CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 5 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Arrest vision available via Hightail A Lakemba man has been charged today (5 August, 2026) with allegedly organising for his wife to leave Australia before submitting a withdrawal of her spousal visa application. An AFP investigation began in March, 2026, into a report regarding a woman, 23, who alleged her husband had trafficked her to Myanmar from Australia in December, 2025. The couple al...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 5 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Two Melbourne men have been sentenced over their involvement in a drug trafficking ring linked to Italian organised crime. The AFP launched Operation Kraken-Kashyyyk in July, 2024, targeting members of Italian organised crime who were using Ghost, an encrypted communications platform designed specifically for criminal use. The platform has since been dismantled by international law enforcement. Investigator...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 5 -- 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: Vision and images of the seized items are available via Hightail. A St Marys man appeared before the NSW Bail Division Court yesterday (4 August, 2026) charged for allegedly importing items bearing Nazi symbols and allegedly making a Nazi salute in a public place. An AFP investigation began in Feb...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 5 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the AFP, Victoria Police and ASIO Editor's note: Images, videos and audio grabs in relation to the attack are available for download. The Victorian Joint Counter Terrorism Team (JCTT) is investigating an attack on a Melbourne defence manufacturer as an act of terrorism, potentially orchestrated by far-left extremists with anarchist and revolutionary ideologies. The JCT...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 4 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: The Albanese Government is releasing exposure drafts of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 3) Bill 2026 and related materials for consultation. This is the next tranche of legislation implementing the reforms to negative gearing and capital gains tax (CGT) announced in the 2026‑27 Budget. These reforms will help level the playing field for first home buyers, preserve the gains investors have...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 4 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: New ASIC numbers show that a new record has been set for the number of new companies registered last month. 44,040 new companies were registered in July, this came after 43,393 were registered in June. Many more businesses are being created on our watch and there is a much smaller proportion of insolvencies than under the Liberals and Nationals. We have a big agenda to boost productivity and investment an...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Alex Padilla issued the following press release: With less than 100 days until the midterm elections and amid ongoing threats from President Trump to nationalize, militarize, and interfere with election administration, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, and Mark Warner (D-Va.), Vice Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, led a group of colleagues in pressing the Department of Justic...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff issued the following press release: U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock are demanding answers as the Trump Administration reportedly ends civil rights enforcement within the Department of Education. Sens. Ossoff and Rev. Warnock are demanding answers (https://www.ossoff.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Final-letter-to-ED-OCR-.pdf) from Education Secretary Linda McMahon after reports (https://www.highereddive.com/news/education-depart...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen issued the following press release: Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) announced that the Trump Administration finally released more than $3.3 million in federal funding for affordable housing across Nevada. This funding comes from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Housing Trust Fund Formula Grant Program Allocation, which provides grants to states to produce and preserve affordable housing for extremely low- and very low-income househo...
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen issued the following press release: Today, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) joined a letter led by U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) raising the alarm about offshore prediction markets allowing people to bet on wildfires. As wildfires burn in Nevada (https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/new-pass-fire-becomes-nevadas-largest-of-2026-among-4-active-wildfires-statewide/) a...