Public Safety Sandy Straits Volunteers Join Statewide Rescue Service October 1, 2026 News Team Coast Guard Sandy Straits has joined Marine Rescue Queensland (MRQ), bringing more than four decades of local marine rescue experience into Queensland’s first statewide volunteer marine rescue service. The unit…
Public Safety Tin Can Bay Joins Marine Rescue September 30, 2026 News Team The Tin Can Bay Flotilla of the Australian Volunteer Coast Guard Association has officially transitioned to Marine Rescue Queensland (MRQ), becoming known as MRQ Tin Can Bay. The change is…
Public Safety Brisbane Rescue Crew Joins State Service September 19, 2026 News Team Marine rescue volunteers from the Australian Volunteer Coast Guard Association’s Brisbane Flotilla have joined Marine Rescue Queensland (MRQ), beginning operations as MRQ Manly. The transition is part of Queensland’s plan…
Public Safety Southport Rescue Enters New Era September 18, 2026 News Team More than 60 years of volunteer marine rescue on the Gold Coast has entered a new phase, with the former Australian Volunteer Coast Guard Association Southport unit transitioning to Marine…
Public Safety Coast Guard Joins Queensland Rescue Service August 28, 2026 News Team The Redland Bay flotilla of the Australian Volunteer Coast Guard Association has begun transitioning to Marine Rescue Queensland, marking the first formal move in a statewide effort to unify volunteer…
Public Safety Raby Bay Rescue Joins State Service July 28, 2026 News Team Marine rescue volunteers at Raby Bay have transitioned from the Volunteer Marine Rescue Association of Queensland to Marine Rescue Queensland, as part of a statewide effort to establish a modern,…
Public Safety New Marine Rescue Academy Opens May 15, 2026 News Team Marine Rescue Queensland has opened a new training facility near Jacobs Well on the Gold Coast, establishing a central academy for preparing volunteers for marine rescue operations across the state.…