CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 19 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: RAF EPSTEIN, HOST:I had a chat to the Prime Minister earlier this morning. ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning. Good to be with you, Raf, and welcome back. I hope you had a good break. EPSTEIN: I did, thank you. Do we need some hate speech laws? PRIME MINISTER: I think we certainly do. And we are going to proceed with what we can get through tomorrow through the Parliament. Firstly, one b...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 19 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: Matilda. Edith Brutman. Dan Elkayam. Boris and Sofia Gurman. Alexander Kleytman. Rabbi Yaakov Levitan. Peter Meagher. Reuven Morrison. Marika Pogany. Rabbi Eli Schlanger. Adam Smyth. Boris Tetleroyd. Tania Tretiak. Tibor Weitzen. Mr Speaker, the minute of silence we have just observed echoes with those 15 names. Fifteen innocent people for whom today should be just another Monday morning...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 19 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Images of the newly appointed Deputy Commissioner are available via Hightail. AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett has announced the appointment of the new Deputy Commissioner National Security, to assist the mission to defend and protect Australia and Australia's future from domestic and global security threats. Deputy Commissioner Hilda Sirec APM was promoted following a rigorous selection proc...
Belconnen, ACT, Jan. 17 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: Two men will face the ACTMagistratesCourt today (Saturday 17 January2026) after being arrested by police for separate family violence incidents overnight. About7:30pm last night (Friday 16 January 2026), police attended a residence inGungahlinfollowing reports thata 50-year-old man had allegedly assaulted and threatened his partner.Police allege the manalso burnt some of his partner's belongingsin a brazier. He was ar...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 16 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Footage and images of the arrest and seizure are available via Hightail. Three members of one family are expected to face Perth Magistrates Court today (16 January, 2026) charged over their alleged roles in a crime group involved in the large-scale supply of illicit tobacco and vapes. A woman, 47, her father, 68, and her son-in-law, 26, were arrested after the AFP seized about $1 million in ...
Belconnen, ACT, Jan. 16 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: Police are seeking witnesses to a dangerous driving incident in Tuggeranong last night where a 25-year-old man was arrested. About 11pm (Thursday, 15 January 2026), police conducting patrols in Conder observed alight-coloured Toyota HiLuxwith NSW registrationFNW51Pdoing a burnout at the intersection of Box Hill Avenue and Heidelberg Street. Police directed the driver topull overbut hefailed tostop, instead driving awa...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 15 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: KELLY VEA VEA, MAYOR OF ISAAC REGIONAL COUNCIL: Thank you everyone for being here, but the biggest thank you obviously goes to our guests today. I'd like to thank you all for making the time for coming out here. What's happened out in our region is significant. And from the event that's happened here in Clermont this week, not only will we recover, but we will grow stronger for that. And we'll grow str...
Belconnen, ACT, Jan. 15 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 27-year-old woman has been arrested overnight and charged with family violence offences after allegedly stealing her partner's dog and hitting him with her car. About 10:20pm yesterday (Wednesday, 14 January 2026), the woman is alleged to have taken her partner's dog from his home. Later that night, the man attended the woman's residence in Dunlop to recover his dog. Police will allege the woman then deliberately dr...
Belconnen, ACT, Jan. 14 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is warning the community of dangerous pipe bombs which have been located on public paths in Belconnen this week. In the last two days, police responded to reports of several pipe bombs that were located within the vicinity of Lake Ginninderra between Joynton Smith Drive and Ginninderra Drive in Belconnen. ACT Policing is urging anyone who locates a suspicious item within the area not to touch it and immed...
Belconnen, ACT, Jan. 14 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an incident whereseveralyouths stole more than $1,500 worth of alcohol from abottle shop last month. On 12 December 2025,fivepeople, some wearingface coverings,entered a bottle shop at the Chisholm Village shopping centreand stole alcoholbefore fleeing. Several people were in the vicinity at the time and police would like to speak to them. Police would particularly like to speak t...