CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 16 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:Images available via Hightail A Sydney woman is expected to appear before Blacktown Local Court today (16 October, 2025) charged with allegedly possessing 43 files containing violent extremist material on her mobile phone. The woman, 23, came to police attention in July, 2025, after the AFP received information about a Sydney-based person promoting and sharing extremist material, and glorifyi...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 16 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: An Iraq-born man has appeared before Melbourne Magistrates Court today (16 October, 2025), charged with breaching his visa-mandated conditions. The AFP charged the man, 36, today (16 October, 2025) after he was located in a town about 50km north of Melbourne. It will be alleged the man allegedly breached one of the conditions of his Commonwealth visa by failing to ensure his electronic monitoring device wa...
Belconnen, ACT, Oct. 16 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 16-year-old girl will face the ACT Children's Court today after allegedly assaulting a police officer in Woden yesterday. About 4:15pm on Wednesday (15 October 2025), police attended a department store in Woden after receiving reports that a female was threatening a staff member with a knife. A short time later police located the 16-year-old girl in a nearby car park and placed her under arrest. The girl became agg...
SYDNEY, Oct. 16 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released its 2025 authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs) Points of Presence Statistics. The Points of Presence Statistics are a detailed listing of the physical banking service channels provided to Australians, including branches, ATMs and EFTPOS facilities. As the national data collection agency for the financial sector, APRA collec...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 16 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: I am pleased to announce that the Governor-General has agreed to the appointment of Ms Kathy Klugman as the next Director-General of National Intelligence, the head of the Office of National Intelligence. Ms Klugman will take up her appointment when the current Director-General, Mr Andrew Shearer completes his term of appointment. Ms Klugman is the first woman to lead the Office of National Intellige...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Oct. 15 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: The countdown is officially on! In just one year, the Gold Coast will welcome a record-breaking 4,000 competitors from across Australasia, including the South Pacific and Vietnam, for the 20th Australasian Police and Emergency Services Games (APES) 2026. Launched 15 October at Kurrawa, the biennial event will take place from 10-17 October 2026, featuring more than 70 sports and welcoming serving, ret...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 15 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A West Australian woman is scheduled to appear in Perth Magistrates Court today (15 October, 2025) charged over alleged disruptive behaviour on a domestic flight. AFP officers responded to a request for assistance from airline staff at Perth Airport about an incident on a flight departing for Melbourne on 20 June, 2025. The woman, 29, allegedly verbally abused cabin crew after they asked her to remove a bu...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 15 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release with the Australian Federal Police, Australian Sanctions Office and AUSTRAC Editor's note:search warrant footage and Farsi audio grabs from an AFP spokesperson are available via Hightail. The AFP has charged a western Sydney man, 34, for allegedly remitting about $650,000 to Iranian banks in contravention of Australian Government sanctions. The man, a director of an Auburn re...
Belconnen, ACT, Oct. 15 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking information about three youths responsible for the theft of alcohol from a Mawson store last Friday. About 9:38pm on Friday (10 October 2025), three young people entered a liquor store in Mawson. They stole multiple packages of alcohol worth more than $400 before fleeing the scene. Following enquiries, police are now calling on the public for assistance to identify the three young people depict...
Belconnen, ACT, Oct. 15 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an alleged assault committed against a police officer yesterday afternoon. About 3:30pm on Tuesday (14 October 2025), police were patrolling on Lonsdale Street in Braddon when they were flagged down by a member of the public alerting them to a man running into traffic on Cooyong Street in Braddon. Officers observed the man running across multiple lanes of traffic, resulting in driv...