CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 6 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA: Good afternoon, on what is a very historic day for Papua New Guinea and for Australia. Last month I had the enormous privilege and the absolute pleasure of representing the people of Australia in Port Moresby at what were quite spectacular celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of Papua New Guinea's independence. I'm delighted to be able to return that h...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 6 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: Australia and Papua New Guinea have elevated our relationship to an Alliance, with the signing of the Papua New Guinea - Australia Mutual Defence Treaty. The Alliance will be Australia's first in more than 70 years, and Papua New Guinea's first with any country. Signed today in Canberra by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, Hon James Marape MP, the Treaty refle...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 6 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint release between the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Institute of Criminology More than 40 per cent of all Australian cybercrime victims fall prey to multiple types of cybercrime in a single year, with fraud and scam victims emerging as the most vulnerable. And it's prompted a critical reminder for Australians to bolster their online safeguards. In its newly released Cybercrime i...
Belconnen, ACT, Oct. 6 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 57-year-old man has died following a single motorcycle collision on Tidbinbilla Road this afternoon. About noon today, an ACT Road Policing officer patrolling on Tidbinbilla road observed a group of motorbike riders speeding while travelling in the opposite direction. Soon after, one of those riders failed to take a right-hand bend in the road and collided with a tree to the left of the roadway. Other riders and the...
Belconnen, ACT, Oct. 5 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking the public's assistance to locate missing 26-year-old man Pradip Itani. Pradiphas not been seen or heard from since lunchtime on Wednesday (1 October 2025) and was last seen in Belconnen. He is described as of Nepalese heritage, about 165cm (5'5") tall, with a medium build, a dark beard and short dark hair. Pradip does not have a vehicle and usually moves around Canberra using public transport....
Belconnen, ACT, Oct. 5 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 23-year-old Chisholm man has been charged with multiple offences after an alleged aggravated burglary where a mother and son were threatened with a taser. About 12.50pm yesterday (Saturday, 5 October 2025) the Chisholm man allegedly attended a Duffy home and threatened a woman and her son with a taser - demanding prescription drugs and cash. He allegedly forced the two people into a bedroom and continued threatening t...
Belconnen, ACT, Oct. 4 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking the public's assistance to locate missing 13-year-old girl Janessa Williams. Janessa was last seen leaving a residence in Franklin about 3pm this afternoon (Saturday, 4 October 2025). She is described as Aboriginal in appearance and she was last seen wearing a black hoodie, black ripped jeans and grey/white Nike sneakers. Concerns are held for Janessa's welfare, and police are requesting the pu...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 3 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Pakistan-born man is set to appear before Parramatta Local Court today (3 October, 2025) charged for allegedly failing to comply with his visa-mandated curfew conditions. The AFP charged the man, 37, today (3 October, 2025) after he was located in Sydney. It will be alleged the man breached one of the conditions of his Commonwealth visa when hewent within a prohibited distance of a school. The man has be...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 3 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force. Editor's note:Imagery of the search warrant is available viaHightail. A Wangaratta man is expected to face Melbourne Magistrates Court today (3 October, 2025) for allegedly possessing and soliciting child abuse material from the Philippines via a messaging service. ABF members searched the man, 43, when he arrived ...
Belconnen, ACT, Oct. 3 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking the public's assistance to locate missing 23-year-old woman Jorja Riley-Brown. Jorja, who is also known as Nakira, has not been seen or heard from since Monday afternoon (29 September 2025) and was last seen in Lyneham. Jorja is described as Caucasian in appearance, with long brown hair and a slim build. She has a distinctive flower tattoo on her left hand. Jorja may be in the Dickson area or ...