Belconnen, ACT, Jan. 15 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 27-year-old woman has been arrested overnight and charged with family violence offences after allegedly stealing her partner's dog and hitting him with her car. About 10:20pm yesterday (Wednesday, 14 January 2026), the woman is alleged to have taken her partner's dog from his home. Later that night, the man attended the woman's residence in Dunlop to recover his dog. Police will allege the woman then deliberately dr...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 15 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: KELLY VEA VEA, MAYOR OF ISAAC REGIONAL COUNCIL: Thank you everyone for being here, but the biggest thank you obviously goes to our guests today. I'd like to thank you all for making the time for coming out here. What's happened out in our region is significant. And from the event that's happened here in Clermont this week, not only will we recover, but we will grow stronger for that. And we'll grow str...
Belconnen, ACT, Jan. 14 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is warning the community of dangerous pipe bombs which have been located on public paths in Belconnen this week. In the last two days, police responded to reports of several pipe bombs that were located within the vicinity of Lake Ginninderra between Joynton Smith Drive and Ginninderra Drive in Belconnen. ACT Policing is urging anyone who locates a suspicious item within the area not to touch it and immed...
Belconnen, ACT, Jan. 14 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an incident whereseveralyouths stole more than $1,500 worth of alcohol from abottle shop last month. On 12 December 2025,fivepeople, some wearingface coverings,entered a bottle shop at the Chisholm Village shopping centreand stole alcoholbefore fleeing. Several people were in the vicinity at the time and police would like to speak to them. Police would particularly like to speak t...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 12 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: Federal Parliament will be recalled to deal with important national security legislation in the wake of the Bondi terrorist attack. The Prime Minister will write to the Speaker asking for the House of Representatives to sit on Monday 19 January and Tuesday 20 January. Senator Wong as Leader of the Government in the Senate will be writing in similar terms to the President. The first order of business ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 11 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: The Allan and Albanese Labor Governments are standing with Victorians who have been affected by the devastating fires that have torn through so much of the state. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Premier Jacinta Allan visited emergency services on the ground in Central Victoria today to announce an initial $19.5 million support package for bushfire affected Victorians - jointly funded under the Com...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 10 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint release between Australian Federal Police, Western Australia Police, Australian Border Force, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission and AUSTRAC A Perth man charged over his alleged role in a plot to import and distribute more than 525kg of cocaine is expected to appear in Perth Magistrates Court today (Saturday, 10 January, 2026). The Western Australia Joint Organised Crime Taskforce ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 9 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: DAVID WOIWOD, HOST:Yesterday, the Federal Government announced it would open a Commonwealth Royal Commission into antisemitism, bowing to weeks of mounting pressure. And the Prime Minister joins us live now in Canberra. Good morning to you, Prime Minister. ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Good morning, good to be with you. WOIWOD: We've had Jewish leaders on Sunrise just this morning saying that this ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 9 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ALISON PIOTROWSKI, HOST:Well, it's taken three weeks, but the Prime Minister has finally announced a Royal Commission into antisemitism following the Bondi terror attack. JOEL DRY, HOST:It comes 26 days on from the deadliest mass shooting in Australia since Port Arthur. Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, joins us now from Canberra. Prime Minister, why did you take so long to call the Royal Commission? D...
Belconnen, ACT, Jan. 9 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: The ACT has recorded its first road fatality for 2026 following atwo-vehiclecollisionon the Monaro Highway this morning. About 11:30amtoday(Friday, 9 January 2026) police and emergency services received reportsof a collision between a car and atruck near the intersection of the Monaro HighwayandRoyallaDrive. The driver of the car, a 25-year-old man, wastreated at the scene by ACT Ambulance Service paramedics before bei...