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The Advertiser
16 hours ago
- Politics
- The Advertiser
Latest technology for police amid crime crackdown
Police will be equipped with the latest technology as a state government maintains its crime crackdown in a milestone budget. Queensland's Liberal National government will commit nearly $150 million to police in Tuesday's budget, with new tasers, tyre deflation devices, body-worn cameras and tactical first aid kits to be deployed. "Things that can allow police to do their job and do them well," Premier David Crisafulli said on Monday. The budget will mark the LNP government's first since 2014 after it campaigned hard on crime to claim election success last year. The Queensland government's first eight months in power has introduced controversial "adult crime, adult time" legislation that ensures youth offenders are sentenced as adults on a range of charges. Its upcoming budget will feature $147.9 million to deliver more than 6500 state-of-the-art tasers and upgrade body-worn cameras with radios and livestreaming capabilities. The new tasers are key for the police force as they give officers four times the safe operating distance - around 14 metres - to deploy the device, Acting Police Commissioner Shane Chelepy said. Queensland Police were the first to use the latest Taser model outside the United States when the device was first introduced in 2023 but now thousands more officers will be equipped. Other states and territories are also beginning to provide the latest model to their police force. There have been 2000 situations in Queensland this year where officers considered using force, with 400 cases of tasers being deployed, Mr Chelepy said. Police have used lethal force on five occasions, with one shooting death so far this year. "The reason tasers are so effective is that they actually prevent police from having to use lethal force when we're responding to these critical incidents," Mr Chelepy said. The budget will also feature funding to fulfil the government's election campaign promises, with $50 million over five years for four new or expanded Crime Prevention Schools. Gold Coast-based "Men of Business" is the first school to operate, expanded to grades seven to 12 to help divert kids from a life of crime. The government has committed to other schools in Townsville, Rockhampton and Ipswich. North Queensland, including Townsville and Cairns which are often touted as the state's crime capitals, will also receive a "significant" boost to prevention in the budget, Mr Crisafulli said. "It needs to be," he said. "Those regions have been front row of the youth crime crisis, and those regions will get their fair share and a little bit more to deal with the crime crisis." Other crime prevention initiatives including "Jack's Law", which was recently made permanent, will also receive budget funding to equip more officers with weapon-wanding devices. The legislation, named after teen Jack Beasley who was fatally stabbed on the Gold Coast, allows police to wand for weapons in nightlife areas, public transport and supermarkets. Treasurer David Janetzki will hand down the budget on Tuesday afternoon. Police will be equipped with the latest technology as a state government maintains its crime crackdown in a milestone budget. Queensland's Liberal National government will commit nearly $150 million to police in Tuesday's budget, with new tasers, tyre deflation devices, body-worn cameras and tactical first aid kits to be deployed. "Things that can allow police to do their job and do them well," Premier David Crisafulli said on Monday. The budget will mark the LNP government's first since 2014 after it campaigned hard on crime to claim election success last year. The Queensland government's first eight months in power has introduced controversial "adult crime, adult time" legislation that ensures youth offenders are sentenced as adults on a range of charges. Its upcoming budget will feature $147.9 million to deliver more than 6500 state-of-the-art tasers and upgrade body-worn cameras with radios and livestreaming capabilities. The new tasers are key for the police force as they give officers four times the safe operating distance - around 14 metres - to deploy the device, Acting Police Commissioner Shane Chelepy said. Queensland Police were the first to use the latest Taser model outside the United States when the device was first introduced in 2023 but now thousands more officers will be equipped. Other states and territories are also beginning to provide the latest model to their police force. There have been 2000 situations in Queensland this year where officers considered using force, with 400 cases of tasers being deployed, Mr Chelepy said. Police have used lethal force on five occasions, with one shooting death so far this year. "The reason tasers are so effective is that they actually prevent police from having to use lethal force when we're responding to these critical incidents," Mr Chelepy said. The budget will also feature funding to fulfil the government's election campaign promises, with $50 million over five years for four new or expanded Crime Prevention Schools. Gold Coast-based "Men of Business" is the first school to operate, expanded to grades seven to 12 to help divert kids from a life of crime. The government has committed to other schools in Townsville, Rockhampton and Ipswich. North Queensland, including Townsville and Cairns which are often touted as the state's crime capitals, will also receive a "significant" boost to prevention in the budget, Mr Crisafulli said. "It needs to be," he said. "Those regions have been front row of the youth crime crisis, and those regions will get their fair share and a little bit more to deal with the crime crisis." Other crime prevention initiatives including "Jack's Law", which was recently made permanent, will also receive budget funding to equip more officers with weapon-wanding devices. The legislation, named after teen Jack Beasley who was fatally stabbed on the Gold Coast, allows police to wand for weapons in nightlife areas, public transport and supermarkets. Treasurer David Janetzki will hand down the budget on Tuesday afternoon. Police will be equipped with the latest technology as a state government maintains its crime crackdown in a milestone budget. Queensland's Liberal National government will commit nearly $150 million to police in Tuesday's budget, with new tasers, tyre deflation devices, body-worn cameras and tactical first aid kits to be deployed. "Things that can allow police to do their job and do them well," Premier David Crisafulli said on Monday. The budget will mark the LNP government's first since 2014 after it campaigned hard on crime to claim election success last year. The Queensland government's first eight months in power has introduced controversial "adult crime, adult time" legislation that ensures youth offenders are sentenced as adults on a range of charges. Its upcoming budget will feature $147.9 million to deliver more than 6500 state-of-the-art tasers and upgrade body-worn cameras with radios and livestreaming capabilities. The new tasers are key for the police force as they give officers four times the safe operating distance - around 14 metres - to deploy the device, Acting Police Commissioner Shane Chelepy said. Queensland Police were the first to use the latest Taser model outside the United States when the device was first introduced in 2023 but now thousands more officers will be equipped. Other states and territories are also beginning to provide the latest model to their police force. There have been 2000 situations in Queensland this year where officers considered using force, with 400 cases of tasers being deployed, Mr Chelepy said. Police have used lethal force on five occasions, with one shooting death so far this year. "The reason tasers are so effective is that they actually prevent police from having to use lethal force when we're responding to these critical incidents," Mr Chelepy said. The budget will also feature funding to fulfil the government's election campaign promises, with $50 million over five years for four new or expanded Crime Prevention Schools. Gold Coast-based "Men of Business" is the first school to operate, expanded to grades seven to 12 to help divert kids from a life of crime. The government has committed to other schools in Townsville, Rockhampton and Ipswich. North Queensland, including Townsville and Cairns which are often touted as the state's crime capitals, will also receive a "significant" boost to prevention in the budget, Mr Crisafulli said. "It needs to be," he said. "Those regions have been front row of the youth crime crisis, and those regions will get their fair share and a little bit more to deal with the crime crisis." Other crime prevention initiatives including "Jack's Law", which was recently made permanent, will also receive budget funding to equip more officers with weapon-wanding devices. The legislation, named after teen Jack Beasley who was fatally stabbed on the Gold Coast, allows police to wand for weapons in nightlife areas, public transport and supermarkets. Treasurer David Janetzki will hand down the budget on Tuesday afternoon. Police will be equipped with the latest technology as a state government maintains its crime crackdown in a milestone budget. Queensland's Liberal National government will commit nearly $150 million to police in Tuesday's budget, with new tasers, tyre deflation devices, body-worn cameras and tactical first aid kits to be deployed. "Things that can allow police to do their job and do them well," Premier David Crisafulli said on Monday. The budget will mark the LNP government's first since 2014 after it campaigned hard on crime to claim election success last year. The Queensland government's first eight months in power has introduced controversial "adult crime, adult time" legislation that ensures youth offenders are sentenced as adults on a range of charges. Its upcoming budget will feature $147.9 million to deliver more than 6500 state-of-the-art tasers and upgrade body-worn cameras with radios and livestreaming capabilities. The new tasers are key for the police force as they give officers four times the safe operating distance - around 14 metres - to deploy the device, Acting Police Commissioner Shane Chelepy said. Queensland Police were the first to use the latest Taser model outside the United States when the device was first introduced in 2023 but now thousands more officers will be equipped. Other states and territories are also beginning to provide the latest model to their police force. There have been 2000 situations in Queensland this year where officers considered using force, with 400 cases of tasers being deployed, Mr Chelepy said. Police have used lethal force on five occasions, with one shooting death so far this year. "The reason tasers are so effective is that they actually prevent police from having to use lethal force when we're responding to these critical incidents," Mr Chelepy said. The budget will also feature funding to fulfil the government's election campaign promises, with $50 million over five years for four new or expanded Crime Prevention Schools. Gold Coast-based "Men of Business" is the first school to operate, expanded to grades seven to 12 to help divert kids from a life of crime. The government has committed to other schools in Townsville, Rockhampton and Ipswich. North Queensland, including Townsville and Cairns which are often touted as the state's crime capitals, will also receive a "significant" boost to prevention in the budget, Mr Crisafulli said. "It needs to be," he said. "Those regions have been front row of the youth crime crisis, and those regions will get their fair share and a little bit more to deal with the crime crisis." Other crime prevention initiatives including "Jack's Law", which was recently made permanent, will also receive budget funding to equip more officers with weapon-wanding devices. The legislation, named after teen Jack Beasley who was fatally stabbed on the Gold Coast, allows police to wand for weapons in nightlife areas, public transport and supermarkets. Treasurer David Janetzki will hand down the budget on Tuesday afternoon.
Perth Now
16 hours ago
- Politics
- Perth Now
Latest technology for police amid crime crackdown
Police will be equipped with the latest technology as a state government maintains its crime crackdown in a milestone budget. Queensland's Liberal National government will commit nearly $150 million to police in Tuesday's budget, with new tasers, tyre deflation devices, body-worn cameras and tactical first aid kits to be deployed. "Things that can allow police to do their job and do them well," Premier David Crisafulli said on Monday. The budget will mark the LNP government's first since 2014 after it campaigned hard on crime to claim election success last year. The Queensland government's first eight months in power has introduced controversial "adult crime, adult time" legislation that ensures youth offenders are sentenced as adults on a range of charges. Its upcoming budget will feature $147.9 million to deliver more than 6500 state-of-the-art tasers and upgrade body-worn cameras with radios and livestreaming capabilities. The new tasers are key for the police force as they give officers four times the safe operating distance - around 14 metres - to deploy the device, Acting Police Commissioner Shane Chelepy said. Queensland Police were the first to use the latest Taser model outside the United States when the device was first introduced in 2023 but now thousands more officers will be equipped. Other states and territories are also beginning to provide the latest model to their police force. There have been 2000 situations in Queensland this year where officers considered using force, with 400 cases of tasers being deployed, Mr Chelepy said. Police have used lethal force on five occasions, with one shooting death so far this year. "The reason tasers are so effective is that they actually prevent police from having to use lethal force when we're responding to these critical incidents," Mr Chelepy said. The budget will also feature funding to fulfil the government's election campaign promises, with $50 million over five years for four new or expanded Crime Prevention Schools. Gold Coast-based "Men of Business" is the first school to operate, expanded to grades seven to 12 to help divert kids from a life of crime. The government has committed to other schools in Townsville, Rockhampton and Ipswich. North Queensland, including Townsville and Cairns which are often touted as the state's crime capitals, will also receive a "significant" boost to prevention in the budget, Mr Crisafulli said. "It needs to be," he said. "Those regions have been front row of the youth crime crisis, and those regions will get their fair share and a little bit more to deal with the crime crisis." Other crime prevention initiatives including "Jack's Law", which was recently made permanent, will also receive budget funding to equip more officers with weapon-wanding devices. The legislation, named after teen Jack Beasley who was fatally stabbed on the Gold Coast, allows police to wand for weapons in nightlife areas, public transport and supermarkets. Treasurer David Janetzki will hand down the budget on Tuesday afternoon.
7NEWS
19 hours ago
- Entertainment
- 7NEWS
Tammy Hembrow announces divorce from Matt Zukowski following just seven months of marriage
Tammy Hembrow has confirmed she has filed for divorce from husband Matt Zukowski after just seven months of marriage. Hembrow, 31, who has 17 million followers on Instagram, confirmed the news in a tearful clip to her followers at the weekend. The couple became engaged in December, 2023 after just three months of dating. They tied the knot in November last year at the upmarket Chateau Du Soleil in Byron Bay, in northern NSW. But just months later, Hembrow ended months of speculation and confirmed the marriage was over. 'I don't want to get into the details and I want to be sensitive to everyone involved,' Hembrow told fans in the clip she published to her Instagram Stories. 'Obviously, when you marry someone, you do it thinking that it is going to be forever and I blame no one but myself,' she added, struggling to talk through tears. 'I've made not the best choices when it comes to relationships. I'm good at putting on rose-colored glasses. 'Obviously the worst part for me is that I have kids. I don't care about me, I know I will be ok but I feel awful.' Hembrow has two children, son Wolf and daughter Saskia, with fellow influencer, Reece Hawkins. She has a second daughter, Posy, with Gold Coast sports identify, Matt Poole. Hembrow said she was in therapy amid the relationship breakdown. 'Therapy — life changing,' she said. 'I feel like there's been periods of my life where I've gone to therapy and I've never stuck with it. 'This whole experience has just made me feel like I still have a lot of growing to do. A lot of work to do but I'm giving myself grace and well I'm trying to … it's a bit hard right now. 'There's a lesson in everything and hopefully this time I learn it.' Zukowski also shared his own statement confirming the relationship was over. 'It's with a heavy heart I share that Tammy and I have decided to separate,' Zukowski began. 'Both of us have struggled with making this decision however we need to do what is right for ourselves and her three children. 'This wasn't a decision we took lightly. Our time together will always be cherished and never forgotten.' Speculation has been rife the pair had ended their relationship. Zukowski was noticeably absent from Hembrow's 31st birthday, Posy's birthday party, and the family's Easter weekend celebrations, just five months after tying-the-knot. Previously, Hembrow had been engaged to Reece Hawkins. The Gold Coast-based star has become a huge name in the online space, with numerous brand deals, which sees her promote products. Hembrow regularly has her fortune estimated at $50 million.
Sydney Morning Herald
11-06-2025
- Politics
- Sydney Morning Herald
Qld opposition teams up against youth justice minister in fiery question time
Queensland Youth Justice Minister Laura Gerber has responded to sustained Labor pressure during question time by accusing former ministers of throwing staplers at staff and locking them in cupboards. The heated outburst came as Gerber dodged Labor's questions about staff turnover in her office. Opposition Leader Steven Miles had the first question for Gerber – how many prisoners had escaped on her watch? Her answer: 'Half what it was under Labor this time last year.' This marked the first in a series of questions aimed at the Gold Coast-based minister. The most pointed came from Labor backbencher Jonty Bush. 'How many of the minister's staff have been fired, resigned, sent to another office, or requested a transfer since [Gerber] becoming a minister?' the Cooper MP asked. That prompted a fiery response from a visibly angry Gerber. 'What an absolutely disgraceful question when those opposite have form when it comes to treating staff [badly],' she said. 'Ministers on that side of the house – Labor ministers – locked staff members in cupboards, Mr Speaker, they locked them in cupboards, Mr Speaker.
The Age
11-06-2025
- Politics
- The Age
Qld opposition teams up against youth justice minister in fiery question time
Queensland Youth Justice Minister Laura Gerber has responded to sustained Labor pressure during question time by accusing former ministers of throwing staplers at staff and locking them in cupboards. The heated outburst came as Gerber dodged Labor's questions about staff turnover in her office. Opposition Leader Steven Miles had the first question for Gerber – how many prisoners had escaped on her watch? Her answer: 'Half what it was under Labor this time last year.' This marked the first in a series of questions aimed at the Gold Coast-based minister. The most pointed came from Labor backbencher Jonty Bush. 'How many of the minister's staff have been fired, resigned, sent to another office, or requested a transfer since [Gerber] becoming a minister?' the Cooper MP asked. That prompted a fiery response from a visibly angry Gerber. 'What an absolutely disgraceful question when those opposite have form when it comes to treating staff [badly],' she said. 'Ministers on that side of the house – Labor ministers – locked staff members in cupboards, Mr Speaker, they locked them in cupboards, Mr Speaker.
