Belconnen, ACT, Feb. 7 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: Three people will face court this morning following family violence incidents across the ACTin the past 24 hours. At lunchtime yesterday(Friday, 6 February 2026), a 20-year-old Richardson man allegedly verbally abused his partnerand made threats to her after throwing furniture in their residence. He was charged with affray and recklessly threatening to inflict grievous bodilyharm. Last night a 21-year-old Bonner woman...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 6 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Thank you, Mr President for your generous words and your very warm welcome. I'm very pleased to be back in Jakarta. No country is more important to Australia - or to the prosperity, security and stability of the Indo-Pacific - than Indonesia. We share a deep trust and unbreakable bond as neighbours, partners and friends. In this spirit of friendship, I extend Australia'...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 6 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint release between Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force Editor's Note: Images and footage available via Hightail An Italian national has been sentenced to a maximum six years and eight months' imprisonment in Western Australia for attempting to traffic Christmas toys stuffed with ketamine into the state. The man, 29, was sentenced by the Perth District Court on 5 February, 202...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 6 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:Imagery of the seized items is availablevia Hightail. A Queensland man is expected to appear before Beenleigh Magistrates Court today (6 February, 2026) charged with allegedly threatening multiple federal parliamentarians on social media. The man, 39, allegedly posted threatening messages to parliamentarians on the platform X between 10 and 15 December, 2025. The AFP National Security Investi...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 6 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Sudan-born man faced Liverpool Local Court yesterday (5 February, 2026) charged with allegedly failing to comply with his mandated curfew conditions. The AFP arrested the man, 31, on 5 February, 2026, in Sydney, NSW. It was alleged the man breached one of the conditions of his Commonwealth visa by failing to observe his residential curfew obligations. The man has been charged with one count of failing...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 6 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:Imagesareavailable via Hightail AnAFP-led Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce (CACT)investigation hasresulted innearly $2 millionworth of cash andotherassetsbeing restrainedunder orders made by theBrisbane District Courtyesterday (5February,2026). Theassets wereseized by the AFP in July 2022 in an investigation that dismantled an alleged criminal network trafficking and manufacturing illici...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 6 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Border Force. Editor's note: Image and video of the arrest are available via Hightail. A Queensland man appeared before Caboolture Magistrates Court today (6 February, 2026) charged with allegedly possessing violent extremist material. The AFP's National Security Investigations (NSI) team in Queensland charged the Morayf...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 6 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Sudan-born man appeared before Melbourne Magistrates' Court today (6 February, 2026) charged with allegedly failing to comply with his visa-mandated conditions. Victoria Police arrested the man, 39, on 5 February, 2026, after he was located in Melbourne. It will be alleged the man breached one of the conditions of his Commonwealth visa by failing to comply with electronic monitoring conditions. The man...
Belconnen, ACT, Feb. 6 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACTPolicing is seeking witnesses to a collision andsubsequentaltercation that occurred onYambaDrive earlier today. About 12.05pm today (Friday, 6 February 2026) police were called to a collisionbetween two vehiclesat the intersection ofYambaDrive and Kitchener Street, Garran. Policebelievethatfollowing thiscollision,a witness andone of thedrivers got into an altercation before the driver left the scenewithout exchangin...
Belconnen, ACT, Feb. 6 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 36-year-oldKambahman has been charged with multiple sexual assaultand imageoffencesallegedly committed againstteenagegirls. In August last year (2025) a woman provided a statement to police alleging multiple sexual offences relating to incidents alleged to have occurredagainst herin2021. An investigation wascommencedand earlier today (Friday, 6 February 2026) officers from the Sexual AssaultandChildAbuse team execute...