CANBERRA, ACT, March 9 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Townsville man is expected to face Townsville Magistrates Court today (9 March, 2026) charged with accessing and possessing child abuse material. The AFP Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (JACET) charged the man, 22, after investigating a report from the United States' National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about an Australian allegedly uploading child abuse material to an instant messaging p...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 8 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police and Victoria Police Editor's note:Television interviews+ infographics available via Hightail here. Twenty-sixmembers of a secret online child exploitation group have been charged with more than 1000 offences afterone ofthemost significantonline child abuseinvestigationsin Australia. A year-long covert investigation by the AFP and Victoria...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 7 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: The seizure of two mobile phones in a small Swedish town has exposed a criminal architecture stretching across Europe, Asia and Australia. On 4 March, 2026, coordinated actions in Spain, Sweden and Thailand struck key nodes of this network, building on earlier operational activity in Australia. Forensic analysis of the devices led international law enforcement to multiple, interconnected organised crime net...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 6 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Western Sydney man has been jailed for26yearsby the Downing Centre District Court today (6March,2026)after pleading guilty to 17 child abuse offences, including having sexual intercourse withminors. The man,28,will serveanon-parole period of19 years and six months. An AFP investigation began after theAustralian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) receivedtwo separate reportsregardinganonline use...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 6 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Warnbro man is expected to appear in Perth Magistrates Court today (6 March, 2026) charged with soliciting, transmitting and possessing child abuse material, and animal cruelty. The AFP charged the man, 22, yesterday (5 March, 2026) after investigating reports from the United States' National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) about an online user uploading child abuse ma...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 6 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: KIERAN GILBERT, HOST:Prime Minister Albanese, thanks for your time, I know you've been meeting with the National Security Committee again. It's a week into this conflict. Reports that some Australian submariners were on board a US sub that sank an Iranian ship. Can you confirm that for us? ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Well we wouldn't normally confirm such an issue, but given our NSC meetings and ...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 5 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: Prime Minister Carney, Madame Fox-Carney, it is my great honour and absolute pleasure to welcome you and all the members of your delegation to our Parliament, on behalf of the people of Australia. And I know I speak for every member of this place, when I say we are very much looking forward to your address. It may help you to know that back in 1839, Britain sentenced 58 French-Canadians involved in t...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 5 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA:Thank you very much for joining us. And it is wonderful to have welcomed my friend, Mark Carney, the Prime Minister of Canada to Australia. And to be able to reciprocate the generous hospitality that I received at last year's G7 Summit. Canada is one of Australia's closest and long standing partners. And today in our bilateral we've discussed the Indo-Pacif...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 5 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: economic impact of Middle East conflict, petrol prices, repatriation flights Emma Rebellato: We begin this hour with breaking news, and the federal government has confirmed that 3 more flights are due to leave the Middle East this morning that will allow more stranded Australians to come home. Last night there were emotional reunions at Sydney Airport. We'll get more on those in a moment. But...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 5 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: economic implications of Middle East conflict, investment discussions with Canadian Finance Minister, vote for superannuation changes Chalmers: The government is closely monitoring developments in Iran and the Middle East, including implications for the global economy, our domestic economy, and obviously markets as well. The full consequences of this conflict are uncertain, but they're likely...