The escalation of organised crime violence could be due to a multitude of reasons – including illicit drug consumption.
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The Victoria Cross recipient was arrested at Sydney Airport. He will face court in New South Wales on Tuesday afternoon to be formally charged.
Police have charged a man with throwing a homemade bomb into a protest crowd. It’s the alleged result of an increasingly complicated style of terrorism.
The caravan full of explosives terrified many Jewish people in January, so why is it not considered terrorism?
The Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel has taken aim at the Albanese government for the second time this week.
Police have upgraded the investigation of the firebombing of the Adass Israel Synagogue to a counterterrorism operation. Here’s how decisions like these are made and why they can take days.
A new report from the Five Eyes nations details cases of young radicalisation across the western world. It emphasises the role parents can play in stopping it in its tracks.
The 1989 trial of Desmond Applebee shows the challenge of interrogating novel scientific evidence – a challenge that persists in Australia today.
The arrest follows a joint investigation between the Office of the Special Investigator and the Australian Federal Police
As of Sunday morning, the Minister for Government Services Bill Shorten and Cyber Security Minister Clare O'Neil were yet to receive information from Optus that was requested on September 27.
Here’s what the Australian Federal Police’s new campaign gets wrong.
The haul from Operation Ironside is impressive. But it has also shown how Australia has become a destination of choice for transnational organised crime groups.
The AN0M app was programmed by law enforcement to allow ‘back-door’ access. This led to the retrieval of information that culminated in hundreds of search warrants.
There is a deep and widening gulf in trust and communications between the agencies and the media that has clearly boiled over in ways that damage both institutions.
A raid undertaken by ASIO and AFP of two Chinese journalists in June as come to light.
Although opportunities have expanded for women in policing, the numbers of women on most forces remain well below 50% and women are very underrepresented in senior roles.
Federal home affairs minister Peter Dutton says the government’s “expectation” is that federal police should consider the importance of press freedom before investigating leaks to journalists.
The new AFP commissioner faces challenges unlike those of his predecessors, such as ensuring the independence and integrity of the police force within the Home Affairs ministry.
Another hectic week in federal politics has seen Labor dealing with a controversy involving union leader John Setka, and the Queensland government giving final approval for the Adani mine.
This week’s raids on media show our democracy at its darkest.
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