CANBERRA, ACT, May 28 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
The AFP has charged a Darwin teenager over alleged possession and online transmission of violent extremist material promoting nationalist ideology.
The youth, 16, is expected to appear in the Youth Justice Court in Darwin today (28 May, 2026) after he was charged yesterday (27 May, 2026).
The AFP's National Security Investigations team (NSI) began an investigation in December, 2025, after a report was made to the National Security Hotline about an online user allegedly accessing and disseminating violent extremist material (VEM) via social media platforms.
AFP investigators allegedly linked the teenager to the alleged offending and executed a search w...