coorparoo
The man hit by a bus on Friday has been identified this afternoon.

Footage available – armed robbery, Hamilton
Officers investigating an armed robbery at Hamilton on Saturday morning have released security footage of the incident.

Police seek assistance – assault, Brisbane
Police are appealing for assistance from the public in identifying a man who may be able to assist them with their inquiries into an assault that occurred at the Victory Hotel in Brisbane last month.

Coominya murder, woman charged
A 20-year-old woman appeared in the Ipswich Magistrates Court today on charges relating to the alleged murder of a woman last month.

Morning Round-up, second edition
Arson charge - Forest Lake; Armed robbery - Annerley; Cleaning product spill - Sumner

Morning Round-up
Morning Round-up:Drug trafficking arrests – Goondiwindi; Drug trafficking arrests - Townsville

Monday, 6
Evening round-up
Fatal motorcycle crash - Cairns; House fire - Forest Lake

Guilty plea to perjury charge, Beenleigh
Commissioner Bob Atkinson said that the actions of a former police officer unacceptable

Morning round-up
Murder charge – Coominya; Man stabbed - North Ward

Sunday, 5
Evening round-up
Drug lab located - Surfers Paradise; Supermarket robbery - Stafford; Update - fatal crash - Capricorn Highway (Duaringa

Afternoon Round-up, second edition
Afternoon round-up, second edition: Absconders located, near Rockhampton; Fatal traffic incident, Capricorn Highway

Man charged with murder over Bundaberg death
A 30-year-old local man has been charged with murder and robbery with violence in company in relation to the death of a man on a Bundaberg footpath early yesterday morning.

Morning round-up second edition
Robbery with violence - Paddington; Suspicious fire - Cairns; Robbery - Moorooka

Morning Round-up
Update – sudden death, Bundaberg; Fire - Carseldine

Saturday, 4
Police appeal for assistance to identify crash victim
Police are appealing for public assistance to identify a man hospitalised after being hit by a bus at Coorparoo yesterday.

Gap man to face weapons charges
A 59-year-old Gap man has been issued with a Notice to Appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on August 23 to face a number of weapons charges.

Afternoon round-up
Sudden death - Bundaberg; Fatal hit and run update - Kulangoor on Sunshine Coast; Armed robbery - Hamilton; Shooting incident - Nerang

Fatal hit and run, Kulangoor (Sunshine Coast)
Police are currently at the scene of a fatal hit and run on the Nambour Connection Road at Kulangoor on the Sunshine Coast.

Robbery, Broadbeach
Police are seeking witnesses to a robbery at Broadbeach

Friday, 3
Evening Round-up
Serious traffic incident (July 30) - Petrie - Update; Fatal traffic incident - Mackay; Dangerous operation of a motor vehicle charges - Andergrove.

Police warn public about email fraud
Police are warning the public not to give out their personal details under any circumstances when contacted via email.

Stolen firearms, Gold Coast – persons of interest
Police are seeking the assistance of the public in locating two men who may be able to assist them with their inquiries into a robbery at the Gold Coast Pistol Club.

Morning Round-up second edition
Morning Round-up second edition: House fire, Dallarnil; Man charged, Townsville; Armed hold-up arrest, Forestdale

Morning Round-up
Assault police charges - Buddina; Industrial incident - Mount Garnett.

Thursday, 2
Evening Round-up
School bus crash - Gin Gin; Arson of motorcycle - Oonoonba (Townsville)

Police searching for Rockhampton prison absconders
Police are searching for two men who absconded from the Capricornia Correctional Centre, Rockhampton last night.

Missing Inala man located
Missing Inala man, 76-year-old Stanley Burns, was located safe and well this morning at Inala.

Man to face charge over boating fatality - Gold Coast
Following further extensive investigations by Gold Coast Water Police a 55-year-old man has been given a notice to appear in relation to the death of a 46-year-old woman in a boating incident on the Coomera River late last year.

Honour for Gympie District police
Thirty-two police officers from the Gympie district were formally recognised for their years of service at an official ceremony in Gympie today.

Fatal, Tuan via Maryborough
Police are currently at the scene of a fatal traffic crash between a semi-trailer and a sedan at Tuan via Maryborough.

Police appeal for assistance to locate missing Inala man
Police are appealing for public assistance in locating an Inala man missing since Tuesday. The 76-year-old Crake Street resident was last seen on July 31 at his home.

Morning Round-up
Serious traffic incident - Deception Bay; Attempted armed robbery - Gumdale.

Wednesday, 1
Afternoon round-up second edition
Sexual assault - Stafford Heights; Drowning - Babinda

Laidley police plead to motorists to obey rules following fatals
Laidley police are pleading with motorists to obey the road rules and remember the fatal four after six people died on local roads this year.

Afternoon Round-up
Afternoon Round-up

Safehands in Ipswich
The Queensland Police Service (QPS) today officially launched the Project Safehands pilot program in Ipswich.

Morning Round-up
Fatal - Laidley; Armed robbery - Townsville; Armed robbery - Yeronga; Fire - Emerald; Fire - Mackay; Fire - Deception Bay

Police Seek Assistance to Locate Man
Police are seeking the assistance of the public and the media in locating a 30-year-old man believed to be travelling in Far North Queensland.

Last updated 01/08/2007