Belconnen, ACT, Jan. 26 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is alerting the Canberra community to planned protest activity in the city and ParliamentaryPrecincton Australia Day. A planned protest march is expected from 10am today, beginning in theCitybefore moving alongtheCommonwealth Avenue Bridgeto Parliament Housebefore finishing out the front of Old Parliament House. Commonwealth Avenue will be closed to traffic for a short period while the group moves through...
Belconnen, ACT, Jan. 26 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 28-year-old man will face court today charged with assault after allegedly striking two people on the head with a hammer in the city overnight. About 12:30am this morning (Monday, 26 January 2026), the man approached a group of people on City Walk and became involved in a verbal altercation with several individuals. He then engaged in a physical altercation with another man, during which it is alleged he removed a h...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 26 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Well, happy Australia Day everyone. It's always wonderful to preside over citizenship ceremonies, and 19,000 people today will pledge their allegiance and their loyalty to our great nation of Australia. This is a nation built on the fact that we share this continent with the oldest continuous culture on earth, but where generations of people have come for a better life...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 25 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the lands on which we meet, and pay my respects to elders past, present and emerging. As Australians we have the unique privilege of sharing this continent with the world's oldest continuous culture. That is a source of pride, for all of us. Distinguished guests, my fellow Australians. Every year, on the eve of our national day, we honour the peopl...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 25 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint release between Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force Editor's note: Images available via Hightail Two foreign nationals, accused of ingesting more than 200 pellets of cocaine in a bid to smuggle the illicit drugs into Australia, are expected to appear in the NSW Local Court - Bail Division on Monday (26 January, 2026). Australian Border Force (ABF) officers intercepted the...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 25 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Images and footage of the man's arrest available via Hightail A 'cash courier' has been sentenced to four months' imprisonment for possessing $33,300 of suspected illicit money, which was found in his luggage at Perth Airport in August, 2025. The money seized from the 40-year-old was among more than $3.2 million of suspected proceeds of crime that the AFP seized from travellers at Perth Airp...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 25 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between AFP and Australian Border Force Editor's note: Arrest vision and images available via Hightail A NSW woman is expected to appear in the NSW Local Court - Bail Division on Monday (26 January, 2026), after allegedly attempting to smuggle more than 39kg of methamphetamine into Australia, concealed inside her luggage. Australian Border Force (ABF) officers selected the w...
Belconnen, ACT, Jan. 25 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: UPDATED 12:30PM Sunday,25 January 2026 Thanks Canberra, Izaak has been safely located and returned to medical care. -- ACT Policing isissuing a further call forassistancetolocatemissing22-year-oldmanIzaakRamunni. Izaakwas lastseen yesterday afternoon (Saturday,24January2026) inParkes when heabsconded from medical care.Police and Izaak's family holdsignificantwelfareconcernsandareagainrequesting the public'sassistan...
Belconnen, ACT, Jan. 25 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking the public's assistance to locate missing 42-year-old man Warren Gamble. Warren has not been heard from since last month, Wednesday, 24 December 2025, and was last believed to be in Woden. He is described as Caucasian in appearance, about 165cm (5'5") tall, with short brown hair and average build. Warren is known to frequent under the bridge near the Woden Cemetery. Police and Warren's family...
Belconnen, ACT, Jan. 25 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 41-year-old woman has died following a single vehicle collision in O'Malley yesterday afternoon. About 12.50pm yesterday (Saturday, 24 January 2026), police and emergency services were called to Yamba Drive near the intersection with Mawson Drive where a grey SUV had left the roadway and collided with a tree. Sadly, a 41-year-old woman was declared deceased at the scene with a 30-year-old man transported to hospital...