Media releases

*UPDATE: VIDEO AND AUDIO OF THE PROJECT SKYWARP PRESS CONFERENCE IS NOW AVAILABLE. A forced marriage awareness and prevention initiative aimed at reaching passengers at Australia’s busiest airport has been launched today, with the roll out of ‘Project Skywarp’ at Sydney Airport.

A 70-year-old man has been charged with multiple child abuse offences and is scheduled to appear in Darwin Local Court today (14 October 2019).

In what will be considered a world first, today 354 participants will gather across ten locations in Australia to generate leads for 12 national missing person cases for the Australian police.

Joint media release from the Philippine National Police, International Justice Mission and the Australian Federal Police. Philippine authorities have arrested five trafficking suspects who were caught offering minor girls for sexual exploitation online in exchange for money from an online predator.

Delegates from Pacific Island nations’ security agencies came together for the inaugural Joint Heads of Pacific Security event

A 25-year old Alkimos man is due to face Perth Magistrates Court today (4 October) following the alleged assault of an Australian Federal Police (AFP) officer at Perth Airport.

A 37-year-old Sydney man is scheduled to appear before Blacktown Local Court today (2 October 2019) to face multiple charges of child sexual exploitation and possession of child abuse material, while a child has been removed from a harmful situation.

UPDATE: Photos of the swearing in ceremony now available. The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), will today swear in Reece Kershaw APM as the eighth Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police (AFP).

The Australasian Policing community will gather today to honour and remember the men and women from all policing jurisdictions in the region, who gave their lives in the line of duty or as a result of their duties.

A 44-year-old Melbourne man is scheduled to appear before Melbourne Magistrates Court today (26 September 2019) to face charges relating to the possession of child abuse material. He has become the first person charged since the new Combatting Child Sexual Exploitation Legislation Amendment Bill 2019 came into effect last Saturday (21 September 2019).