HAVE YOU SEEN RAYMOND HINGSTON

Belconnen, ACT, April 8 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is urgently seeking the public's assistance to locate missing 48-year-old man Raymond Hingston. Raymond has not been seen or heard from since about 9.30am this morning (Tuesday, 8 April 2025), and was last believed to be in the Duntroon area. He is described as Caucasian in appearance, pale complexion, medium build and short balding hair. Raymond is likely on foot and does not have a mobile phone with hi...


MAN ARRESTED FOLLOWING INTERSTATE PURSUIT

Belconnen, ACT, April 8 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 38-year-old man has been arrested after jumping into Lake Burley Griffin to evade police following a pursuit. About 9am this morning (Tuesday, 8 April 2024), ACT Policing was notified of a pursuit by New South Wales Police Force involving a black Ford Ranger after the driver crossed the border on Canberra Avenue in Fyshwick. The vehicle, which was towing a car trailer with a Toyota Hilux on it, crossed onto the oppo...


TWO MEN TO FACE COURT ON SEXUAL ASSAULT CHARGES

Belconnen, ACT, April 8 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: Two men have been charged after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman known to them over the weekend. Police allege the men, aged 26 and 29, sexually assaulted the woman at the 29-year-old man's residence on Saturday. Following an investigation by the Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Team (SACAT), the two men were arrested at Belconnen Police Station yesterday (Monday, 7 April 2025). Both men will face the ACT Magistra...


MEDIA STATEMENT: FUNDING AWARDED FOR FIRST NATIONS RESEARCH PROJECTS

BRISBANE, Queensland, April 7 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: JOINT STATEMENT Minister for Education and the Arts The Honourable John-Paul Langbroek Minister for Women and Women's Economic Security, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships and Minister for Multiculturalism The Honourable Fiona Simpson Funding awarded for First Nations research projects * Two researchers at leading Queensland universities will share $167,000 in fundi...


FINAL PERSON SENTENCED OVER MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL MONEY LAUNDERING SYNDICATE

CANBERRA, ACT, April 7 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:Audio grabs and vision and photos of syndicate members available via Hightail A Chatswood woman who washed $3.8 million for a Vietnamese money laundering syndicate has become the seventh and final person sentenced under Operation Avarus-Galetta. The woman, 26, was sentenced on 28 March, 2025, by the Downing Centre District Court to 21 months' imprisonment, to be released after seven months on...


WA MAN CHARGED FOR ALLEGED DISORDERLY BEHAVIOUR AT PERTH AIRPORT

CANBERRA, ACT, April 7 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:Vision available via Hightail A Byford man is expected to appear before Perth Magistrates Court today (7 April, 2025) charged with disorderly behaviour at Perth Airport. The AFP responded to a request for assistance inside a domestic terminal last month (24 March, 2025). The AFP will allege the man, 37, was intoxicated as he boarded a flight bound for Melbourne. When airline staff asked the ...


NSW WOMAN, 75, JAILED FOR THIRD TIME IMPORTING 5.1KG OF HEROIN INTO MELBOURNE FROM LAOS

CANBERRA, ACT, April 7 -- 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 available via Hightail. A New South Wales woman has been sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment by the Victorian County Court following her third conviction for heroin importation. The Cabramatta woman, 75, who had twice previously been convicted of the same offence in NSW, will serve a non-parole peri...


GOING GLOBAL: HOW THE AFP'S INTERNATIONAL COMMAND COMBATS THE ILLICIT DRUG TRADE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

CANBERRA, ACT, April 7 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Images, footage and audio grabs available via Hightail When criminals embedded meth in 32 tonnes of paraffin wax, they thought they'd come up with a foolproof way to get the drugs into Australia. However, they couldn't have been more wrong. Unfortunately for them, the shipment was already in the crosshairs of the AFP and Malaysian authorities, who had been working the long game under a new ...


MEDIA STATEMENT: NEW RAIL FACILITY TO SUPPORT HUNDREDS OF JOBS ON THE GOLD COAST

BRISBANE, Queensland, April 7 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, Minister for Manufacturing and Minister for Regional and Rural Development The Honourable Dale Last New rail facility to support hundreds of jobs on the Gold Coast * Crisafulli Government supports hundreds of jobs on the Gold Coast as it delivers major contract to build rail maintenance facility. * New hub will help service expanded fleet of trains being ...


MEDIA STATEMENT: EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST OPEN FOR THE REVIVAL OF DOUBLE ISLAND

BRISBANE, Queensland, April 7 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: JOINT STATEMENT Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, Minister for Manufacturing and Minister for Regional and Rural Development The Honourable Dale Last Assistant Minister for Tourism, Early Learning, Creative Industries and Far North Queensland Ms Bree James Expressions of Interest open for the revival of Double Island * The Crisafulli Government seeks Expressions of Interest for Double I...