CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 7 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint release between the Australian Federal Police and Tasmania Police A Tasmanian man has been sentenced to five years and six months' imprisonment, with a non-parole period of two years, for a raft of child abuse-related offences. The man, 57, was sentenced by the Hobart Supreme Court yesterday (6 August, 2025) for offences related to the production and possession of 13,496 files found to cont...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 7 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Tongan national has appeared before Bankstown Local Court today (7 August, 2025) charged with recklessly wounding a security officer at Villawood Immigration Detention Centre. The man was awaiting deportation for visa breaches when it is alleged he used an improvised weapon to wound a security officer working at the facility yesterday (6 August, 2025). The man was subsequently arrested by NSW Police befor...
Belconnen, ACT, Aug. 7 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: Update at 3.25pm Thursday 7 August 2025: Thank you Canberra. The two men we sought to identify today have presented themselves to a police station this afternoon and are assisting with enquiries. -- - ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and information following an assault in the City last month where a man was hospitalised. About 3:15am on Sunday, 6 July (2025), a man was assaulted by another man following an argument ...
SYDNEY, Aug. 7 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released a consultation on proposed non-confidentiality determinations for the general insurance (GI) and life insurance (LI) industries and updates to GI & LI statistical publications. The consultation paper, along with content of the publications and the items proposed to be non-confidential, are available on the APRA website: Enhancements...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 7 -- Geoscience Australia issued the following news release: Earth science at work from land to sea As Australia shivers in the winter, it's a good time to look back over a successful summer of Earth science in the Antarctic. Geoscience Australia's Earth science experts play an important role in the Australian Antarctic Program, applying our specific expertise to our frozen territory in the south. Director of Antarctic Geoscience, Dr Steph McLennan, explained that over th...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 7 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Far North Queensland man will face Cairns Magistrates Court today (7 August, 2025) charged for his alleged role in a failed attempt to import 110kg of cocaine via the Torres Strait in September last year. The Yorke Island man, 38, was arrested yesterday (6 August, 2025) on Masig Island in the Torres Strait and charged with one count of possession of a commercial quantity of border-controlled drugs, contrar...
SYDNEY, Aug. 7 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) will make changes to its banking framework to increase proportionality and reduce regulatory burden as part of the Council of Financial Regulators' (CFR) Review into Small and Medium-sized Banks. The findings and recommendations of the Review, undertaken by the CFR1 and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, were released yesterday ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 7 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: The government is taking the next step in reforming and improving the retirement phase of superannuation to help deliver a more dignified retirement for more Australians. Today we are releasing 2 consultation papers on 2 key planks of our retirement phase reforms to help ensure Australians have the choice, guidance and products they need to make the most of retirement. These reforms are all about ensuring ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 7 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: Today we have released three issues papers ahead of the Albanese Government's Economic Reform Roundtable from 19-21August. The Roundtable is all about building consensus around reforms, the issues papers do the problem definition. The issues papers released today cover each of the three themes of the Economic Reform Roundtable - resilience, productivity, and budget sustainability and tax reform. They defi...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 7 -- Murray-Darling Basin Authority issued the following news release: The trip started in Shepparton, for meetings with the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority, and the Goulburn Murray Water Leadership Group. It was great to hear local perspectives and have an opportunity to update them on MDBA projects. Both groups were keen to hear about the next steps in the Basin Plan Review and to share their views on key issues in the region. The team then travelled to Ec...