CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 29 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Images are available via Hightail. A Far North Queensland man was sentenced by Cairns Supreme Court on Tuesday (27 January, 2026) to five years' imprisonment for possessing 110kg of cocaine, seized at Seisa Wharf. The AFP arrested and charged the man, 41, in September, 2024, after linking him to the transfer of illicit drugs from a small boat docked at Seisia Wharf to a vehicle. The Yorke I...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 29 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has concluded his first visit to Timor-Leste as Prime Minister. In Dili, he met His Excellency President Dr Jose Ramos-Horta and His Excellency Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão. The Prime Minister also addressed the Parliament of Timor-Leste, a great honour for Australia. Prime Minister Albanese and Prime Minister Gusmão signed a joint declaration estab...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 29 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: MATT SMITH, MEMBER FOR LEICHHARDT:My name is Matt Smith and I'm the Federal Member for Leichhardt, and I'm here, quite obviously, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Senator Nita Green. It's great for the Prime Minister to be joining us here today, and thank you for stopping in, obviously on the back of a hugely successful trip to Timor-Lese, and with the Pukpuk Treaty as well, he's showing that t...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 28 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: * Timor-Leste and Australia are partners and neighbours with a shared history, values, region and future. Recognising the strength of the partnership, His Excellency Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, Prime Minister of Timor-Leste and the Honourable Anthony Albanese MP, Prime Minister of Australia decide to establish a Parseria Foun ba Era Foun ("Parseria"), which is Tetum for a New Partnership for a New Era...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 28 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: The AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation has called on school communities to help identify and protect vulnerable children amid a growth in reports of forced marriage. According to the latest figures, reports of forced marriage into the ACCCE jumped almost 30 per cent last financial year, from 91 in 2023-24 to 118 in 2024-25. AFP Commander Human Exploitation Helen Schneider said while th...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 28 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: inflation, private investment and private spending, interest rates, the Budget, National Party leadership spill Kieran Gilbert: Let's go live now to the Treasurer Jim Chalmers. The inflation number higher than you would have liked. You were asked about government spending repeatedly in the news conference today. Can I ask you though in simple terms if the government reduces spending, doesn't ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 28 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A New South Wales man was scheduled to appear in Perth Magistrates Court today (28 January, 2026) charged over alleged disruptive behaviour at Perth Airport. The AFP responded to a request for assistance from airline staff at Perth Airport yesterday (27 January, 2026) after a man was removed from a flight to Sydney before take-off because of his alleged intoxication. After the man, 31, was removed from the...
Belconnen, ACT, Jan. 28 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing isseekingtoidentifywitnesses and a man who allegedly assaultedseveral members of the public inGungahlinlastweekend. About 6:40pm on Saturday (24 January 2026), police received reportsof aman allegedly assaultingmembers of the public and causingdamage to carsinHibbersonStreet inGungahlin. Following a review of CCTV footage, police are now seeking the public'sassistancetoidentifythe man. He is described as ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 28 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: New figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show inflation has increased but remains much lower than its peak and much lower than we inherited. This increase was unwelcome but unsurprising. Temporary factors drove some of the tick up, with inflation still expected to decline over time. Inflation has eased substantially since we came to office but is still higher than we'd like. Headline inflati...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 28 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: Your Excellency, President Jose Ramos-Horta. Your Excellency, Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão. Your Excellency, President of the National Parliament of Timor-Leste, Maria Fernanda Lay. Ministers, Vice Ministers and Secretaries of State of the Government of Timor-Leste. And Members of the National Parliament of Timor-Leste. Boatarde. Thank you for your warm welcome, and for granting me the great...