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Australian police and policing

News, comment and analysis on the Australian federal police (AFP) and state and territory police forces

May 2026

  • Bush says investigators are focused on uncovering the motive and identifying those orchestrating the network behind the crimes

    Victoria police target organised crime after wave of suspicious Melbourne fires - video

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  • Derek Jones in a white shirt looking out a lounge room window

    ‘White shirt guy’ claims he was assaulted by police at the Sydney rally against Isaac Herzog. Now he plans to sue

  • Alan Jones Faces Court On Historical Sexual Misconduct ChargesSYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 18: Alan Jones The home of Alan Jones, pictured outside court in December 2024, was searched in November 2024 after an eight-month investigation into reports of historical sexual abuse.

    Alan Jones claims invalid warrants, police impropriety and ‘willy-nilly’ search in sex abuse investigation

  • Former constable Zachary Rolfe

    Father of Zachary Rolfe tells inquiry more must be done to fight ‘widespread racist behaviour’ in NT police

  • Queensland sovereign citizen known as ‘His Serene Highness’ loses appeal for return of gun licence

  • Kumanjayi Little Baby: desperate hope, grief and a loss that’s ‘too traumatising to talk about’

April 2026

  • The interim report of the royal commission into antisemitism and social cohesion recommends high-risk, particularly ‘public facing’, events ought to have the same procedures as Jewish High Holidays, David Heilpern writes

    double quotation markThe royal commission into antisemitism’s interim report should improve safety. But what’s revelatory is what it does not recommend

    David Heilpern
  • A woman is carried by police officers

    Police say they will charge people with unrest in Alice Springs after arrest over death of Kumanjayi Little Baby

  • A line of police officers and volunteer searchers scour bushland opposite the racecourse as the search for the missing five-year-old girl enters its fifth day.

    ‘We’re coming for you’: NT police search for suspect after body of missing five-year-old found

  • Candle tributes left for the victims of the Bondi beach shooting

    More security at Jewish events and a national gun buyback: key takeaways from the antisemitism royal commission

  • Bondi royal commission: report calls for better policing of Jewish festivals after ‘high’ terror risk flagged for Hanukah event

  • Police believe man suspected of abducting five-year-old Aboriginal girl is being helped by some in the community

  • Twelve arrests, 15 attacks and no clear motive: police launch taskforce after Melbourne bars and restaurants firebombed

  • Police believe five-year-old Aboriginal girl was led away by older man seen holding her hand

  • Peter James rushed to help during the Port Arthur massacre: ‘Some people were falling apart. I would become one of them’

  • Five-year-old Aboriginal girl may have been abducted from Alice Springs home, police say

  • Patient allegedly attacks several nurses, police and member of the public at Sydney hospital

  • Queensland police recall 15,000 service-issued Glock handguns after discovery of fault causing multiple shots to fire

  • YouTuber investigated for trespassing after footage of Dezi Freeman’s hideout posted online

  • Learner driver charged over Supanova expo death at Melbourne showgrounds

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