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Fact Check: Use of metadata in relation to journalists
Publish date: 13.02.2016 The AFP is aware of a recent statement made by the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), claiming that it “is trawling the metadata of journalists and we know that because when we met the federal government representatives and the federal police to discuss our concerns about the metadata legislation, the AFP admitted that they had accessed the metadata of journalists 13 times in an 18-month period in an effort to identify the source of a published story”.
MOREMan arrested for importing methamphetamine
Publish date: 12.02.2016 A 27-year-old Sydenham man is scheduled to appear in Melbourne Magistrates Court today charged by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) with importing approximately 23 kilograms of methamphetamine into Australia.
MORELarge drug bust in Perth seizes $66 million worth of Ice
Publish date: 10.02.2016 A 22-year-old Chinese national has been arrested and 26.4 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine has been seized in Perth following a joint agency investigation to reduce the flow of ice into Western Australia.
MORENSW JCTT charges Auburn woman
Publish date: 06.02.2016 The NSW Joint Counter Terrorism Team has charged an 18-year-old Auburn woman with 31 counts of “failure to answer questions” under the provisions of Section 25 (2)(b) of the Crime Commission Act (2012) (NSW).
MORESouth Australian man arrested for child exploitation offences
Publish date: 29.01.2016 Detectives from the South Australia Police Special Crimes Investigation Branch and the Australian Federal Police arrested a 52-year-old man from the northern suburbs overnight as part of the Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (JACET).
MOREMan charged with selling counterfeit electronics on the Gold Coast
Publish date: 29.01.2016 A 30-year-old Bulgarian national is scheduled to appear in Southport Magistrates Court today (Friday, 29 January), charged with allegedly selling and possessing counterfeit electronic goods at a retail kiosk in Surfers Paradise.
MORETwo men charged and almost 5kg of crystal methamphetamine seized
Publish date: 28.01.2016 Two men have been charged following a joint agency investigation into the importation of border controlled drugs through the air cargo and international air mail stream.
MOREHarmful drugs stopped from entering remote indigenous community
Publish date: 27.01.2016 A Bees Creek man will appear before Darwin Magistrates Court today for attempting to supply cannabis with an estimated street value of more than $120,000 and alcohol to a remote indigenous community in the Northern Territory.
MORECocaine in chocolate seized at Sydney Airport
Publish date: 26.01.2016 A 27-year-old Malaysian man has appeared before the Parramatta Local Court today, charged with importing approximately 4.7 kilograms of cocaine in boxes of chocolate.
MOREMan charged after Joint Counter Terrorism Team operation
Publish date: 26.01.2016 The NSW Joint Counter Terrorism Team has charged an 18-year-old man with three counts of collecting document likely to facilitate terrorist acts.
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