Belconnen, ACT, July 21 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: An 18-year-old man will face the Children's Court today following a police investigation in relation to a home invasion in Conder earlier this year. The man, who was a 17-year-old at the time of the incident and subject to two good behaviour orders, was allegedly part of a group that broke into a residence while armed with weapons and threatened a man and a child who were residing at the house. Police also allege a ne...
Belconnen, ACT, July 21 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: Two men will face court after separate choking and punching incidents in the City on Sunday morning. The first incident involved a 38-year-old man from Ngunnawal who at about 4.10am on Sunday (20 July 2025) allegedly pushed another man after he was accidently bumped when moving around a nightclub. He then allegedly grabbed the other man by the throat, causing the other man to fall to the ground unconscious. He will fa...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 21 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Well, welcome back. And it's good to be at this end of the corridor. Tomorrow and today, there'll be some signing in of new caucus members. But tomorrow, whether you are getting signed in here in the House of Representatives, whether you're one of the twenty-four new Labor members of the House of Representatives, or one of the seven new Labor senators, take a moment to...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 18 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Arrest footage and interview image available via Hightail. A Fijian national is scheduled to appear before the Brisbane Magistrates Court today (18 July, 2025), charged with allegedly indecently exposing himself on a domestic flight in Australia. The AFP charged the man, 30, on 1 June, 2025, after investigating an alleged incident on a flight from Melbourne to Brisbane that morning. AFP off...
Belconnen, ACT, July 18 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is aware of planned protest activity in the ACT that may occur from tomorrow (Saturday) through to Tuesday. Commemorative activity is expected on Canberra Avenue outside the Russian Embassy on Saturday (19 July 2025). On Sunday afternoon (20 July 2025) a rally will occur at Parliament House that will include a march to Yarralumla. Further activity based at Parliament House is expected to occur on Tuesday...
Belconnen, ACT, July 18 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: Police have issued more than 1,000 fines totalling more than $500,000 since the expansion of ACT Policing's online reporting last year. Since May 2024, Canberrans have been able to provide dash-cam or mobile phone footage of driving offences to the online reporting portal. Between July 2024 and June 2025, police received more than 1,800 reports and issued more than 1,100 traffic infringement notices. Almost 250 cautio...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 18 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police & Australian Border Force Editor's note: images/footage and audio grabs from AFP Detective Superintendent Adrian Telfer available via Hightail. A Queensland man is expected to face Brisbane Magistrates Court today (18 July 2025) charged with the alleged importation of hundreds of firearm parts into Australia from the USA. The Australian B...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 18 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint release between Australian Federal Police, Australian Border Force and WesternAustralia Police Force A West Australian man has been summonsed to appear in Perth Magistrates Court today (18 July, 2025) on charges relating to allegedly soliciting sexually explicit images of children from overseas, while he was travelling in another foreign country. The AFP summonsed the man, 39, for two charg...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 18 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint Australian Federal Police and Western Australia Police Force release. An Ocean Reef man is expected to appear in Perth Magistrates Court today (18 July, 2025) on two charges for allegedly possessing and transmitting videos depicting child abuse. The Western Australia Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (WA JACET) charged the man, 53, after an investigation that started when he was allegedly ...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 18 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint release between the Australian Federal Police and Western Australia Police Force Editor's note: Arrest vision available via Hightail. A Halls Head man is expected to appear in Perth Magistrates Court today (18 July, 2025) charged with allegedly possessing and transmitting child abuse material on a free instant messaging application. An investigation began in March 2025, when the AFP-led Au...