Yeppoon – bicycle incident
Paramedics transported a female in her 20s to Capricorn Coast Hospital in a stable condition with facial injuries following a bicycle incident on Farnborough Road at 12.54am Saturday.
Donate to homeless
It’s not too late to donate food items for the Homeless Connect event on 18 May.
Food items such as tinned food with ring pull tabs, cereals, noodles and soups will be made into food hampers and given out on the day.
Non-perishable food donations can be dropped off at the Robert Schwarten Pavilion between 9am and 1pm on Wednesday, 17 May.
Library reopened
North Rockhampton Library reopens on Wednesday, 17 May after being temporarily closed from 15 to 16 May while maintenance was undertaken.
Be the change you want to see
Keppel MP Brittany Lauga is using National Volunteer Week May 15-21 to recognise the vital support that millions of volunteers in our country provide to their communities and encouraging people to consider volunteering.
“We are pleased to announce the theme for National Volunteer Week 2023 is The Change Makers – a celebration of our power to drive change and ensure volunteering is inclusive of all members of the Australian community,” she said.
“Our vision is for volunteering to be at the heart of Australian communities. We are the Change Makers.”
She said the Keppel electorate wouldn’t be the same without the contribution of volunteers, from fundraisers and carers to online volunteers who make a contribution from their homes.
“Research shows volunteers are happier, healthier and even sleep better than those who don’t volunteer,” Ms Lauga said.
“Volunteer organisations such as the SES and the Rural Fire Brigades were absolutely vital to the recovery efforts every time we have a natural disaster.”
Ms Lauga said to make a change and volunteer, please see the Volunteering Australia’s website for further information.
LVNR decision unchanged
A Queensland Police spokesperson said the Lateral Vascular Neck Restraint (LVNR) was removed as a use of force option for Queensland Police Service (QPS) on April 14 and a direction to cease using the technique remains in place.
“The technique was also removed from operational skills training and is no longer being trained, consistent with all other policing jurisdictions in Australia and New Zealand,” they said.
“Contrary to media reporting, there has been no change to the QPS position regarding LVNR.”
A clarification was issued to QPS officers on Monday reaffirming that the LVNR not be used as an approved tactic and also outlining statutory provisions concerning force that may lawfully be applied to prevent death or serious harm.
These provisions were available to officers when the ban took place last month and have been outlined in the clarification issued yesterday to make it clear to officers following concerns raised by the Queensland Police Union of Employees.