A 26-year-old man has been extradited from Poland and charged with murder in Sydney. Police allege he was involved in the killing of a 22-year-old man whose body was found in a metal cabinet in a creek at Macksville more than three years ago. Police say the man was living in Poland and was involved along with two other men, who were previously convicted over the incident. Homicide detectives arrested him in Poland, with help from Polish authorities, before escorting him back to Sydney. He was refused bail and is due to appear in court.
A 23-year-old male constable from the Queensland Police Service's Southern Region has been charged with misconduct in public office. The charge relates to alleged conduct while the officer was on duty. The officer has been stood down and is expected to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on 26 October 2026. The Queensland Police Service says it informs the public when officers face serious misconduct allegations, but that this does not mean the allegations have been proven.
A 40-year-old woman has been charged after repeated complaints about loud music at a home in Holt, in the Australian Capital Territory. Residents reported ongoing noise problems between April and October to ACT Policing and the Environment Protection Authority. Officers attended the property 78 times. On Thursday, 22 October 2026, police returned to the residence and, working with EPA officers, recorded a noise level above the threshold for entering the property. The woman was arrested, 26 speakers were seized, and she is due to appear before the ACT Magistrates Court on Friday, 23 October 2026.
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A 23-year-old male constable from the Queensland Police Service's Southern Region has been charged with misconduct in public office. The charge relates to alleged conduct while the officer was on duty. The officer has been stood down and is expected to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on 26 October 2026. The Queensland Police Service says it informs the public when officers face serious misconduct allegations, but that this does not mean the allegations have been proven.
Former Australian sprinter Jake Doran has been charged with indecent treatment of a child in Queensland. Police charged the 26-year-old last week. Doran was the 2022 Australian 100m champion and won the 200m at the 2023 Australian Athletics Championships. Australian Athletics says it has imposed a provisional action on him, banning him from club, member association and national events, as well as athletics training. The body said the safety of participants is paramount and that the matter is now with police.
Police have charged a 20-year-old man with dangerous driving causing death over an alleged hit-and-run in Alice Springs. The 57-year-old man was found unresponsive on Len Kittle Drive on May 20 and died at the scene. Police say he was struck by a vehicle near Blatherskite Park after being seen on dash cam footage. The man was arrested at Alice Springs police station and remanded in custody. He is due to appear in the Alice Springs Local Court tomorrow.
A 45-year-old Maryborough man charged with murder has appeared in court over the death of Alan Thomas Christi, 41. Christi was found unresponsive on Slaughterhouse Rd at Maryborough, Queensland, on October 7 and was declared dead at the scene. Police allege the fatal assault happened at the same location. The accused, who was already in custody over another matter, appeared by video link in Maryborough Magistrates Court on Wednesday and was remanded in custody. Police have not disclosed a motive or the cause of death.
Police have charged a 45-year-old man, Shaun Glen Brett, with the murder of Thomas Christie, 41. Mr Christie's body was found beside a walking trail in Maryborough West on October 7. Police allege he was assaulted in the early hours and died at the scene on Slaughterhouse Road. Both men were known to each other and had been sleeping at a nearby campsite. Mr Brett appeared in Maryborough Magistrates Court, was remanded in custody, and the matter was adjourned until January 19.
Police have charged a 19-year-old Morningside man over alleged hate-motivated threats made against a family at a Morningside home. It is alleged that the man made abusive remarks and threats at about 12.30am on 19 October. Detectives from the Counter-Terrorism Investigation Group arrested him on 20 October at an accommodation in Spring Hill without incident. He faces three counts of threats, serious vilification or hate crime. He was refused bail and is due to appear before the Brisbane Magistrates Court on 21 October.
A 31-year-old man has been charged with murder over the death of a man in Melbourne's west. Emergency services were called to a St Albans address on Belfort Street just after 12:30am on the weekend after reports of a man with what appeared to be stab wounds. Police said the 56-year-old victim was taken to hospital in a critical condition, where he later died. The accused was arrested at the scene and is due to face Melbourne Magistrates' Court today. Police are investigating and have asked anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
A 43-year-old woman has been charged over an alleged attempt to poison a co-worker's lunch curry with snail pellets. WA Police say the curry, brought in by a 58-year-old colleague to share, was contaminated at a Perth workplace in southern suburbs in February. Police allege the pellets contained metaldehyde, a poisonous substance. The intended victim tasted a small amount after spotting green granules and reported numbness to her tongue. The accused was arrested last week and charged with one count of unlawful act or omission with intent to harm.
A Perth woman has been charged after allegedly putting poisonous snail pellets in a colleague's curry at a workplace in Oldbury, south-east of Perth. Police allege the 43-year-old woman added the pellets to food her colleague, 58, had brought to share. The colleague noticed bright green granules at lunchtime and reported numbness to her tongue after tasting it. Detectives allegedly identified the substance as metaldehyde-based snail pellets. The woman has been charged with endangering the life, health or safety of a person and is due to appear in Armadale Magistrates Court on November 5.
A Perth woman has been charged after allegedly putting poisonous snail pellets in a colleague's curry at a workplace in Oldbury, south-east of Perth. Police allege the 43-year-old woman added the pellets to food her colleague, 58, had brought to share. The colleague noticed bright green granules at lunchtime and reported numbness to her tongue after tasting it. Detectives allegedly identified the substance as metaldehyde-based snail pellets. The woman has been charged with endangering the life, health or safety of a person and is due to appear in Armadale Magistrates Court on November 5.
A 35-year-old Christie Downs woman has been charged after a two-car crash at Moana, in Adelaide's south, that killed an 11-year-old girl. South Australia Police said the woman was driving a Nissan sedan carrying the girl when it collided with a Subaru station wagon on September 22. The girl died at the scene. The woman was taken to hospital in a serious condition. Police arrested her and charged her with aggravated causing death by dangerous driving and aggravated causing harm by dangerous driving.
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Liban Ali, 31, has faced court for the first time over the alleged murder of 21-year-old Jayda Allen Bonner. She was found dead in an apartment block on Cardigan Street in Carlton, Melbourne, shortly before 2am on Saturday. Ali was arrested early on Tuesday after presenting himself to a police station. Police sought extra time to prepare their brief of evidence, and Ali was remanded in custody to appear again in March. A 60-year-old man arrested after the incident was released pending further inquiries.
Reece Anthony Salcedo, 29, has been refused bail after allegedly firing at a car carrying four teenagers in southern Canberra. Police allege a boy in the back seat was shot in the back and taken to hospital. A witness told police Salcedo admitted firing at the car, and he was arrested within hours. Salcedo faced the ACT Magistrates Court on Saturday and was charged with one count of committing an act endangering life. The court remanded him in custody to appear again on 4 November.
NSW Police have charged Isaac James Bechara, 19, with murder over the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old boy in Sydney's north west. It is alleged the teenager pointed a handgun at the boy while showing it off to friends, then fired, in a living room at a Fairway Drive property on September 21. The boy died in hospital days later. Police arrested Mr Bechara at a Silverwater correctional facility, and he has been refused bail. Police say the firearm has not been recovered and that some people inside the home have not been fully truthful.
A Logan man has been charged with the murder of a 32-year-old who died in hospital from a stabbing at a house on Barcelona Street, Wishart. The victim was wounded in the chest early on Saturday morning and taken to Princess Alexandra Hospital, where he died. Police say the two men knew each other. The accused, also 32, was first charged with grievous bodily harm, but the charge was upgraded to murder after the death. He is also charged with contravening an order about information needed to access electronically stored information.
A 53-year-old man has been charged over alleged offensive behaviour on the Campbell Parade footbridge at Bondi Beach. Police say they received complaints on Friday afternoon that he hung a flag from the bridge and made offensive hand gestures. He was arrested at the scene and charged with behaving in an offensive manner in a public place. He was denied police bail and was due to face bail court on Saturday. The footbridge was the site of the December 2025 Bondi Beach shooting, which killed 15 people.
