CANBERRA, ACT, April 24 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: Today I'll host New Zealand Finance Minister Nicola Willis in Brisbane for a bilateral engagement on trade, investment and fuel security. This is all about coordinating efforts on fuel supply and security in our region, strengthening partnerships and supply chains across the Tasman, and gathering more intelligence on how our industries are dealing with this crisis. Securing more fuel and strengthening su...
CANBERRA, ACT, April 24 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Sydney woman is due to appear before Fairfield Local Court on 17 June for allegedly using social media to threaten a federal parliamentarian. The AFP's National Security Investigations (NSI) team started an investigation in March, 2026, into a social media post that allegedly contained a threat to a parliamentarian. The investigation traced the allegedly threatening post to a Yennora woman, 24. The AF...
CANBERRA, ACT, April 24 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Arrest vision available via Hightail. A Queanbeyan man is expected to appear in Perth Magistrates Court today (24 April, 2026) charged over alleged disorderly and aggressive behaviour that led to his mid-flight restraint when travelling from Canberra to Perth. The man, 45, allegedly behaved in a disorderly manner by shouting, swearing and ignoring safety instructions from airline crew durin...
CANBERRA, ACT, April 24 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: The Albanese and Rockliff Governments are protecting jobs and critical manufacturing capability at Liberty Bell Bay during its administration process.  EY have formally accepted both Governments offer to jointly provide a $3 million loan, on a 50:50 basis, to support workers while administrator EY continues to conduct an ex...
SYDNEY, April 24 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released a consultation package on the transition of life insurance data collections from Direct to APRA (D2A) to APRA Connect. APRA proposes to update the reporting standards to ensure consistency with other collections in APRA Connect. Written submissions are due by 3 July 2026. The consultation package and the letter to industry can b...
CANBERRA, ACT, April 23 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police and National Disability Insurance Agency, NDIS Commission and Australian Taxation Office. Editor's note: Images of the arrest are available via Hightail. A Sydney man is expected to appear before Camden Local court today (23 April 2026) charged in relation to alleged NDIS fraud. The 33-year-old first came to the attention of the Fraud Fu...
CANBERRA, ACT, April 23 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Footage of the man's arrest is available via Hightail. A Victorian man is expected to appear before Perth Magistrates Court today (23 April, 2026) charged with endangering the safety of Perth Airport. AFP officers at Perth Airport responded to an incident yesterday (22 April, 2026) after receiving a report of a man entering the international terminal and allegedly making threats towards th...
CANBERRA, ACT, April 23 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: BILLI FITZSIMONS:Prime Minister, thank you for joining The Daily Aus. ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Great to be here in your new studio. FITZSIMONS:You are our first guest in our new studio. PRIME MINISTER:Well, I should be opening something. FITZSIMONS:Yeah, it's only right that the Prime Minister is our first guest. PRIME MINISTER:Putting a plaque on the wall or something. Well, congratulati...
CANBERRA, ACT, April 23 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: PATRICIA KARVELAS, HOST: Prime Minister, welcome to Afternoon Briefing. ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good to be with you, Patricia. KARVELAS: Prime Minister, you said we're not about to go into Stage Three of the restrictions on fuel in an imminent way. What does that actually mean? What is the trigger to move to Stage Three? PRIME MINISTER: What it means is that, at the moment, for this mon...
CANBERRA, ACT, April 23 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Good afternoon. Today, we held a National Cabinet meeting and it was the third that we have had since the conflict in the Middle East began. It was a very constructive meeting, an important one, to provide the states and territories with updates from the Fuel Security Taskforce Commissioner, Anthea Harris, and also from Minister Bowen and myself. Australia remains stea...