CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 13 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between Australian Federal Police, New South Wales Police Force and United States Homeland Security Investigations Editor's note:Footage of the man's arrest is available viaHigh tail. A Sydney man who pretended to be a teenage boy to trick girls into sending him sexually explicit images before extorting them for more content has been sentenced to four years and six months' im...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 13 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release with the Australian Federal Police and Queensland Police Service Editor's note:arrest vision and images of seized available via Hightail Two men have been charged with allegedly trafficking firearms to a violent paramilitary group based in Indonesia. A two-year joint investigation by the Queensland Joint Counter Terrorism Team (QLD JCTT) - made up of AFP, Queensland Police S...
Belconnen, ACT, Sept. 13 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 36-year-old Moncrieff man has been charged with possessing child abuse material following a search warrant yesterday. After police received information about the transmission of child abuse material through an internet server, police began an investigation and on Friday 12 September a search warrant was conducted at the man's residence in Moncrieff. During the search police allegedly located a mobile phone co...
Belconnen, ACT, Sept. 13 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 31-year-old man from Gunghalin has been arrested following an incident in Gungahlin yesterday. At around 8pm Friday 12 September, police were patrolling in Gungahlin when there were approached by members of the public who informed them a man had set off the fire alarm inside the Gungahlin Market Place. Police located the man, as they were trying to engage with him he has allegedly tried to flee from police before b...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 12 -- Murray-Darling Basin Authority issued the following news release: The Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) and the World Bank have launched a new partnership to strengthen knowledge sharing and collaboration on transboundary water management. The initiative, announced at a virtual event on 10 September, brings together the MDBA's experience in managing Australia's largest river system, with the World Bank bringing global knowledge to innovative financing in shared r...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 12 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: MATT SMITH, MEMBER FOR LEICHHARDT:Good morning. My name is Matt Smith. I'm the Federal Member of the Leichhardt. With me is Senator Nita Green, Assistant Minister for Tourism, the South Pacific and Northern Australia. And, of course, the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese. Prime Minister, thank you for coming along and joining us. He just hopped off the plane from the South Pacific. This is, this is Alb...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 12 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police and NSW Police Force A Dolls Point woman and Blair Athol man have been charged by Multi Agency Strike Team (MAST) investigators for their alleged roles as trusted insiders in the failed importation of 506kg of cocaine in late August 2025. The MAST, made up of investigators from the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and NSW Police Force (NSW...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 12 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Vision and images available via Hightail One bone at a time, the AFP's Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology (FAA) capabilities are uncovering the secrets behind human remains and crimes and stories that would otherwise stay buried. Established in 2019, the team provide national and international forensic assistance to police by conducting excavations of clandestine burials and making...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 12 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media statement between Australian Border Force (ABF), Australian Federal Police (AFP) and AUSTRAC Vision can be downloaded at this link The Australian Border Force (ABF) and Australian Federal Police (AFP), with support from AUSTRAC financial analysts, have foiled a sophisticated criminal operation by seizing 4,010,000 illicit cigarettes and over AUD $24 million in proceeds of crime, incl...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 12 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Footage available via Hightail. The AFP has charged the owner of a Perth occupational therapy business that allegedly submitted fraudulent treatment claims to the Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) totalling more than $7 million. The Mount Hawthorn woman, 53, is expected to appear in Perth Magistrates Court today (12 September, 2025) charged with one count of dishonestly causing a loss t...