Australian National Press Network
October 16, 2026
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Welcome to the BETA VERSION website for the Australiasn National Press Network, to be launched in February 2026. The latest news from across Australia is available through the Australian National Press Network, which includes a number of newspapers: • Adelaide Sun• Brisbane Sun• Canberra Observer• Darwin Observer• Melbourne Observer• Perth Observer• Sydney Mail• Tasmanian Observer…
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Anthony Albanese has apologised for the experience of Jewish Australians and the broader community in the wake of the Bondi terror attack, the ABC reports. “The Prime Minister has defended his decision not to call a national Royal Commission into last week’s attack, as he on Monday unveiled new details of hate speech laws Labor…
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Colac Crime investigation Unit detectives are appealing for public assistance after thieves stole $3000 worth of Lego from a Colac toy store early Sunday morning (Dec. 21). Two offenders forced their way through the front doors of the store on Murray St in Colac about 4am.The pair stole $3000 worth of Lego sets. The thieves…
Read More about VIC: Grinches steal Lego at ColacPolice News
Police have charged a 48‑year‑old Kings Meadows man with being unlawfully armed in public after an incident at the Carols in the Park event in City Park Launceston at approximately 5.45 pm on Sunday evening (Dec. 20).The man was arrested after he sat among a large crowd near the stage and produced a black‑handled knife…
Read More about TAS: Weapon at Carols eventPolice News
Detectives from the Serious and Organised Crime Division have seized a significant quantity of prohibited drugs, a firearm and a large amount of cash, following several investigations conducted in December.Detectives from the Drug and Firearm Squad executed search warrants on december 2 on residences and commercial premises throughout the Perth metropolitan area. It will be…
Read More about WA: Drugs, cash, firearm seizedPolice News
Officers from the State Flying Squad have arrested and charged a 37-year-old South Mackay man with 48 sexual offences. Police executed a search warrant, locating and seizing a phone. It will be alleged the man recorded private acts without consent, took intimate images without consent and distributed intimate images without the subject’s consent causing distress….
Read More about QLD: Mackay man on 48 sexual conduct chargesPolice News
A Sydney man has appeared in Manly Local Court on Monday (Dec. 22) charged with using social media to threaten a federal parliamentarian. The Beacon Hill man, 27, was charged after an AFP National Security Investigations team investigation into an alleged online threat. The Australian Federal Police allegedly linked the threat to the man and…
Read More about NSW: Threat to MP allegedPolice News
A man has been charged with murder after the death of another man at Aldinga. Police were called to a caravan park on Tuit Rd about 2.15pm on Monday (Dec. 2q) after a 71-year-old man was found deceased inside a cabin. At the same time, a 49-year-old Aldinga man presented himself at a police station…
Read More about SA: Man charged over Aldinga deathPolice News
The Northern Territory Police Force is investigating a series of disturbances that occurred in Ramingining over the weekend. From around 4:45pm on Saturday (Dec. 20), police received multiple reports of up to 40 people fighting outside the local clinic. Those involved were allegedly armed with a range of edged and blunt weapons. Police attended and,…
Read More about NT: Community unrest – 40 fight outside clinicCourt
ACT Policing has charged a 29-year-old NSW man after he allegedly travelled to Canberra to have sex with a 14-year-old girl. Police allege the man initiated contact with the young person in January (2025) through social media and engaged in ongoing conversations that became sexualised, despite being aware the girl was 14-years-old. The communications later moved to a messaging application, where police…
Read More about ACT: NSW man faces Court over online groomingTourism
Victoria’s visitor economy has received a boost with the arrival of the first Hong Kong Airlines service into Melbourne. The airline’s first Airbus A330 service touched down at Melbourne Airport on Saturday, December 13. Hong Kong Airlines will operate the route three times a week on Tuesdays, Thursday and Saturdays, adding around 93,600 additional seats…
Read More about VIC: Hong Kong Airlines flies inPolice News
A Bankstown man has faced Bankstown Local Court charged with allegedly making online threats towards a federal parliamentarian. The AFP’s National Security Investigations team received a referral from the parliamentarian’s office on November 27 regarding two emails they had received. These emails allegedly contained threats to kill the parliamentarian and their family. …
Read More about NSW: Threat to MP allegedPolice News
A Townsville man was expected to appear before Townsville Magistrates Court on Monday (Dec. 15) after he was intercepted at an airport before his planned departure to the Philippines for alleged sexual activity with a child. Investigations into the Toomulla man, 61, began on September 3, when the US agency of Homeland Security Investigations referred…
Read More about QLD: Townsville man stopped at airportCourt
The $1.8 million family home of a Sydney man has been restrained and forfeited to the Commonwealth after he was imprisoned over his involvement in a 2022 plot to import 56kg of cocaine into Western Australia. The AFP-led Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce started an investigation into the finances of the man, now 57, after he…
Read More about WA: Court orders $1.8m home to be forfeited over cocaine importCourt
A Darwin based garden maintenance company was fined $10,000 in the Darwin Local Court after a refuelling incident injured one of its workers. Two employees of Tiger Contracting NT Pty Ltd (trading as Tiger Trees NT) were refuelling a work vehicle using a jerry can in October 0222. One employee held the jerry can, while…
Read More about NT: $10,000 fine after fireballEntertainment
The ACT Government has signed a $317 million contract for the construction of Canberra’s new Lyric Theatre. The new theatre will be purpose-built to stage large scale theatrical shows. It will have a large state-of-the-art stage, technical performance capability and excellent sound quality, like that of the Sydney Lyric Theatre and the Princess Theatre in…
Read More about ACT: New Lyric Theatre for CanberraTourism
Hobart Airport will welcome a record one million seats this summer on flights to and from Hobart. This is an 11 per cent increase on last summer and the largest summer schedule on record for the airport. Jane Howlett (pictured), Minister for Tourism, Hospitality and Events, said it is an historic milestone for Tasmania’s aviation…
Read More about TAS: 11% lift in Hobart Airport numbersSport
The AFL has confirmed the return of ‘AFL Origin’. Western Australia will take on Victoria on Saturday February 14 at Optus Stadium The state-based rivalry returns at the elite level for the first time in more than 25 years, having last been played in 1999 when Victoria played South Australia at the MCG. The 2026…
Read More about WA: Black Swan lines up for State of OriginPolice News
Detectives from the Sexual Crimes Squad are appealing for information following a sexual assault at a B&S Ball in Winnindoo. Police have been told a 24-year-old woman went to one of the portable toilets around 50 metres from the stage at the Rices Lane function about 11pm on Saturday, November 15. When she entered the…
Read More about VIC: Sexual assault at B&S ballPolitics
The Queensland State Government has passed new laws in Parliament to modernise defamation laws. The Defamation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 delivers “nationally consistent reforms that strike a better balance between protecting reputations and upholding freedom of expression”, following a nationwide review of how defamation laws operate. The amendments clarify responsibility for material published…
Read More about QLD: Defamation reform passesSport
Adelaide International 2026 will host a stack of world class tennis players this summer after the entry lists were revealed – with 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic headlining, in his third visit to South Australia. The world No.4 holds the record for most Grand Slam men’s singles titles in history, including 10 Australian Open…
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The $12 million upgrade of Broken Hill Hospital’s emergency department is now complete. Completed in stages, the ED has expanded with a full internal refurbishment and reconfiguration, providing expanded and upgraded treatment spaces and improved patient flow. Stage 3 is the final stage of the ED upgrade and includes a new main entry, reception area,…
Read More about NSW: Emergency Dept opens at Broken HillConsumer News
The consumer watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, is suing home meal delivery providers HelloFresh and Youfoodz for allegedly misleading consumers, claiming the companies used what’s known as a “subscription trap”. The ABC said: “The ACCC claims the high-profile meal services broke consumer law by telling customers they could easily cancel subscriptions via online…
Read More about NATIONAL: HelloFresh and Youfoodz sued by ACCCPolice News
Two children have been removed from harm in the Philippines and two adults charged, after an investigation sparked by intelligence from Philippine authorities and the Australian Federal Police. The Philippine National Bureau of Investigation arrested a woman and man for alleged child sexual abuse offences and took two children known to them into care after…
Read More about NATIONAL: AFP helps removal of children from abusePolice News
Emergency services were searching the waters off Cape Jaffa for two overdue fishermen. The alarm was raised about 4pm Tuesday (Dec. 6) when the two men had not returned from collecting craypots. Police immediately launched a search of the area, with the assistance of Water Operations Police, SES, PolAir, the Challenger aircraft, drones and local…
Read More about SA: Search off Cape JaffaPolice News
Police havecharged a 27-year-old male in relation to the suspicious death of his female partner at Borroloola on Saturday, December 6. The man has been charged with murder and remanded to appear in Darwin Local Court on December 19. Police continue to urge anyone with information about the incident to make contact on 131 444…
Read More about NT: Borroloola murder chargePolice News
ACT Policing is seeking the public’s assistance to identify a man following a theft in Fyshwick. Police received a report from a shop in Fyshwick where a man has allegedly entered the store in October and stolen a $4000.00 pressure washer. Following enquiries, police are now seeking to identify the male who is believed to…
Read More about ACT: Person of interest in Fyshwick theftPolice News
A former school worker has been charged with child sex offences following an investigation by Northern Family and Sex Crimes Division. The 70-year-old man was arrested and charged with persistent sexual abuse of a child or young person. The charge relates to crimes allegedly committed in Tasmania between 2018 and 2020. The man is expected…
Read More about TAS: 70-year-old man charged with sexual abusePolice News
Major Crash Investigation Section with assistance of Fitzroy Crossing Police are investigating a fatal crash that occurred in Fitzroy Crossing on Sunday (dec. 14). About 4.40am, police received a report of a crash involving the rider of a KTM off-road motorcycle onFlynn Drive between Henwood Close and Spinifex Place. Emergency services attended the scene and…
Read More about WA: Fatal crash at Fitzroy CrossingPolice News
Police have located and seized large quantities of cannabis, weapons, and drug paraphernalia while executing search warrants in Munro Plains on November 30 and December 20. Officers from Tully Police Station executed two search warrants, which resulted in two men being arrested on six charges. Police located and seized over 200 rounds of ammunition, several…
Read More about QLD: Firearms, drugs seized at Munro PlainsPolice News
Police are continuing to investigate a mass shooting that resulted in 16 people dying and 40 people being injured in Sydney’s east on Sunday evening (Dec. 14). Emergency services were called to Bondi Beach aboutv 6.40pm, following reports of a public place shooting. Officers attached to Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command, surrounding commands and specialist…
Read More about NSW: 16 dead, 40 injured in Bondi shooting