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While the number of revellers ringing in the new year may have been fewer than usual, police were still kept busy on Thursday night.
Acting Inspector Michael McGarry said there were officers from Bundaberg and Bargara Police, the Road Policing Unit and the Wide Bay Tactical Crime Squad working the New Year’s Eve shift.
He said generally people were well behaved in Bundaberg and police thanked them for that, but unfortunately there were still some arrests for public nuisance-type offences, drink driving, and a drug driving offence.
“We issued 14 liquor banning notices in and around our licensed premises – that’s quite high but it does indicate that we take a zero-tolerance approach to alcohol-fuelled violence for nuisance type behaviour in and around our licensed premises,” he said.
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UPDATE: Emergency services took to the ocean and sky after a mayday call came in this morning to help a boatie in distress. Volunteer Marine Rescue Bundaberg and RACQ LifeFlight Rescue were among the agencies who helped rescue the skipper and sole occupant of the trimaran. According to VMR Bundaberg s social media post, the initial call for help was that the lone sailor was abandoning ship and taking to a tender after Trimaran had been demasted and was taking on water . The Bundaberg RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter crew was called to the area, after the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), was notified of a vessel in distress.