CANBERRA, ACT, April 10 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: Today the Albanese Government is releasing draft legislation to strengthen the foreign resident capital gains tax (CGT) regime and provide certainty for investors. These reforms will ensure foreign residents pay a fair share of tax in Australia while providing generous concessions for investments in renewable energy. Australia's land and natural resources belong to all Australians. These reforms, first ...
CANBERRA, ACT, April 10 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A West Australian man has been sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment by the Perth Magistrates Court this week (8 April, 2026) for spitting in an AFP officer's face and mouth outside Perth Airport. The man, 52, was also sentenced to four months' imprisonment, which will be served concurrently, for throwing urine-soaked shorts at a Western Australia Police Force (WAPF) custody officer. He pleaded guilty to b...
CANBERRA, ACT, April 10 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: We, the Prime Minister of Australia, the Honourable Anthony Albanese MP, and thePrime Minister of Singapore, Mr Lawrence Wong, reaffirmed the strength of the relationship and the deep reservoir of strategic trust between our two countries, as reflected in theAustralia-Singapore Comprehensive Strategic Partnership 2.0 (CSP 2.0). The enhanced CSP 2.0 sets out the ambitious next phase of cooperation, wh...
CANBERRA, ACT, April 9 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: The Albanese Labor government is unlocking investment in Australia's fuel security, supply chain resilience and critical minerals through the Investor Front Door's first pilot projects. These projects are all about making our economy stronger and more resilient, and our fuel supply more secure. The Investor Front Door will streamline how project developers and businesses interact with government, helping ...
CANBERRA, ACT, April 9 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: Young people in Sydney's Inner West now have a bigger and better headspace centre, with the official opening of the expanded headspace in Ashfield. headspace Ashfield has relocated to Level 2, 320 Liverpool Road, giving more young people and their families access to free mental health support, close to home. The Albanese Labor Government has invested almost $1 million for the new premises which offer...
CANBERRA, ACT, April 9 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editors Note: An image of the man is available via NSW Police. Authorities are appealing for information as a search continues to locate a detainee who escaped from custody at Bankstown yesterday. Michael Angok, aged 30, was transported from Villawood Immigration Detention Centre to Bankstown Hospital yesterday (Wednesday 8 April 2026), where he escaped, running off shortly after 9.30am. Police were notif...
CANBERRA, ACT, April 9 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Joint press conference with The Hon Catherine King MP Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government Subjects: conflict in the Middle East, fuel security, Investor Front Door pilot program, biofuels, cost of living, resource taxes Jim Chalmers: We've seen some really encouraging developments in the Middle East this week, but there's still a lot of uncertainty about...
CANBERRA, ACT, April 9 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: KARA COOK, MEMBER FOR BONNER: Good morning everyone and welcome to the Ampol Lytton Refinery. My name is Kara Cook, I'm the local Federal Member here, and it's my great pleasure to welcome Prime Minister Anthony Albanese here, and of course Minister Chris Bowen as well. We've just had a wonderful tour of the facility. This is a really important facility in my electorate employing almost 1,000 people on...
CANBERRA, ACT, April 9 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:It's wonderful to be here in Singapore. And I thank Foreign Minister Balakrishnan for the warm welcome, once again, back to Singapore. Australia and Singapore are strategically aligned. We share values and we share a relationship of trust between each other. And that is why it's so important that at difficult times in the world we can rely upon each other. We provide ab...
CANBERRA, ACT, April 8 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: KIERAN GILBERT, HOST:Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, thanks for your time. What's your reaction to news of a two-week ceasefire, including the reopening, albeit temporarily, of the Strait of Hormuz? ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:This is positive news. We've been calling for a de-escalation for some time. We want to see a resolution of the conflict. The potential of damage to civilian infrastructur...