CANBERRA, ACT, June 6 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: * The Prime Minister of Australia, the Honourable Anthony Albanese MP, welcomed the Prime Minister of New Zealand, the Right Honourable Christopher Luxon, to Noosa, Australia on 6 June for their third Annual Leaders' Meeting. * Prime Ministers acknowledged the Gubbi Gubbi people as the Traditional Custodians of the lands of the meeting and recognised any other people or families with connection to the ...
CANBERRA, ACT, June 6 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA: Thanks for joining us. I was absolutely delighted to host Prime Minister Luxon in Queensland today for our Annual Meeting. Australia has no closer partner than New Zealand. We are family. And we share values, we share history and we're two of the world's most integrated economies. And the meeting that we had beforehand as well with business leaders really h...
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...