Category: Queensland

Labor Puts $70 Million Towards New Hydrogen Hub in Australia’s Queensland

Australia’s Prime Minister has invested $70 million (US$48.87 million) to build a hydrogen hub in northern Queensland as part of Labor’s commitment to reduce carbon emissions by 43 percent in 2030. Speaking to reporters at Townsville, Queensland, Anthony Albanese said the plan is part of a half-a-billion dollar program that Australia’s centre-left Labor government is investing in…


Queensland to Fast-Track Oil Refinery Upgrade

Queensland will fast-track approvals for Ampol to upgrade one of the two remaining oil refineries in the nation within two years. Acting Premier Steven Miles has called in the ASX-listed fossil fuel producer’s application to upgrade its ageing Brisbane plant to produce low-sulphur petrol by the end of 2024 when that becomes mandatory under federal…


Patients Could Pay More After GP Tax Rules Tweaked: Doctor’s Associations

Patients could end up paying more after the Queensland government in Australia tweaked its tax rules to compel general practices to pay thousands or millions to state coffers. Leading doctor’s associations issued the warning after the state changed the way GPs were taxed in response to a court ruling in New South Wales. The change…


Cyber Onslaught on Australia Continues as Major University Falls Victim to Ransomware Attack

Cyber attackers have struck Australia again, with one of Australia’s top universities, the Queensland University of Technology, announcing a ransomware attack has hit them. At present, the university notes that there is no evidence any private data was stolen. The university has shut down its IT systems as a precaution, and students have been warned…


Police Hope to Resume Land Where Officers Were Ambushed, Killed

The remote bushland property where two police officers were ambushed and killed could be used as a retreat or training centre if the Queensland government clears the way and ensures it never falls into the hands of conspiracy theorists. Constables Matthew Arnold, 26 and Rachel McCrow, 29, died in a hail of gunfire after pulling…


Ambushed Police Thankful to Survive Attack

A pair of junior Queensland police officers who survived a shooting ambush that claimed the lives of two fellow constables are grateful to be alive as investigators probe motives for the attack. Constables Matthew Arnold, 26, and Rachel McCrow, 29, along with 58-year-old resident Alan Dare, were killed in a hail of bullets at a rural property at…


Police Union Calls for Review of Australia’s Gun Licensing System After Deadly Ambush

The head of the Queensland Police Union, Ian Leavers, says more coordination may be needed between the state’s separate gun licensing systems following the deadly ambush and killing of two police officers at Wieambilla, near the remote inland Queensland town of Chincilla. The three perpetrators were found to have access to “considerable weaponry” at their property,…


Australian Authorities to Investigate Police Killers Motives

Queensland Police will investigate the motives behind three individuals who ambushed, shot, and killed two officers investigating a routine missing person report on Dec. 12. Six individuals in total were killed in the incident that Commissioner Katarina Carroll has called “the largest loss of police life” the state force has suffered in years. In the…


Deadly Ambush on Australian Police Leaves 6 Dead, Including 2 Police Officers

Six individuals have been shot and killed in a deadly shootout after police officers were ambushed by three individuals in the Western Downs region of Queensland, Australia, on Dec. 12. At around 4:30 p.m., four police officers were initially called to investigate a missing person report at a property on Wains Rd in Wieambilla. Two…


Deadly Ambush on Australian Police Leaves 6 Dead, Including 2 Officers

Six individuals have been shot and killed in a deadly shootout after police officers were ambushed by three individuals in the Western Downs region of Queensland, Australia, on Dec. 12. At around 4:30 p.m., four police officers were initially called to investigate a missing person report at a property on Wains Rd in Wieambilla. Two…