CANBERRA, ACT, March 19 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: RYK GODDARD, HOST:Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, good morning. Welcome to Tassie. ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Good morning. It's an absolutely stunning day here again today. GODDARD:Head to head, kick to kick. Are you or Mary Donaldson better with the footy, Prime Minister? PRIME MINISTER:I think - I have only seen a photo, but I'll concede a loss there, absolutely. I thought she looked abso...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 19 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint release between Australian Federal Police, Western Australia Police Force, Australian Border Force, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission and AUSTRAC Editor's note: An image of the seized item is available via Hightail. Two men have been charged for their alleged roles in a plot to traffic 24kg of methamphetamine and 3.5kg of heroin inside a vehicle driven from South Australia to Wes...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 19 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police, NSW Police Force and Australian Border Force Editor's note:Vision and images of the arrest and seizure are available via Hightail. A Blacktown manappeared before Blacktown Local Court yesterday(18March,2026) charged with attempting to possess20kg ofpuremethamphetaminehiddeninside wooden palletsin a shipping container. An AFP investigati...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 19 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between partners of the Australian Government Fraud Fusion Taskforce Editor's note:Footage from the search warrant are available via Hightail. The Australian Government Fraud Fusion Taskforce (FFT)has executed further search warrants in relation to thealleged defrauding of $3.5 million from the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Investigators from the FFT executed ...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 19 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Thanks for joining us. I'm joined today by Anthea Harris, who we have just appointed the Fuel Supply Taskforce Coordinator. Since the conflict began a fortnight ago, my Government has been working to protect Australians from the effects of the Middle East war. We've already taken a number of significant and indeed unprecedented actions. This morning, I convened the Na...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 19 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: The Albanese Government has appointed Anthea Harris as Fuel Supply Taskforce Coordinator - a new role, supporting the work governments around the country are doing to ensure Australia is overprepared and quick to respond when facing fuel and other supply chain challenges arising from the conflict in the Middle East. The Fuel Supply Taskforce Coordinator will be responsible for the following: * Leadi...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 19 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: The Prime Minister convened National Cabinet today to address fuel security and supply chain resilience in Australia in response to the conflict in the Middle East. First Ministers were provided a situation update from the Director General of the Office of National Intelligence Kathy Klugman and the Director General of Security and Head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Mike Burges...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 19 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ANDY TAYLOR, HOST:Right now, we are talking to the Prime Minister of Australia. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is in the state right now and he joins us live on Triple M. Welcome back to the show, Prime Minister. ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning. It's a beautiful day here in Hobart I've got to say. KAZ MCMULLEN, HOST:It is a beautiful day in Hobart. First question for you, Prime Minis...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 18 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ANNE URQUHART, MEMBER FOR BRADDON: Thanks for being here. It's fantastic to be in Burnie, at Burnie TAFE with the Prime Minister this morning. It's always a pleasure to have him in Braddon. I love having you here to show off what we've got in this beautiful part of the country. We're here at Burnie TAFE to talk to a number of students and people around the Free TAFE, and I'm really excited that we hav...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 18 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: Thank you to your CEO James Voortman for the invitation to join you for breakfast this morning. And thank you to all of you for the contribution you make to our nation. This room represents: Over 3,800 dealerships. 64,000 jobs - including 7,500 apprenticeships. Tens of billions of dollars of economic activity. And behind all of it, people with the aspiration to build a business. The courage to ...