Issued for ANGLE VALE near Ward Belt in the Northern Mount Lofty Ranges.
Warning level Advice – Avoid Smoke
Action Smoke from ANGLE VALE structure fire is in the Angle Vale and Ward Belt area.
Smoke can affect your health. You should stay informed and be aware of the health impacts of smoke on yourself and others.
Symptoms of exposure includes shortness of breath, wheezing and coughing, burning eyes, running nose, chest tightness, chest pain and dizziness or light-headedness.
If you or anyone in your care are having difficulty breathing, seek medical attention from your local GP. If your symptoms become severe, call 000.
More information will be provided by the CFS when it is available.
Source: Northern Territory Police and Fire Services
You’ll find caring, welcoming staff members at ACT Child and Family Centres.
In brief:
The ACT’s Child and Family Centres provide parenting support and advice.
Services are available for anyone pregnant and for families with children up to 8 years old.
Centres are located at Tuggeranong, West Belconnen and Gungahlin.
Parenting isn’t always easy. Sometimes we all need a bit of help.
The ACT Government’s Child and Family Centres can be that helping hand when you need it.
The centres offer assistance and advice to support your child’s:
health
wellbeing
learning
development.
“Primarily, our major focus is around parenting. But this exists around all the other things that are going on in a person’s life,” Gungahlin Child and Family Centre Team Leader Shiobhan Tunks said.
“How someone parents children might be impacted by so many factors. The most important thing to know is the range of things we can help with is really varied, is matched to the family’s needs and it is 100% free.”
child development assessments through the Child Development Service
referrals to other health, wellbeing and support services
advice from a qualified social worker
playgroups and parenting groups.
A caring and welcoming staff member will chat to you about available support.
You can help yourself to tea and coffee and there is a parents’ room and children’s play space in each centre.
Your questions answered
Whatever you need to ask about your child’s health, wellbeing and development, staff are here to listen and help.
“Parenting doesn’t always come naturally. There are always things to learn about how we can parent our children. What we find, is that all parents want what’s best for their children. We can give parents new tools that they weren’t aware of, that can actually make things feel a lot easier for them and their children,” Shiobhan said.
Most services are for families with children up to 8 years and some services are available for children up to 12 years.
Services are also available when you’re pregnant and continue after the birth of your little one.
Skilled, compassionate staff
Shiobhan says working in a Child and Family Centre is very rewarding.
“It feels like a very important job. It’s diverse; each family is different. And there’s a level of creativity and flexibility in the work because we want to be able to work with where parents and families are at, in the moment.
“Staff continue to receive ongoing training and supervision, and what we are offering is current best practice. The programs we use are evidence based, they are effective. And we work with our colleagues in the Child Development Service and Maternal and Child Health so there is a lot of cross pollination of ideas and skills,” she said.
A man has been arrested after a pursuit through the northern suburbs earlier this morning.
About 12.30am on Friday 25 April, Northern District patrols spotted a red MG bearing false plates on Montague Road at Pooraka and attempted to stop the car however it took off a speed.
PolAir were overhead and tracked the car travelling at 130km/h in a 60km/h zone. The car turned onto Berryman Drive and made it’s way onto North East Road and eventually back onto Montague Road.
The sedan drove through the back streets of Valley View where it was successfully spiked on Brougham Drive.
The car eventually came to a stop on Wright Road and the occupant ran from the vehicle and headed north over fences of residential properties.
Patrols quickly set up cordons and PD Enzo was called in to assist with the search of the man, where he tracked him to a property on Malbanda Avenue at Para Vista and he was arrested without incident.
Police searched the car and located a taser, a knife and ice pipes.
Checks revealed the car had been stolen from a Glengowrie address in December last year.
A 41-year-old man from Semaphore Park was charged with engaging in a police pursuit, driving unlicenced, possessing a prohibited weapon, carrying an offensive weapon, illegal use and altering plates. He was granted police bail to appear in Elizabeth Magistrates Court on 4 June.
Issued for KORUNYE near Two Wells in the Mid North.
Warning level Advice – Avoid Smoke
Action Smoke from KORUNYE is in the Two Wells, Middle Beach and Lower Light area.
Smoke can affect your health. You should stay informed and be aware of the health impacts of smoke on yourself and others.
Symptoms of exposure includes shortness of breath, wheezing and coughing, burning eyes, running nose, chest tightness, chest pain and dizziness or light-headedness.
If you or anyone in your care are having difficulty breathing, seek medical attention from your local GP. If your symptoms become severe, call 000.
More information will be provided by the CFS when it is available.
Former medical practitioner extradited to Tasmania for sexual offences
Friday, 25 April 2025 – 8:00 am.
Detectives from Tasmania Police’s Taskforce Artemis have extradited a 64-year-old man from New South Wales to Tasmania for sexual offences, including child sexual abuse.
The man, a former medical practitioner, will appear in the Hobart Magistrates Court today after being charged with three counts of rape, and three counts of indecent assault.
The abuse is alleged to have occurred in the 1990s when the man was a registered medical general practitioner in the state of Tasmania. As the matter is now before the courts, no further comment can be made.
It is acknowledged that offences of this nature are deeply disturbing, and Tasmania Police strongly encourages anyone with information about any form of sexual abuse, regardless of the passage of time, to come forward and report it.
Reports can be made directly to police on 131 444, or by visiting a police station or Arch https://arch.tas.gov.au/.
You can also report anonymously to Crime Stoppers Tasmania on 1800 333 000 or crimestopperstas.com.au
Any concerns or incidents involving government employees can be reported directly to the Integrity Commission or the Office of the Independent Regulator.
The Tasmanian Government’s Keeping Children Safe website is available at https://keepingchildresafe.tas.gov.au/
Support for victim survivors, if required, is available through Arch or via https://keepingchildrensafe.tas.gov.au/get-support/
Source: Northern Territory Police and Fire Services
The Northern Territory Police Force have now arrested an 18-year-old male in relation to the death in Nightcliff yesterday afternoon.
At 12:35am this morning, an 18-year-old male handed himself into the Palmerston Police Station and was taken into custody.
Police can confirm the 18-year-old was on bail with conditions to remain in a remote Territory community and did not have an electronic monitoring bracelet as a condition of his bail.
Charges are yet to be laid.
Detectives are urging anyone who has information to make contact on 131 444 or make an anonymous report to Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, and quote reference P25111518.
Source: Northern Territory Police and Fire Services
The Northern Territory Police Force is investigating after a fatal crash occurred near Lake Bennett overnight.
Around 8pm, the Joint Emergency Services Communication Centre received reports of a collision between two vehicles travelling in opposite directions on the Stuart Highway between Bachelor and Acacia Hills.
Emergency services attended and initial first aid was provided before both drivers, a 25-year-old female and 35-year-old male, were both declared deceased.
A crime scene was established, and the Major Crash Investigation Unit is investigating. Traffic diversions were in place for most of the night and the highway has since re-opened.
Police urge anyone with information or with dash cam footage in the area to make contact on 131 444. Please quote reference number P25111702.
Anonymous reports can be made through Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
The Lives lost on Territory roads for 2025 now stands at 8.
Source: Northern Territory Police and Fire Services
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