The man who kept his two children and ex-partner hostage all day yesterday has been charged.

Update, 9.30am

It is alleged the 30-year-old Acacia Ridge man was involved in a disturbance at a residence in Augusta Street from around 8.30am yesterday, Monday.



An 'emergent situation' was declared under the Public Safety Preservation Act following information that the man was allegedly armed with a knife.



The man has been charged with three counts each of deprivation of liberty and assault and one count each of threaten to cause a detriment, obstruct police and possess utensil.



He is due to appear in the Beenleigh Magistrates Court today.



Monday update 8.05pm:

The man who kept his two children hostage all day was tasered and taken into police custody after trying to leave the house through the back yard.

After an eleven hour siege the man went into the back yard of the Augusta Street house with a torch and approached the rear fence.

He was was tasered by Special Emergency Response Team police but was not injured.

7.50 update:

Officers from the Special Emergency Response Team finally entered the man's Crestmead home almost 12 hours after the ordeal began.

The man released his hostages at around 6pm and a robot was sent into the house to assess his welfare.

At 7.33pm the officers entered the back garden and arrested him. The man is currently on his way to the Beenleigh watch house.

Earlier update:

The man who kept his two children and ex-partner hostage all day has released them.

The man is believed to have requested to speak with a solicitor but is still refusing to cooperate with police or give himslef up for arrest.

The woman and children are understood to be unharmed physically.

Earlier update:

The man keeping two children hostage with a knife "loves them very much" his mother says.

The woman, who is currently waiting for information outside the Augusta Street house, said she had been asking him to seek help for some time but that "it was just a domestic situation that got out of hand".

She said if she could talk to him she would tell him she loved him very much.

"I hope they don't shoot him," she said.

"They both love the children very much."

Earlier update:

Police have confirmed the man involved in the Crestmead siege has threatened the two children in the house, the woman and police.

Police have confirmed the man is wielding a short handled knife and has threatened the children, a woman and police.

Inspector Darren Harland said he the scene is well secured and he hopes for a peaceful resolution.

The man’s mother said the two children are a two-year-old girl and a four-year-old boy.

She said the couple involved split up at Easter and the man had been living with her since.

Earlier report:

Reports from the scene of a siege at an Augusta Street residence at Crestmead indicate several heavily armed police officers are in position.

An ambulance has reversed into the driveway but no injuries have been confirmed.

Around 8.30am, police were called to the address in relation to a disturbance between a man and a woman.

The occupants of the residence remain inside the house and it has been suggested by witnesses at the scene that the man is armed with a knife.

Police negotiators and ambulances are on scene and the immediate area has been cordoned off.

Originally published as Siege man charged