CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 7 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: An Australian citizen who resides in Cambodia is expected to appear in Perth Magistrates Court today (7 August, 2026) charged with accessing child abuse material. The AFP charged the man, 67, on 19 June, 2026, after Australian Border Force (ABF) officers intercepted him at Perth Airport following his arrival on an international flight. ABF officers inspected the man's mobile phones as part of a bagga...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 7 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A man is scheduled to appear in Perth Magistrates Court today (7 August, 2026) charged with allegedly grooming a child in the United Kingdom online. The AFP began an investigation into the Leda man, 38, after receiving information from INTERPOL about a UK teenager reporting to police they had been groomed through a social media platform. The teenager said they had a conversation with an online user on a mes...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 7 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint release between Western Australia Police Force, Australian Federal Police, South Australia Police, Australian Border Force, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission and AUSTRAC Editor's note: Images and vision available via Hightail A South Australian man accused of an illicit cash handover is the eleventh person charged as part of an investigation into an alleged drug and money launderi...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 7 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Images available via Hightail A New South Wales man has been sentenced in the Sydney District Court today (7 August, 2026) for dealing with property believed to be the proceeds of crime after he was found carrying more than $600,000 in cash through Perth Airport. The Kingsford man, now 32, was travelling through the domestic terminal at Perth Airport on 14 March, 2023, when aviation security ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 7 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Image of the seized cash available via Hightail. An AFP-led Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce (CACT) investigation has resulted in the confiscation of more than $300,000 following an attempted drug importation into North Queensland. Today (7 August, 2026) the CACT obtained forfeiture orders in the District Court of Queensland regarding $290,000 in cash and accrued interest, totalling ab...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 7 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editors Note:Images of the arrest available via Hightail A Queensland man has been sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment after pleading guilty to 33 child exploitation offences, including grooming children, procuring children, transmitting child abuse material and possessing child abuse material. The Brisbane District Court yesterday (5 August, 2026) ordered the man, 59, serve a non-parole period of six years...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 6 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: International ratings agency S&PGlobal has just re‑affirmed Australia's AAA credit rating. This is a powerful endorsement of the Government's responsible economic and fiscal management at a time of extreme global uncertainty. S&P says "Australia's fiscal performance is sound" and "Australia has modest public debt by international standards." S&P specifically calls out the Government's ambitious tax ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 6 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Arrest vision available via Hightail. A Bankstown man has been sentenced by Bankstown Local Court over online threats made towards a federal parliamentarian. On 27 November, 2025, the AFP's National Security Investigations (NSI) team received a referral from the parliamentarian's office regarding two emails they had received. These emails contained threats to kill the parliamentarian and t...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 6 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: The AFP is renewing a Register of Interest for Australians affected by the 2002 Bali bombings and the 2003 J.W. Marriott Hotel bombing in Jakarta. More than 200 people, including 88 Australians, were killed when bombs were detonated in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali on the evening of 12 October, 2002. A further 12 people were killed and more than 150 were injured when a car b...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 6 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: I am pleased to announce the Governor-General has appointed Mr Simon Draper PSM as Secretary of the Department of Industry, Science and Resources. Mr Draper brings extensive public sector experience to the role, currently serving as Secretary of the New South Wales Premier's Department. Prior to this, Mr Draper held senior leadership positions including CEO of the NSW Reconstruction Authority, CEO of ...