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,...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 21 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: I have asked the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet to lead a review into Australia's federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies. The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet will examine whether federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies have the right powers, structures, processes and sharing arrangements in place to keep Australians safe in the wake of the horrific antisemitic B...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 20 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Thank you for joining us. I am joined by the AFP Commissioner. This has been the darkest week in Australia's recent history. Theterrorist atrocity committed against innocent people celebrating Chanukah last week at Bondi Beach, targeting our cherished Jewish Australian community, has left our nation grieving and angry. The nation is carrying deep pain and sorrow, and la...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 20 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A United Kingdom national appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates' Court last night (19 December, 2025) over allegedly aggressive behaviour towards AFP officers at Melbourne Airport. The man has been remanded and will appear at Melbourne Magistrates' Court on 16 March, 2026. The man, 35, was arrested about 5pm on 16 December, 2025, after the AFP responded to a report of a man attempting to board an internati...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 20 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Queenslanders are being encouraged to don their running shoes and join in the annual nationwide fitness event promoting health, resilience, and well-being as Run Army gets set to return in March. Uniting Queenslanders in a powerful show of community spirit and fitness, the annual running event brings community members together to raise much needed funds for charities in support of first responders in...