CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 26 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force Editor's note: Images of seizures and vision available via Hightail The AFP and Australian Border Force (ABF) are urging young people to think twice before smuggling drugs in their luggage for cash, after law enforcement operations seized 280kg of illicit drugs destined for Australia since June. Known as the su...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 25 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: The Albanese Labor Government is delivering on its election commitment to support the critical work of the Reverend Bill Crews Foundation and secure its future in supporting vulnerable Australians. A new $10 million investment will help Reverend Crews and his team of volunteers provide more free meals, support those impacted by family and domestic violence, and deliver literacy programs for the most v...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 25 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: REVEREND BILL CREWS: Welcome everybody. The biggest press conference I ever did was when John Singleton headbutted somebody in a pub and there was the media everywhere. But it's a bit like that today. But I'd like to welcome you all here and say, the message here for Christmas is in the place where you least expect it, when you least expect it, and who you least expect it from, new hope comes. And that...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 24 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: Today I have written to the Governor-General to request the creation of a Special Honours List in response to the terrorist attack at Bondi Beach on 14 December 2025. What happened at Bondi showed the worst of humanity - hatred, antisemitism and violence. But it also showed the best. People ran towards danger. They put themselves at risk to help others not because they had to, but because it was the ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 24 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between Tasmania Police and The Australian Federal Police (AFP). Two Tasmanian men face serious drug trafficking charges as part of an ongoing investigation into the seizure of 7.5kg of cocaine and $320,000 in cash by the Tasmania Joint Organised Crime Task Force. The quantity of cocaine seized in southern Tasmania in mid-September equates to a potential 7,500 street deals. A...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 24 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Office hours for the AFP National Media Team over the Christmas and New Year period are: * From 2pm AEDT today (Wednesday, 24 December, 2025) to Thursday, 1 January, 2026: office closed.* Friday, 2 January 2026: office reopens. An on-call media officer will be available to take enquiries for urgent matters only on the days the office is closed. They can be contacted via the media hotline on (02) 5126 9297....
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 24 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Sudan-born woman is expected to appear before Parramatta Local Court today (24 December, 2025) charged with allegedly failing to comply with her visa-mandated conditions. The AFP charged the woman, 40, yesterday (23 December, 2025), after she was located in Sydney. It will be alleged the woman breached a condition of her Commonwealth visa by failing to maintain her electronic monitoring device. The woma...
Belconnen, ACT, Dec. 24 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 22-year-old Belconnen man has been charged with multiple offences after heallegedlyboundand assaulted a manin a Reid unit. ACTPolicing was called to aunit complex on Ainslie Avenue in Reid at about 9.05am yesterday (Tuesday, 23 December 2025)after nearby workers heard a man callingforhelp. Officers were directed to the unit where the calls were coming from,and the door was answered by a man and a woman, with calls f...
Belconnen, ACT, Dec. 23 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: UPDATE 5:30PM, 24 December 2025 The missing 49-year-old womanwe posted about yesterday has been located. -- ACT Policing is seeking the public'sassistancetolocatemissing49-year-oldwoman Carmen Johnson. Carmenhas not been seen or heard from sinceyesterday morning (Monday, 22 December 2025) and was last seen at a residence in Monash. Sheis described asCaucasianinappearance, about170cm(5'5") tall, withbrown shoulder ...
Belconnen, ACT, Dec. 23 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and dashcam footage following a dangerous driving incident in the Dickson Tradies Carpark yesterday afternoon. About 3:10pm yesterday (Monday, 22 December 2025), a woman was standing at the driver's door of a white Ford Ranger utility vehicle bearing ACT registration YSI97E. A man known to the woman was in the driver's seat. The pair allegedly engaged in a verbal altercation before th...