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Millipede Border Control Better Than Ours
A mysterious line where two millipede species meet has been mapped in northwest Tasmania, Australia. Both species are common in their respective ranges, but the two millipedes cross very little into each other’s territory. The ‘mixing zone’...
Australia Going Solar – Gonna Cost Ya, Mate
Green activists, take note – for Australia fully to embrace solar power, Canberra would have to spend $100 billion, with photovoltaic cells to generate the electricity covering an area twice the size of Sydney in order to replace Australia’s indigenous...
22-year-old Malaysian Woman Charged After Attempting to Internally Import Heroin Into Australia
A 22-year-old Malaysian woman has been charged after attempting to internally import heroin into Australia.
Australian Authorities Find 216kg of Illicit Drugs in Carton of Red Raisins
A joint operation between the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) has disrupted an organized crime syndicate, preventing 216 kilograms of illicit drugs worth an estimated $30 million from reaching Sydney’s...
Australian Federal Police And Indonesian National Police Sign New Agreement to Combat Transnational Crime
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Indonesian National Police (INP) will continue to work closely together on transnational crime after signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Denpasar on Sunday, November 20 2011.
Two Arrested in Australia for Drugs in Parcels
A 24-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman, both of Lilydale, will appear in Melbourne Magistrates Court following a seven month investigation by the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service and the Australian Federal Police (AFP). How People...
‘We Need Protection Not Detention’ Says Curtin Immigration Detention Centre Detainee
Hussain Ali, an ethnic Hazara Afghan, has experienced first-hand the flaws in Australia’s mandatory detention policy. For more than 21 months, he has been held at the Curtin Immigration Detention Centre (IDC), one of eight high-security facilities...
Australian Law Enforcement Agencies Deal Significant Blow to an International Organized Crime Syndicate
Australian law enforcement agencies have dealt a significant blow to an international organized crime syndicate, arresting four Spanish nationals and seizing 300 kilograms of cocaine from a yacht in Bundaberg, Queensland over the weekend. How People Arrived...
