Belconnen, ACT, Dec. 24 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 22-year-old Belconnen man has been charged with multiple offences after heallegedlyboundand assaulted a manin a Reid unit. ACTPolicing was called to aunit complex on Ainslie Avenue in Reid at about 9.05am yesterday (Tuesday, 23 December 2025)after nearby workers heard a man callingforhelp. Officers were directed to the unit where the calls were coming from,and the door was answered by a man and a woman, with calls f...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 24 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: Today I have written to the Governor-General to request the creation of a Special Honours List in response to the terrorist attack at Bondi Beach on 14 December 2025. What happened at Bondi showed the worst of humanity - hatred, antisemitism and violence. But it also showed the best. People ran towards danger. They put themselves at risk to help others not because they had to, but because it was the ...
Belconnen, ACT, Dec. 23 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: UPDATE 5:30PM, 24 December 2025 The missing 49-year-old womanwe posted about yesterday has been located. -- ACT Policing is seeking the public'sassistancetolocatemissing49-year-oldwoman Carmen Johnson. Carmenhas not been seen or heard from sinceyesterday morning (Monday, 22 December 2025) and was last seen at a residence in Monash. Sheis described asCaucasianinappearance, about170cm(5'5") tall, withbrown shoulder ...
Belconnen, ACT, Dec. 23 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and dashcam footage following a dangerous driving incident in the Dickson Tradies Carpark yesterday afternoon. About 3:10pm yesterday (Monday, 22 December 2025), a woman was standing at the driver's door of a white Ford Ranger utility vehicle bearing ACT registration YSI97E. A man known to the woman was in the driver's seat. The pair allegedly engaged in a verbal altercation before th...
Belconnen, ACT, Dec. 23 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A44-year-old Moncrieff woman will face court today after allegedly biting an ACT Policing officer during an arrest yesterday. About8:30amyesterday morning (Monday, 22 December 2025), police were called toa residence in Moncrieff followingareport of adisturbance between the 44-year-old woman and her partner. Police spoke to the woman and her partner, with both enteringa written agreement to keep the Kings Peace for 24 ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 23 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:A little over a week ago, Australia suffered the deadliest terrorist attack ever committed on our soil. It was an antisemitic attack on our Jewish community, but an attack on Australian values and on Australian society. Which is why for many of us, Christmas this year will feel a bit different. What is normally a time of celebration and family and faith will this year b...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 23 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: The festive season is a time for giving, and this year members of the Protective Services Group (PSG) within the Queensland Police Service (QPS) had the privilege of joining forces with the Salvation Army to bring joy and relief to families in need. On 18 December, Protective Services Officers (PSO's) worked alongside volunteers and the Beenleigh community to pack and distribute 40 Christmas hampers...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 23 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Queensland Police Service (QPS) is urging road users to carefully consider their behaviours this holiday season following a devastating weekend before Christmas, with six lives tragically lost on Queensland roads from 19-21 December. Sadly, these losses mark the devastating milestone of more than 300 lives lost on Queensland roads so far this year, with the current toll of 301 an increase of 10 compa...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 22 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Sydney man has appeared in Manly Local Court today (22 December, 2025) charged with allegedly using social media to threaten a federal parliamentarian. The Beacon Hill man, 27, was charged yesterday (21 December, 2025) after an AFP National Security Investigations (NSI) team investigation into an alleged online threat. The AFP allegedly linked the threat to the man and executed a search warrant at a Beac...
Belconnen, ACT, Dec. 21 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A deceased man hasbeen located ina Braddon unit overnight, witha37-year-old woman assisting with police enquiries. About11.35pm last night (Saturday, 21 December 2025) police and ACT Ambulance Service paramedics were called to a uniton Lowanna Street in Braddon following reports of an injured man at that location. Uponarrival,a man waslocated deceased inside the unit.A37-year-oldwoman,who waspresentwhen policearrived,...