CANBERRA, ACT, June 5 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: Can I also begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and I pay my respects to elders past, present and emerging, and thank you for that wonderful Acknowledgement of Country. This is the fourth time that I've had the opportunity to address this Conference as Prime Minister of Australia. Looking back on the discussions we've had here is a reminder of just how much the wo...
CANBERRA, ACT, June 5 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A West Australian man has been charged today (5 June, 2026) with allegedly sending offensive emails to a federal parliamentarian. AFP National Security Investigations (NSI) began an investigation in April, 2026, after receiving notification of eight allegedly offensive emails containing racist remarks sent to the electorate office of a federal parliamentarian. Police allegedly linked the man, 70, to the ema...
CANBERRA, ACT, June 5 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police, Victoria Police, Australian Border Force, and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission. Editors Note: Vision and images of warrants and arrests included via Hightail. A West Footscray man has been charged following his alleged links to an alleged international crime group conspiring to import tonnes of illicit drugs into Australia....
CANBERRA, ACT, June 5 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Border Force, Australian Federal Police, Queensland Police Service, Australian Fisheries Management Authority, Papua New Guinea Customs Service, Papua New Guinea Immigration and Citizenship Services Authority and the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary Australia and Papua New Guinean authorities have completed the latest joint patrol across the Torres Stra...
CANBERRA, ACT, June 5 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal PoliceandNSW Police Force Two Sydney menwereyesterday(4June,2026) chargedas part of an ongoing joint-agency investigationintoa trusted insider networkoperatingwithin Sydney's cargo ports. AnOran Park man,35, and aCondellPark man,26, were charged by theMulti Agency Strike Team (MAST)inrelation toplots to importillicit drugsbetween 2025and 2026. Th...
CANBERRA, ACT, June 5 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Broome man is expected to appear in Perth Magistrates Court today (5 June, 2026) charged for allegedly purchasing child abuse material from a person in the Philippines. The AFP charged the man, 45, after receiving information from the Philippines National Police (PNP), who were investigating another person suspected of selling and distributing child abuse material. It is alleged the PNP investigation ide...
CANBERRA, ACT, June 5 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ANDREW CLENNELL, HOST: Hello, Prime Minister. Thanks for joining us. ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Thank you. CLENNELL: I want to start the interview by playing a couple of exchanges you and I had in the last week of the election campaign. [VIDEO PACKAGE PLAYS] CLENNELL:There you go. Do you rule out negative gearing? You did. Why can't you win an election by telling the truth? PRIME MINISTER: W...
CANBERRA, ACT, June 4 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Arrest vision available via Hightail A Wollongong man has been charged for allegedly making an online threat aimed at a federal parliamentarian. The man is scheduled to appear before Port Kembla Local Court on 25 June, 2026. Investigations into the man, 62, began in April, 2026, after the AFP received a report relating to a social media post containing a violent threat. The AFP's National S...
CANBERRA, ACT, June 4 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will welcome the Prime Minister of New Zealand, the Rt Hon Christopher Luxon, to Australia on Saturday 6 June 2026 for the annual Australia-New Zealand Leaders' Meeting. The leaders will discuss economic resilience and measures the two countries can take to boost prosperity, including in the context of the fuel crisis. The leaders will also look for opportunities to str...
CANBERRA, ACT, June 4 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: MEL CLARKE, HOST:The Prime Minister joins the program this morning. Anthony Albanese, thanks for speaking to me on AM. ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning, Melissa. CLARKE:Prime Minister, what communication has the Government had with the US about this new tariff Donald Trump is proposing? PRIME MINISTER: Well, we've put our position very clearly which is that any tariff on Australian expo...