Police conducting Operation Auster

Police across the Darling Downs, South West and Ipswich have come together to launch Operation Auster, a regional road safety campaign aiming to reduce road trauma and save lives.

Beginning on Monday this week and concluding this Friday, officers from each district’s Highway Patrol and Crime Prevention units will conduct targeted and highly visibility patrols and community engagement on highways and roads.

Targeting vulnerable road users like caravans, camper trailers and motorbike riders, the operation hopes to increase education surrounding travelling safely on rural roads.

Focusing on the 19 highways and motorways across the Southern Region, police from Highway Patrol Units will be bolstered by other units in each district to enhance capability during the operation.

Each day over the operation, officers are conducting community engagement sessions in different locations across the region, including specialised education in safe motorcycle riding, caravanning and safely traversing rural roads.

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“Private vehicles have been stolen with total disregard for the owners who use those vehicles to get to work, to take their kids to school, to attend medical appointments and buy groceries.”

The incident saw a 45-years-old Oakey man charged with two counts of attempted murder following investigations into the serious injury of two police officers at Meringandan.

Police will allege that last Wednesday, officers identified a stolen truck.

As they opened the door to the truck the driver accelerated, trapping the officers between the truck and a police car before they were thrown across the bonnet and onto the road.

On the same day, police intercepted a stolen ute with the use of a tyre deflation device on O’Mara Road at Charlton.

Two men, aged 19 and 28, were taken into custody at the scene.

“When is the Premier going to listen to the people of Queensland who have had enough of this weak on crime Palaszczuk government?” Mr Weir said.

“Several police vehicles have been rammed causing significant damage, police officers hospitalised, private property damaged creating added financial stress to the victims of crime and still the Premier and her ministers can’t admit they have created the mess we are all having to live with and pay for.”

To ensure the safety of others and protect underground infrastructure in built up areas, keep all four wheels on the road when parking. Avoid parking on the nature strip or obstructing a footpath/cycleway/driveway.

Council staff regulate this on behalf of the State Government.

For more information, visit www.tr.qld.gov.au/parking

Dog registration renewal notices are being issued soon. Keep your furry friend safe by registering or updating your pet’s details by 30 June so that we can safely return them home the next time your pet takes a walk and barks up the wrong tree. Dogs must be registered with us:

• Upon reaching three months of age.

• Before the expiry of the current registration.

• Within 14 days of obtaining your dog (if the dog is older than three months of age).

• Within 14 days of moving into the Toowoomba Regional Council area.

For more information or to update your registration details, visit www.tr.qld.gov.au/dogregistration

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