Two people shot by police after knives incident

A man and a woman have been shot and injured by police during an argument in northern Queensland.

Police officers were called to an address on Benjamina Street in Mount Sheridan, a southern Cairns suburb, following reports of a man with a knife shortly after 5pm on Saturday.

Queensland Police said in a statement that officers attempted to contact the man before he was shot.

During the argument, a civilian woman was also injured by a bullet.

Both men were treated at the scene before being taken to Cairns Hospital.

Police say there is no threat to the public at this time.

Far North Territory Deputy Commissioner Graeme Paine is expected to address the media in Cairns on Sunday morning.

It comes after a police officer was shot and a man was killed following a domestic dispute in Yengarie, near Maryborough on the state’s Fraser Coast, on Friday evening.

It is alleged that the 45-year-old man approached a group of 10 police officers who attended the call and opened fire.

A first-year police officer suffered a gunshot wound to the leg, and the man believed responsible was later found dead in a backyard shed.

The Queensland government this week announced it would increase police resources and frontline safety through equipment upgrades, mental health support and recruitment phases.

The $14 million investment will deliver more than 14,000 new Austrian-made Glock 45 service pistols by the end of the year.

The guns will replace obsolete handguns from 1998 and “ensure every officer has modern, reliable equipment to help them respond to dangerous situations and continue to make Queensland safer”.