Belconnen, ACT, July 27 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing has charged a 29 year-old man from Rivett with 11 offences after an attempted burglary and impersonating police. At about 8:20am on Saturday 26 July police received a report of a man attempting to gain access to a residence in Rivett. Police allege the man told the occupier of the residence he was a Detective and when the resident asked the man to produce identification he failed to do so. It is then alle...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 27 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: DAVID SPEERS, HOST: Thanks so much for being with us. ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning, David. SPEERS: Can I get your reaction, first up, to Israel's decision, the announcement in the last few hours that it will be allowing more aid through airdrops and convoys back into Gaza. Is it enough? PRIME MINISTER: Well, this is a start, but we need to make sure that people who are innocent, in...
Belconnen, ACT, July 26 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 26-year-oldman is due to face court today (Saturday 26 July) charged with sexual assault. On Tuesday 22 July a woman reported to police that she had been sexually assaulted by her flat mate on Friday 18 July 2025. Following an investigation, police conducted a search warrant at the man's residence yesterday (Friday 25 July) and arrested the man. He has been charged with sexual intercourse without consent, common as...
Belconnen, ACT, July 26 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: Police have arrested and charged two men overnight for drink driving and other road related offences. At about 12am Saturday 26 July, police were driving along Drakeford Drive in Kambah when they observed a blue coloured Mitsubishi Lancer allegedly speeding at 128km/hr in an 80km/hr speed zone. Police stopped the vehicle and conducted a roadside breath test on the driver which returned a positive result. He was transp...
Belconnen, ACT, July 26 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 37-year-old man has been charged with fraud and weapon possession offences after allegedly using counterfeit currency at businesses in Canberra. Police allege the man used counterfeit Australian banknotes to purchase food at fast food outlets in Phillip and Griffith. The incidents were reported to police, and about 7:30am yesterday, officers executed a search warrant at the man's Narrabundah home. Police seized cou...
BRISBANE, Queensland, July 26 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: The community has been offered a rare behind-the-scenes look at some of the exciting and fulfilling career opportunities on offer at the Queensland Police Service (QPS) as part of its action-packed annual Open Day in Brisbane. The QPS opened its doors to the public on Saturday July 26, as more than 5,500 people embraced the opportunity to attend the event held at the Bob Atkinson Operational Capabili...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 25 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: The situation in Gaza has gone beyond the world's worst fears. The position of the Australian Government is clear: every innocent life matters. Every Israeli. Every Palestinian. This conflict has stolen far too many innocent lives. Tens of thousands of civilians are dead, children are starving. Gaza is in the grip of a humanitarian catastrophe. Israel's denial of aid and the killing of civilians, ...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 25 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: Economic Reform Roundtable, tax, closing of Glencore's copper smelter, French decision to recognise Palestine JimChalmers: The purpose of economic reform is to boost incomes and lift living standards over time. When we came to office, living standards were in free fall, inflation was much higher and galloping, real wages were falling, interest rates had already started to come up- and we've b...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 25 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Image and footage available via Hightail The AFP has charged a man in immigration detention in Western Australia for allegedly making hundreds of menacing, harassing and offensive phone calls to the AFP, including one in which he allegedly threatened to kill people. The Moroccan national, 45, appeared in Perth Magistrates Court today (25 July, 2025) after AFP officers arrested him yesterday ...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 25 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Vision available via Hightail. A West Australian man is scheduled to appear in Perth Magistrates Court today (25 July, 2025) charged over an alleged disorderly behaviour incident at Perth Airport.  The man was charged after the AFP responded to a request for assistance at an airline check-in counter inside the domestic terminal yesterday (24 July, 2025).   The AFP will all...