CANBERRA, ACT, May 8 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A West Australian man was sentenced yesterday (7 May, 2026) to twenty-two months' imprisonment for possessing and transmitting child abuse material. The Perth District Court ordered the man, 27, serve a non-parole period of five months before being eligible for release on a 12-month good behaviour recognisance order. The AFP began an investigation in March 2025, after Interpol UK reported a user sharing chil...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 8 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Queensland Police Service (QPS), the Australian Federal Police (AFP), Mexico's Office of the Attorney General (FGR) through the Specialized Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime (FEMDO), and Mexico's Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC). Editor'snote:Photographsavailable onHightail Two Mexican men have been detained and ordered to stand trial and m...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 8 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: CARINA GARLAND, MEMBER FOR CHISHOLM:Good morning, everybody. I'm Carina Garland, I'm the Federal Member for Chisholm. And I'm so pleased to see so many people here today, including, of course, the Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese, the Premier of Victoria, Jacinta Allan, Ministers and State and Federal colleagues. I've lived in the southeastern and eastern suburbs of Victoria almost my entire...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 8 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: The Albanese Government continues to invest in Victoria's future with a new investment of $3.8 billion towards the transformational Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) East project. Delivered as part of the 2026 Federal Budget, this investment brings the total Albanese Government spend for the project to $6 billion. SRL East will deliver a 26-kilometre underground orbital rail line through Melbourne's eastern and...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 8 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: HOST: I've organised today's mystery guest. HOST:Uh-oh. Are we playing like game? HOST:I can't believe this person has agreed to be our mystery guest. Anyway. Okay. HOST:Really? Are we guessing now? HOST:Sidle towards the door, mystery guest. Now, you're going to have to bring your guesses through me, please. HOST:Okay. All right. They're behind a box. HOST:Okay. Well, they're in a suit. Hold there...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 4 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between partners of the Australian Government Fraud Fusion Taskforce and the Queensland Crime & Corruption Commission Editor's note: images/footage from the activity is available via Hightail The Australian Government Fraud Fusion Taskforce (FFT) has seized $176,000 in cash, silver and gold after executing five search warrants in Queensland as part of an ongoing criminal investi...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 4 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Footage is available via Hightail. Three men are expected to appear in Downing Centre Local Court on 24 June, 2026, charged with allegedly attempting to import a commercial quantity of heroin into Australia. Australian Border Force (ABF) officers selected two men - one aged 35, the second aged 36 - for baggage examinations after they arrived at Sydney Airport on a flight from Thailand on 23 A...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 4 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Joint press conference with Senator the Hon Katy Gallagher Minister for Finance Minister for the Public Service Minister for Government Services Subjects: upcoming Budget, savings, tax reform, child care, migration, APS staffing, off-budget measures, inflation, tobacco excise, fuel excise and cost-of-living relief Jim Chalmers: We want to focus on the Budget today, but we know that the Budget's not ...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 4 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA:Well, can I say that it is an honour to welcome Sanae to Australia, as we mark a truly special milestone.50 years since our countries signed the historic Basic Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation. That Treaty was first championed by Prime Minister Whitlam in 1973 when he visited the historic capital city of Nara, sister city to Canberra and the home district...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 4 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA: Well, Prime Minister, a very warm welcome to you here in Australia and in Canberra. You are here for our Annual Leaders' Meeting, but most importantly to celebrate 50 years since the signing of our Basic Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation. This is a relationship with a foundation built on trust, on friendship, and on looking after each other's interests. I...