CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 20 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Arrest image is available via Hightail A fourth person was today (20 November, 2025) charged for their alleged role in a multi-million dollar fraud in the Northern Territory. An AFP-led joint agency investigation named Operation Panton Hill - involving the National Anti-Corruption Commission and Department of Defence - began in March 2025, after the AFP received a report of crime from the De...
CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 20 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:Arrest vision and image available via Hightail. A Sydney man, 30, is expected to face the NSW Bail Division Local Court tomorrow (21 November, 2025) charged with using a carriage service to harass a federal parliamentarian. An AFP National Security Investigations (NSI) team began an investigation after identifying an alleged menacing message on an encrypted online platform. The message alleg...
Belconnen, ACT, Nov. 20 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to a red Holden Barina allegedly driving erratically northbound on the Monaro Highway in Hume yesterday afternoon. About 12:49pm yesterday (Wednesday, 19 November 2025), the driver of a red Holden Barina allegedly produced a firearm while driving northbound on the Monaro Highway in Hume. The male driver is described as Caucasian in appearance, believed to be in his late 20's, with a b...
Belconnen, ACT, Nov. 20 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 26-year-old Coombs man has been charged with 26 fraud offences after allegedly defrauding more than $40,000 from multiple Canberrans through fake construction scams. Police will allege the man set up social media profiles for building and landscape businesses before providing quotes and receiving deposits for work to be conducted It will be alleged no construction work was ever commenced and at no time was he qualif...
Belconnen, ACT, Nov. 20 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 57-year-old man has been charged after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman he met on social media. Police allege the man began communicating with the woman in August 2019 after offering his services as a photographer. They arranged to meet in 2019 and 2020 but during those meetings, he allegedly undressed the woman and sexually assaulted her. The incidents were reported to police in July 2020 and following an inv...
CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 20 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: COP, the energy transformation, International Monetary Fund report Kieran Gilbert: Let's go live to the Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, who joins us on Newsday. Treasurer, thanks for your time. Nice to chat to a young bloke like Jack. He's from Melbourne and won this huge competition and appearing at Carnegie Hall this Sunday. Jim Chalmers: What a seriously talented fella. My goodness. Gilbert: ...
Belconnen, ACT, Nov. 20 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: Last Tuesday afternoon (11 November 2025) ACT Policing officers responded to reports of an active armed offender in possession of a knife at Westfield in Woden, who had allegedly committed an aggravated robbery at a store located inside the shopping centre. At the same time police had received reports there had been multiple attempted car jackings in the area with a young person allegedly threatening members of the pub...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Nov. 20 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: A new cohort of Queensland Police Service (QPS) officers has taken an oath to serve the people of Queensland during a graduation ceremony held in Townsville today. The ceremony marks the culmination of eight months of intensive training at the Townsville Police Academy, which encompassed theoretical learning, operational experience and meaningful community engagement. The new constables will now app...
SYDNEY, Nov. 20 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has launched a new report on APRA's assessment of risks and vulnerabilities facing the Australian financial system. The new System Risk Outlook report, which will be published twice a year, increases transparency around what APRA is seeing in the domestic and international risk environments to inform its regulatory priorities. Key insights fro...
CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 20 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: The International Monetary Fund has today backed Australia's budget and fiscal strategy at a time of global uncertainty. The IMF's Statement highlights Australia's soft landing, strong economic foundations and our ambitious reform agenda. It is a powerful endorsement of Labor's responsible economic and fiscal management. "Australia is managing a soft landing amid global uncertainty: inflation has decline...