THREE WA MEN JAILED AFTER CAPSIZING COCAINE CRUISER IN BOTCHED 300KG DRUG IMPORTATION

CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 23 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:  Vision and images from Op Ayr are available via Hightail. Three men who sank a drug-filled luxury sports cruiser in the waters off Western Australia in 2023 have been sentenced to a combined 29 years and six months' imprisonment for their roles in a botched plot to import more than 300kg of cocaine into the state. The WA men, aged 38, 47 and 51, each pleaded guilty to one count of imp...


MELBOURNE MAN JAILED OVER FRAUDULENT BUSINESS ACTIVITY STATEMENTS

CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 23 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Taxation Office. A Melton man has been sentenced to one year and six months' imprisonment for defrauding and attempting to defraud the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) of more than $250,000 in fraudulent business activity statements. He was sentenced in the County Court of Victoria on 14 October, 2025, to 18 months impri...


WA PERSON JAILED FOR GRAPHIC ONLINE CHILD ABUSE OFFENCES

CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 23 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A West Australian individual has been sentenced to nine years and nine months' imprisonment by Perth District Court yesterday (22 October, 2025) for accessing, possessing and transmitting more than 100 videos and images of graphic child abuse material. The person, 33, will be eligible for parole in five years and 10 months. An investigation began when the AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploita...


NT MAN CHARGED WITH SOLICITING AND POSSESSING CHILD ABUSE MATERIAL

CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 23 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between Australian Federal Police and Northern Territory Police. A Northern Territory man appeared before the Alice Springs Local Court yesterday (22 October, 2025), accused of soliciting child abuse material via a messaging platform from users overseas. Investigations into the Petermann man, 36, began after the AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) ...


SUDAN-BORN MAN CHARGED OVER ALLEGED VISA BREACHES IN NSW

CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 23 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Sudan-born man is set to appear before Liverpool Local Court today (23 October, 2025) charged after allegedly failing to comply with his visa-mandated curfew conditions. The AFP charged the man, 30, on 22 October, 2025, after he was located in Sydney It will be alleged the man breached two of the conditions of his Commonwealth visa by failing to observe his residential curfew obligations. The man has be...


MAN CHARGED FOLLOWING VEHICLE THEFT AND AGGRAVATED BURGLARY

Belconnen, ACT, Oct. 23 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing hascharged28-year-old manfollowing a vehicle theft and an aggravated burglary earlier this month. On 1 October 2025, police allege the man attended a car hirestorefront at Canberra Airport and stole a set of keys for a white Mazda CX-3before stealing the vehicle from the carpark. About 5am on 2 October 2025,two peoplebroke into a home inEvatt. The28-year-oldman allegedly smashed a windowwitha hammer befor...


APRA PROPOSES MORE ACCESSIBLE PATHWAY TO IRB ACCREDITATION FOR BANKS

SYDNEY, Oct. 23 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has proposed a simpler, clearer and more streamlined pathway for banks to become accredited to use the internal ratings-based (IRB) approach to calculating credit risk-weighted assets. The IRB method is one of two approaches banks can use to calculate risk-weighted assets, which determines the amount of regulatory capital they need to hold for ...


PRESS CONFERENCE - WASHINGTON DC

CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 22 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Thanks for joining us. And for the travelling media as well, thanks for making the effort of coming here to the United States for what has been my seventh visit to the United States as Prime Minister, my third since the federal election in May, and it has been a very significant visit. I'm joined today by the Minister for Resources and Northern Australia, Madeleine Kin...


TELEVISION INTERVIEW - SUNRISE

CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 22 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: NATALIE BARR, HOST:The Prime Minister joins us from the White House, good morning to you. ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Good morning, Nat. BARR: Tell us, what was going through your mind when the President turned to you and said, does he still work for you? PRIME MINISTER:Well, yesterday was an important meeting. We had an $8.5 billion dollar deal. We confirmed AUKUS and my focus was on what a su...


SA WOMAN CHARGED OVER ALLEGED ROLE IN FAILED $20 MILLION COCAINE IMPORTATION

CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 22 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint release between the Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force Editor's note: Images of the seizure available via Hightail The AFP has charged a Prospect woman over her alleged role in a failed 62kg cocaine importation, after the drugs were found inside mechanical equipment. The woman, 30, was charged yesterday (21 October, 2025) and released on police bail. She is expected to a...