CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 21 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: I have asked the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet to lead a review into Australia's federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies. The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet will examine whether federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies have the right powers, structures, processes and sharing arrangements in place to keep Australians safe in the wake of the horrific antisemitic B...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 20 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Queenslanders are being encouraged to don their running shoes and join in the annual nationwide fitness event promoting health, resilience, and well-being as Run Army gets set to return in March. Uniting Queenslanders in a powerful show of community spirit and fitness, the annual running event brings community members together to raise much needed funds for charities in support of first responders in...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 20 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Thank you for joining us. I am joined by the AFP Commissioner. This has been the darkest week in Australia's recent history. Theterrorist atrocity committed against innocent people celebrating Chanukah last week at Bondi Beach, targeting our cherished Jewish Australian community, has left our nation grieving and angry. The nation is carrying deep pain and sorrow, and la...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 20 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A United Kingdom national appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates' Court last night (19 December, 2025) over allegedly aggressive behaviour towards AFP officers at Melbourne Airport. The man has been remanded and will appear at Melbourne Magistrates' Court on 16 March, 2026. The man, 35, was arrested about 5pm on 16 December, 2025, after the AFP responded to a report of a man attempting to board an internati...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 19 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Two Queensland Police Service (QPS) officers have helped turn a young man's dream into a reality after personally escorting him to his high school graduation in a patrol car complete with lights and sirens. In a heart-warming display of community spirit, police officers Senior Constable Sean Krumin and Constable Rowan Lee were tasked with taking 18-year-old Max Dezolt, who lives with cerebral palsy, ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 19 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: The Queensland Police Service (QPS) proudly celebrates the addition of 39 experienced officers to its ranks following their successful completion of the rigorous Police Accelerated Competency Education (PACE) program. The graduates bring extensive policing expertise from interstate and international jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom, New Zealand, South Africa, Western Australia, and Victori...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 19 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: The Federal and NSW Governments have declared Sunday 21 December a Day of Reflection to honour the victims of the horrific terrorist attack at Bondi Beach and to stand in solidarity with the Jewish community. The Commonwealth and State government will also work closely with the Jewish community on arrangements for a National Day of Mourning to be held in the New Year. This will allow families the time...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 19 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: The Albanese Government will establish a National Gun Buyback Scheme to purchase surplus, newly banned and illegal firearms - the largest since the Howard Government in 1996. This is another part of the Government's response to Sunday's deadly antisemitic terrorist attack at Bondi Beach. Australia's gun laws were last substantially reformed in the wake of the Port Arthur tragedy. Sunday's deadly ISI...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 19 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between Australian Federal Police, Western Australia Police Force and Australia Security Intelligence Organisation The Western Australia Joint Counter Terrorism Team (WA-JCTT) has laid four additional charges against a Perth man for alleged terrorism offences. The man, 21, is expected to appear in Perth Magistrates Court today (19 December, 2025). On 4 December, 2025, followi...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 19 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: An Afghanistan-born man is set to appear before Penrith Local Court today (19 December, 2025) charged for allegedly failing to comply with his visa-mandated monitoring conditions. The AFP charged the man, 30, on 18 December, 2025, after he was located in Sydney, NSW. It will be alleged the man breached one of the conditions of his Commonwealth visa by failing to ensure his electronic monitoring device rema...