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Australian Federal Police take control of the Solomon Islands capital of Honiara following three days of civil unrest. A nighttime curfew begins at 7:00 p.m. local time while rioting and looting continues in the Chinatown suburb of the city.
2021-11-26

Australia announces that it will deploy federal police and Australian Defence Force personnel to Honiara to aid with riot control and to secure infrastructure sites following a formal request for help from Prime Minister Sogavare.
2021-11-25

Australian federal police raid the headquarters of the country's public broadcaster, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, regarding the alleged publication of classified material in a 2017 report on allegations that Australian Special forces engaged in unlawful killings and gross misconduct in Afghanistan. The day before, police raided "Herald Sun" journalist Annika Smethurst's home regarding an alleged leak of national security information.
2019-06-5

Australian Federal Police arrest naturalized North Korean Chan Han Choi for violating UN and Australian sanctions by acting as an economic agent for North Korea.
2017-12-17

The murder conviction of David Eastman for allegedly killing former Australian Federal Police Assistant Commissioner Colin Winchester is quashed after Eastman has served a 19-year prison sentence.
2014-08-22

The Australian Federal Police and Dutch police abandon efforts to reach the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 due to escalating tensions.
2014-07-29

Detectives from Scotland Yard contact police in Australia over the apparent suicide of Jacintha Saldanha.
2012-12-9

A dozen members of the Australian Federal Police are expelled from Vanuatu, following a diplomatic row over the arrest of the Prime Minister of Vanuatu's private secretary in Australia last month. [http:--au.news.yahoo.com-thewest-a---world-13653101-australian-police-thrown-out-of-vanuatu- (AFP via Yahoo News Australia)]date=July 2019
2012-05-10

Asylum seekers at the Christmas Island Immigration Reception and Processing Centre off the Indian Ocean coast of Western Australia start a hunger strike in protest at their deportation to Malaysia.
2011-08-6

Australian Federal Police officers fire tear gas to subdue a riot by asylum seekers at the Christmas Island Immigration Reception and Processing Centre.
2011-07-20