The Latest Breaking News from Krissy Barrett

Australia's police are looking to build an AI tool that would detect and interpret emoji slang online in an effort to curb crime among bad actors in hateful communities, dubbed "crimefluencers." The AI will understand the difference between harmless lingo and coded messages to help police combat violent crime.

AFP commissioner Krissy Barrett says online crime networks of young boys and men are targeting vulnerable teen and preteen girls

It comes amid a wave of antisemitic attacks

Former gym owner and alleged drug dealer Sayit Akca tells Four Corners he ‘removed’ explosives threat while denying any involvement in antisemitic attacks

NSW parliamentary inquiry hears ‘extraordinary’ revelation that motivation of overseas mastermind was kept secret due to non-disclosure agreement

Police say they believed soon after the caravan’s discovery in January that it was a ‘con job’, alleging it was fabricated by criminals for personal benefit

Police in Australia say an explosives-filled trailer that politicians earlier described as an antisemitic terrorism plot and a foiled mass casualty event was staged by criminals in a complicated hoax

Police say organised crime gang fabricated a plan to bomb the Jewish site to divert law enforcement resources.

The caravan, discovered back in January, was "never going to cause a mass casualty event", according to authorities.