CANBERRA, ACT, May 8 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: The Albanese Labor Government is acting to strengthen the annual superannuation performance test. This is all about better aligning and unlocking investment that also boosts productivity, while keeping member interests front and centre. Labor built the superannuation system, and the Albanese Government is always looking for ways to make it stronger to deliver a secure retirement for fund members. Any refor...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 8 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint release between AFP, Australian Border Force and Victoria Police Editor's note: Vision of operational activity is available via Hightail. Four Melbourne men have been charged after allegedly accessing and distributing ISIS propaganda online. Australian Border Force (ABF) officers intercepted a Roxburgh Park man, now aged 20, and conducted a routine examination of his luggage at Melbourne Int...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 8 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint release between AFP, Victoria Police and ASIO Editor's Note: Vision of the arrests are available via Hightail. Two Australian women from Victoria have been charged by the Victoria Joint Counter Terrorism Team (JCTT) with crimes against humanity offences allegedly committed in Syria. The women, aged 53 and 31, are expected to face Melbourne Magistrates Court today (8 May, 2026), after being a...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 8 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Editor's note: Images of consignment available via Hightail A Kellyville man is scheduled to appear before Penrith Local Court today (8 May, 2026) after a multi-national police operation saw 300kg of methamphetamine hidden inside pressure washers seized by Canadian a...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 8 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A West Australian man was sentenced yesterday (7 May, 2026) to twenty-two months' imprisonment for possessing and transmitting child abuse material. The Perth District Court ordered the man, 27, serve a non-parole period of five months before being eligible for release on a 12-month good behaviour recognisance order. The AFP began an investigation in March 2025, after Interpol UK reported a user sharing chil...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 8 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Queensland Police Service (QPS), the Australian Federal Police (AFP), Mexico's Office of the Attorney General (FGR) through the Specialized Prosecutor's Office for Organized Crime (FEMDO), and Mexico's Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC). Editor'snote:Photographsavailable onHightail Two Mexican men have been detained and ordered to stand trial and m...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 8 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: CARINA GARLAND, MEMBER FOR CHISHOLM:Good morning, everybody. I'm Carina Garland, I'm the Federal Member for Chisholm. And I'm so pleased to see so many people here today, including, of course, the Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese, the Premier of Victoria, Jacinta Allan, Ministers and State and Federal colleagues. I've lived in the southeastern and eastern suburbs of Victoria almost my entire...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 8 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: The Albanese Government continues to invest in Victoria's future with a new investment of $3.8 billion towards the transformational Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) East project. Delivered as part of the 2026 Federal Budget, this investment brings the total Albanese Government spend for the project to $6 billion. SRL East will deliver a 26-kilometre underground orbital rail line through Melbourne's eastern and...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 8 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: HOST: I've organised today's mystery guest. HOST:Uh-oh. Are we playing like game? HOST:I can't believe this person has agreed to be our mystery guest. Anyway. Okay. HOST:Really? Are we guessing now? HOST:Sidle towards the door, mystery guest. Now, you're going to have to bring your guesses through me, please. HOST:Okay. All right. They're behind a box. HOST:Okay. Well, they're in a suit. Hold there...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 4 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between partners of the Australian Government Fraud Fusion Taskforce and the Queensland Crime & Corruption Commission Editor's note: images/footage from the activity is available via Hightail The Australian Government Fraud Fusion Taskforce (FFT) has seized $176,000 in cash, silver and gold after executing five search warrants in Queensland as part of an ongoing criminal investi...