Belconnen, ACT, Jan. 29 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policinghas charged a 56-year-old woman following the alleged assault of a four-week-old baby in Braddon on the weekend. About 4.30pm on Saturday (24 January 2026), a mother was walkingwith her four-week-old child in a pramonIjongStreet inBraddonwhenthey were approached by another woman. The other woman allegedly blocked the path before reaching into the pram,grabbing the childand flinging him to theground. The mo...
Belconnen, ACT, Jan. 29 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 39-year-old man has been charged with multiple family violence offences following his repeated alleged breaching of bail and family violencecourtorders. InSeptember(2025)aSpecial Interim Family Violence Order was issued by the courtand in November(2025)the manreceivedbail conditionsin the ACT Magistrates Court. Police will allege the mancommitted multiple offences against his former partnerand breached thosecourt or...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 29 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Download Transcript Download Video Watch on YouTube Police have charged a 51-year-old Beaudesert man with high range drink driving, after he was allegedly caught driving more than three times over the legal limit in Brisbane in late 2025. Police were conducting roadside breath tests on Brisbane Street, Beaudesert on 29 December , when the driver was intercepted as part of the operation. It will be...
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. 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 ...