Belconnen, ACT, Sept. 15 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to a ram raid at Kippax Fair in Holt on Saturday. At around 6:30am Saturday morning (13 September 2025) police attended the shopping centre and discovered a stolen front loader had been driven into the front windows in an attempt to steal an ATM, causing significant damage. The large metal bollards in front of the shopping centre prevented the vehicle gaining further access into the ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 15 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: The Australian Bureau of Statistics has delivered the latest annual update to the Measuring What Matters dashboard as part of the Government's wellbeing framework. This is about measuring what matters most to Australians to help deliver better outcomes for our people, our communities and our economy. This annual update to the dashboard is the second since the first Measuring What Matters Statement in 202...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 15 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: MARK GIBSON, HOST: Well, you know it's a big announcement when the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese comes to town along with his Deputy PM and Defence Minister Richard Marles. Yesterday they were at the Henderson shipyard south of Perth, which will be turned into a global defence precinct, building and servicing naval ships and submarines. Now this morning, the PM is flying to Papua New Guinea to sign ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 14 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will travel to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea from 15 to 17 September to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Papua New Guinea's independence. Australia is proud to participate in this milestone celebration. Papua New Guinea is not only one of our closest neighbours but also the truest of friends. Our unique relationship has been forged by shared history, mutual respe...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 14 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: The Albanese Government will provide $12 billion towards delivering a Defence Precinct at Henderson to deliver continuous naval shipbuilding and AUKUS in Western Australia. Alongside the Albanese Government's record investments across shipbuilding and AUKUS in the West, these commitments will support 10,000 direct jobs over the next two decades as well as providing opportunities for small and medium ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 14 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint Australian Federal Police and South Australia Police media release. Editor's Note: Video grabs and arrest vision available via Hightail The AFP and South Australia Police have charged six Adelaide men in six days over separate allegations of online and real-world sexual exploitation of children. The arrests were made between 6-11 September as part of a National Child Protection Week opera...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 14 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police, NSW Police Force and Australian Border Force Editor's note:Vision and images from search warrants available via Hightail The AFP has executed 15 search warrants and charged nine people with more than 30 online child abuse offences during a two-week blitz, with assistance from NSW Police Force (NSWPF) and Australian Border Force (ABF). T...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 13 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between Australian Federal Police, New South Wales Police Force and United States Homeland Security Investigations Editor's note:Footage of the man's arrest is available viaHigh tail. A Sydney man who pretended to be a teenage boy to trick girls into sending him sexually explicit images before extorting them for more content has been sentenced to four years and six months' im...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 13 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release with the Australian Federal Police and Queensland Police Service Editor's note:arrest vision and images of seized available via Hightail Two men have been charged with allegedly trafficking firearms to a violent paramilitary group based in Indonesia. A two-year joint investigation by the Queensland Joint Counter Terrorism Team (QLD JCTT) - made up of AFP, Queensland Police S...
Belconnen, ACT, Sept. 13 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 36-year-old Moncrieff man has been charged with possessing child abuse material following a search warrant yesterday. After police received information about the transmission of child abuse material through an internet server, police began an investigation and on Friday 12 September a search warrant was conducted at the man's residence in Moncrieff. During the search police allegedly located a mobile phone co...