Belconnen, ACT, Oct. 24 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release:
A 22-year-old Hackett manhas been charged with possessing child abuse material following a search warrant yesterday.
In August 2025, police received reports about a person uploading child abuse material to an online application.
Police commenced an investigation and a search warrant was executed at a residence in Hackett yesterday (23 October 2025).
A mobile phone allegedly containing child abuse material was seized during the warrant.
The 22-year-old man was subsequently arrested.
The man, who was subject to an intensive corrections order, has been charged with two counts of using a carriage service for child abuse material.
The mobile phone will be subject to further forensic examination and police may layadditional charges.
Anyone with information regarding the accessing or creation of child abuse material is urged to contact crime stoppers on 1800 333 000, or via thecrime stoppers act website. Information can be providedanonymously.
Note to media: use of term 'child abuse material', not 'child pornography'
Use of the phrase "child pornography" benefits child sex abusers because it:
Indicates legitimacy and compliance on the part of the victim and therefore legality on the part of the abuser; and conjures images of children posing in 'provocative' positions, rather than suffering horrific abuse.
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