 Yes, well last night we had a escape from the prison farm at Lotus Glen, the 41-year-old man who is now going to drop his father, whose image you have, last night left the prison farm. Now, he is believed to have left sometime between 9pm and 12 midnight last night and certainly he has left on foot initially. Now, after that, we're not really sure what has occurred whether he has had any third party assistance, which appears to be possible because it is quite remote up at Lotus Glen. Now, it presently investigates from Mariba and in conjunction with the Corrective Services Investigation Unit conducting an investigation with a view to apprehending him and taking him back to custody. For a range of property offences and attempted robbery, he was serving a four-year prison term, for which he was sentenced only in March this year. He was due for parole for consideration of parole in March of next year. Was there any indication that he was unhappy or causing any problems? No, there was no intelligence in the situation to suggest there was a problem. His family visited yesterday. Is he harmful or violent? Oh, look, he has some propensity for violence in his background. Excuse me. Would you mind saying that again? Yeah, sorry. There was some violence in his background and certainly we've been just in caution to anyone seeing him or recognising the image that will be broadcast. Is he a cans man? He has been in cans for quite some time. He moves around the state, but certainly for a number of years he has been in North Queensland in the cans of Mariba. If his family visited him yesterday, is it possible that they sort of keyed something up for him? Oh, look, that's obviously an avenue of investigation that we're pursuing. To date we can't say whether that is a possibility or not. So in the investigation you're speaking to family, friends? We will be speaking to family and other persons who have had some historical association with him. So how was he discovered missing? Was there a head count? There was a head count at 9. There was a head count at 12 p.m. last night. Now it was at the 12 p.m. head count that he was noted to be missing. Is that concerning at all that he's obviously a criminal that he's now been able to escape? Oh, look, the persons that are on the prison farm, they're assessed by corrective services. And occasionally some of them do this. It's unfortunate, but it's not part of the incarceration process. It's the slow reduction in the security of them. Is the prison farm separate from the prison itself? Are they in the same sort of grounds and their house and all those security? They're within the general vicinity of each other, but they are separated by a little bit of distance. But basically side by side into adjoining properties is my understanding of the situation. Given the time now of how long he's been on foot, I guess, or on the loose, could he be as far as say, you know, Rockhampton or further? Oh, well, certainly he could be. It's, you know, he's at 13 hours now, so he could be, you know, almost a Brisbane if he was that efficient. Are there any specific areas for him? Oh, at the moment, we're just presently concentrating our investigations in North Queensland. That's where we would start, where his family and associates are. And we will find out the investigation on a needs basis as time goes on. So would you say he is a risk to the community? Oh, well, certainly he has in the past been violent during the course of committing crimes. So a person with that background certainly arguably has a propensity to commit such similar crimes in the future, particularly if they get desperate and they effectively, you know, be panic in situations. So look, we would simply ask people if they do see him to immediately advise police and we'll do our best to bring him back into custody without any difficulty. Would you want anyone to approach him? No, we wouldn't. We would simply ask them to make note of the situation, you know, where the person is, if he's in association with any vehicle, the details of the vehicles and get back to us with that information. And for people who, you know, may have seen him or, you know, he does have some quite distinctive features in terms of tattoos and whatnot? He's quite significantly tattooed on the chest, but from the images I've seen, you wouldn't necessarily notice those if he was clothed, but certainly very extensively tattooed over the chest. Apparently he has some on his arms or with distinctive marks? Oh, look, I'm not sure. We've got the details of the tattoos on his arms, but I've seen an image of his tattoos on his chest and his extensively tattooed. Would you be putting a specific warning out perhaps to people, you know, picking up hitchhikers and things like that, but maybe he's getting away? Well, look, certainly it's a possibility. We would generally warn people about picking up hitchhikers as some element of risk generally, but certainly if anyone in the Tablelands area would be particularly cautious for the next couple of days. Have you just statewide alert been issued or anything like that? Oh, we have broadcast an alert statewide through the police service, but primarily at the moment that primary investigation is focused here in North Queensland. Can you just give us a general description of him for the public to look out for? Well, look, we've got an image of him. I think he's a man of about 180 centimetres in that general build, slightly heavier in build, you know, like a solid build rather than fat. He's dark-headed and he has hazel eyes, normal complexion with brown hair. Oh, look, I have no idea. I assume it's a prison uniform. Um, yeah. Russell, you got any idea? Clothing, no. Oh, I would assume, I believe. I'm not sure where the guy's the prison bomb, unfortunately. He's wearing a suit with a scarf. Look, I would assume he's just using wearing standard clothing from the prison. I'm just not sure whether the guys at the farm can be more casual, but probably not. They would undoubtedly, I would expect, just be understanding. Would you certainly say that he's definitely getting assistance in? Well, look, it's difficult to say. You would think it is likely. That he is getting some sort of assistance from someone. Are we certain that at this stage, no. But just the remote nature of where the prison is in the prison farm, it's difficult. You know, unless you're hitchhiking, it stands out. Someone would notice. Would this have been quite an elaborate operation? I mean, how easy, although it is a low-security facility, I do imagine it in regular terms would be quite high-security. How hard would it have been for him to escape? Not difficult at all. No, this is a prison farm, it's low-security. These correctional institutions really are based on the trust of the persons who are there. They've built up a record of good behavior, and effectively, they're on a trust basis and a slow introduction part of their release. So no, it's not a complex or difficult matter to get off at prison farm.