CANBERRA, ACT, March 18 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: AFP Special Operation Avalite has charged a Victorian man with allegedly making death threats and antisemitic comments to a Commonwealth Member of Parliament. The man, 41, was charged today (18 March, 2025) with: * One count of using a carriage service to menace, contrary to subsection 474.17 of the Criminal Code (Cth), which carries a maximum penalty of five years' imprisonment; and * One count of thr...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 18 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A South Sudan-born man was sentenced to 14 months' imprisonment by the Perth District Court yesterday (17 March, 2025) after pleading guilty to 11 breaches of his visa-mandated conditions. The Commonwealth sentence will start in July, 2025, following a term of imprisonment the man is already serving for unrelated state offences. The Judge ordered the man serve one month in custody for the Commonwealth off...
BRISBANE, Queensland, March 18 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: The Queensland Police Service (QPS) is this week celebrating Harmony Week, with events taking place across the state, including at Police Headquarters in Brisbane today. The QPS Multicultural Affairs Unit, alongside Police Liaison Officers and Cross-Cultural Police Officers, have held a morning tea to celebrate the many cultures, languages and backgrounds of QPS staff and officers. The QPS reaffirm...
Belconnen, ACT, March 18 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 19-year-old Higgins man who tried to evade police after performing a burnout in the car park of the Belconnen Police Station will face court today. At about 8.40pm yesterday (Monday, 17 March) police will allege a group with trail bikes were performing burnouts in the Belconnen car park before one man rode up to the front doors of the station on a yellow Suzuki motorcycle before riding back to the car park. Police ...
Belconnen, ACT, March 18 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking to identify a man to assist in the investigation into an alleged assault that occurred in a City nightclub last month. About 11:00pm on Saturday 15 February (2025), a patron of a City nightclub was allegedly assaulted by a man. Following inquiries police would like to speak to the man in this image or anyone who knows this man. Police believe this man has information that can assist with the i...
Belconnen, ACT, March 18 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 24-year-old man has been extradited from Victoria where he fled after allegedly assaulting his partner. About 9pm on 9 January 2025, police allege the man assaulted his partner at her residence in Phillip, strangling her and striking her in the head repeatedly. The incident was reported to police a short time later and the woman was taken to hospital for treatment. Despite efforts by police, the man was unable to ...
Belconnen, ACT, March 18 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an incident in Namadgi National Park overnight. About 6.30am this morning (Tuesday, 18 March 2025), police and emergency services responded to a report that a woman had been located at the Namadgi National Park visitor centre. Police are appealing to anyone with information about the incident to come forward. At this stage, police do not believe there is an ongoing threat to the ...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 18 -- Murray-Darling Basin Authority issued the following news release: The likelihood of water quality issues typically reduces as the season transitions from warmer to cooler months. Conditions remain favourable for algal growth across much of the Basin, particularly within some northern Basin rivers/storages, the Menindee Lakes and lower Darling-Baaka, parts of the Lachlan/Murrumbidgee and mid-Murray systems, and some central Victorian storages. Low dissolved oxygen (D...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 18 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: the Budget, jobs numbers, spending, tax cuts, tax reform, cheaper medicines announcement, global trade, protesters, debates with AngusTaylor KieranGilbert: Treasurer, thank you for your time. In your 3 previous Budgets and in fact, in your speech in the last week or so, you've spoken about the concerns internationally. They are no less stronger today than they have been at any point do you n...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 18 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: economic recovery, Brisbane Olympics, Ex-TC Alfred recovery, electricity prices, tariffs, GST, renewable energy, Queensland parliamentarians JackMcKay: Treasurer, thank you very much for that address. We'll now turn to the question and answer segment of today's event and we'll turn to the press gallery very soon. But, Treasurer, I just want to ask you. Obviously this Budget is being delivere...