CANBERRA, ACT, July 22 -- 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 Sydney-based international student has been charged for allegedly exploiting the Tourist Refund Scheme at Australian airports by lodging more than $5 million in dishonest claims on luxury and counterfeit watches. The man, 25, is ...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 22 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint release between Australian Federal Police and Northern Territory Police Force A Darwin man has appeared in Darwin Local Court today (22 July, 2026) charged over the alleged possession of thousands of child sexual abuse images. The Northern Territory Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (NT JACET), comprised of investigators from AFP and Northern Territory Police Force, began an investigation ...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 22 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Ok, well thanks everyone for joining us here for this ministerial meeting in Adelaide. We've met, of course, right around the country, and here in South Australia, of course, there's nowhere better for us to meet where we have delivered, whether it's Urgent Care Clinics, the public school funding for each and every school, renewables including the Batteries Program, the...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 21 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A West Australian man was sentenced to a maximum of two years and 11 months' imprisonment by the Geraldton District Court yesterday (20 July, 2026) for possessing and transmitting child abuse material. The man, 38, will be eligible for parole after serving a period of 18 months. The Rangeway man was sentenced following an AFP investigation into his uploading of child abuse mat...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 20 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:It's fantastic to be here at the Royal Darwin, and to be here with Luke Gosling, with Senator Malarndirri McCarthy, with Lia Finocchiaro, the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory, and with the Northern Territory Health Minister as well. We've had an opportunity today to also meet some fantastic advocates, young mums who've been advocating for an upgrade of the centr...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 20 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: The Albanese Government will invest $10 million to support upgrades to the Birthing, Maternity and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Royal Darwin Hospital, ensuring Territory families can continue to access high-quality maternity care close to home. This investment will increase the hospital's capacity to meet growing demand while improving the experience of women, babies and families. Following Hea...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 20 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: RYAN 'FITZY' FITZGERALD:We are very, very excited because tomorrow is the day. It is our favourite day of the year, the traditional backyard cricket game at Kirribilli House. We raise money for some amazing funds and the man that lets us do it lets us into his home. We have a barbecue afterwards. It is one of the great days of all, is the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese. Welcome. MICHAEL 'WIPPA' WIPF...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 19 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: MARION SCRYMGOUR, MEMBER FOR LINGIARI:It's great to be here, back home, at Wurrumiyanga. It's always fantastic for me to come back home to my mob on the Tiwi Islands. And it is with great pleasure to be here, both with the Prime Minister and also Minister for Indigenous Australian Malarndirri McCarthy. Also, the Member for Solomon, who has come over to see this great part of my electorate. But I'll now...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 18 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Queensland man has been charged with allegedly threatening a federal parliamentarian. The AFP's National Security Investigations (NSI) team started an investigation in July, 2026, into voice messages that allegedly contained threats to a parliamentarian. The AFP will allege it traced the messages to a Coomera man, 57. The AFP executed a search warrant at a Coomera home on 16 July, 2026, where investigat...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 18 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A West Australian man has been charged with allegedly threatening a federal parliamentarian. The AFP's National Security Investigations (NSI) team began an investigation on 6 July, 2026, after receiving a notification of an alleged online threat to kill a federal parliamentarian. Police allegedly linked the man, 47, to the social media post and executed a search warrant yesterday (17 July, 2026) at a home ...