CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 6 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Thank you, Mr President for your generous words and your very warm welcome. I'm very pleased to be back in Jakarta. No country is more important to Australia - or to the prosperity, security and stability of the Indo-Pacific - than Indonesia. We share a deep trust and unbreakable bond as neighbours, partners and friends. In this spirit of friendship, I extend Australia'...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 6 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint release between Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force Editor's Note: Images and footage available via Hightail An Italian national has been sentenced to a maximum six years and eight months' imprisonment in Western Australia for attempting to traffic Christmas toys stuffed with ketamine into the state. The man, 29, was sentenced by the Perth District Court on 5 February, 202...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 6 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:Imagery of the seized items is availablevia Hightail. A Queensland man is expected to appear before Beenleigh Magistrates Court today (6 February, 2026) charged with allegedly threatening multiple federal parliamentarians on social media. The man, 39, allegedly posted threatening messages to parliamentarians on the platform X between 10 and 15 December, 2025. The AFP National Security Investi...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 6 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Sudan-born man faced Liverpool Local Court yesterday (5 February, 2026) charged with allegedly failing to comply with his mandated curfew conditions. The AFP arrested the man, 31, on 5 February, 2026, in Sydney, NSW. It was alleged the man breached one of the conditions of his Commonwealth visa by failing to observe his residential curfew obligations. The man has been charged with one count of failing...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 6 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:Imagesareavailable via Hightail AnAFP-led Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce (CACT)investigation hasresulted innearly $2 millionworth of cash andotherassetsbeing restrainedunder orders made by theBrisbane District Courtyesterday (5February,2026). Theassets wereseized by the AFP in July 2022 in an investigation that dismantled an alleged criminal network trafficking and manufacturing illici...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 6 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Border Force. Editor's note: Image and video of the arrest are available via Hightail. A Queensland man appeared before Caboolture Magistrates Court today (6 February, 2026) charged with allegedly possessing violent extremist material. The AFP's National Security Investigations (NSI) team in Queensland charged the Morayf...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 6 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Sudan-born man appeared before Melbourne Magistrates' Court today (6 February, 2026) charged with allegedly failing to comply with his visa-mandated conditions. Victoria Police arrested the man, 39, on 5 February, 2026, after he was located in Melbourne. It will be alleged the man breached one of the conditions of his Commonwealth visa by failing to comply with electronic monitoring conditions. The man...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 5 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and I pay my respects to their elders past, present and emerging. I acknowledge all my parliamentary colleagues here today. From the very beginning of the United Nations, Australia has been a leader in the global effort to promote equality for women. Indeed, the reason the UN Charter makes specific mention of sexual discrimi...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 5 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint release between the Australian Federal Police, Western Australia Police Force and Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Editor's Note: The media are reminded of court-ordered non-publication orders in place for this matter. The Western Australia Joint Counter Terrorism Team (JCTT) yesterday (4 February, 2026) charged a man, 31, with one count of engaging in a terrorist act. It is al...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 5 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Newtown man is expected to appear before the NSW Bail Division Local Court today (5 February, 2026) charged for allegedly making an online threat towards a foreign head of state and Internationally Protected Person. The AFP's National Security Investigations (NSI) team began an investigation in January, 2026, following a report of a threat made on a social media platform. Investigators allegedly linked th...