CANBERRA, ACT, July 10 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Colyton man is expected to appear in Parramatta Local Court today (10 July 2026) charged over an alleged bomb hoax targeting a foreign embassy in Australia. The AFP's National Security Investigations (NSI) team began an investigation in June 2026, after receiving a report from a foreign law enforcement partner of an online threat to harm a foreign embassy located in Australia. Police linked the man, 47, ...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 10 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's Note: Footage of the arrest is available on Hightail A Western Australian postal worker is scheduled to appear at Perth Magistrates Court today (10 July, 2026) charged with two counts of tampering with mail. The AFP started investigating after receiving a report from Australia Post in relation to the suspected theft of packages in Western Australia. Following a review of CCTV footage, the compa...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 10 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: The AFP has charged a northern NSW man over a series of allegedly offensive social media posts directed toward a federal parliamentarian. The Woolgoolga man, 53, is scheduled to appear before Coffs Harbour Local Court on 4 September, 2026. The AFP's National Security Investigations (NSI) team launched an investigation in June, 2026, after police received a report of offensive and threatening posts on socia...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 10 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: The AFP has charged a West Australian man with an additional 11 offences relating to the alleged transmission of child abuse material and animal cruelty. The man is scheduled to appear in Perth Magistrates Court today (10 July, 2026). The AFP initially charged the man, now 23, on 5 March, 2026, after finding alleged child abuse material and videos showing the man allegedly engaging in acts of animal cruel...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 10 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the AFP and theABF. Editor's note: Images of the original operation are available via Hightail. An Arncliffe man who ran an organised crime syndicate that profited from human trafficking between Australia and Indonesia has today been sentenced to six years and five months' imprisonment, with a non-parole period of four years and five months. The man, now 45, is the fi...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 10 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA:Well, Prime Minister Modi, welcome back to the sacred turf of the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The birthplace of Test cricket, the home of Australian Rules Football, and the scene of so many famous contests between Australia and India. Just two years ago, Australian and Indian fans broke an attendance record that was 90 years old. Over five days, 370,000 peopl...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 10 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: Australia and India have committed to expanding sports cooperation, a shared passion and rapidly growing economic opportunity for both nations. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi of the Republic of India, met in Melbourne today and announced that the opening Australian Men's Big Bash League match will take place in Chennai in December this year. This will be the fir...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 9 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Panamanian National Police, the Panamanian Public Prosecution Office, the AFP and Australian Border Force. Twenty-six port workers have been arrested in Panama following a two-year international investigation into an organised crime network allegedly responsible for trafficking more than one tonne of cocaine intercepted in Australia and across Europe. Police will a...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 9 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: * We, the Prime Ministers of India and Australia, drawn together by our ever closer bilateral ties, united in our determination to strengthen our nations' strategic partnership and motivated by a common ambition for an open, peaceful, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific, hereby commit to this Joint Declaration on Defence and Security Cooperation.* We reaffirm the vitality of our Comprehensive Strategic P...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 9 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the AFP, NSW Police Force, ASIO and the NSW Crime Commission. A NSW man appeared in the NSW Bail Division Court today (9 July, 2026) charged with advocating terrorism. The man was refused bail and will reappear in Tweed Heads Local Court on 18 September, 2026. The man, 20, was charged following an investigation by the NSW Joint Counter Terrorism Team (JCTT), comprisin...