CANBERRA, ACT, July 16 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: New ASIC numbers out this week show more new companies were registered in June than in any other month since these records first began in 1999. 43,393 new businesses were registered in June and 385,716 in 2025-26, both new highs. This is the first time on record that more than 40,000 businesses were registered in a single month. More businesses were created in the month after the Budget than in any other...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 16 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: The Albanese Government is today releasing new Statements of Expectations for the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). In both Statements there's now a bigger emphasis on promoting growth. This is all about enabling our financial regulators to unlock more productivity and more growth in our economy. These statements will ensure...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 15 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: SARAH FERGUSON, HOST:Prime Minister, welcome. ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Good to be with you. FERGUSON:What is driving this switch to more central control of artificial intelligence? Is it voter angst about the impact on their jobs, on their communities, on their safety? PRIME MINISTER:That this change is happening, and we either allow it to take its course without any control or regulation, o...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 15 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Brisbane man, 64, is expected to face NSW Bail Division Court today (15 July, 2026) after allegedly committing an act of indecency on a domestic flight. The AFP will allege the man inappropriately touched a female passenger seated next to him during a flight from Perth to Sydney yesterday (14 July, 2026). Following a request for assistance from airline staff, AFP officers met the aircraft on its arrival ...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 15 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force Editor's note: Images available via Hightail. The AFP is seeking information from members of the public after 534kg of cocaine was found hidden inside a shipping container in Sydney this week (13 July, 2026). Australian Border Force (ABF) officers examined the consignment, which was bound for Victoria, and identifi...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 15 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and I pay my respect to elders past, present and emerging. It's great to be back at Sydney University, a place that holds so many fond memories. When I was studying economics here in the 1980s, the world was being taught the meaning of economic rationalism. Thatcherism in Britain, Reaganomics in the United States. Yet here...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 13 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: PLEASE NOTE: Media are reminded of their obligations under section 15A of the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987. Editor's note:Arrest images and vision available via Hightail More than 120 impacted families have been contacted by the AFP over alleged offending involving child victims which were identified during an investigation into a former Sydney childcare worker. The AFP can reveal the man, 35,...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 13 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: It is an incredible honour for me to be here today in the Sydney Opera House to celebrate the life of Richard Scolyer AO. United within the walls of one great national treasure to celebrate the life of another national treasure. And what a truly remarkable life it was. In the great constellation of the Australian story, Richard was without question one of our bright stars. A medical revolutionary in...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 13 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: The Albanese Labor Government is strengthening skills and training for Australians - with Free TAFE enrolments surging past 800,000. Since the Government established Free TAFE in 2023 there have been more than 814,000 course enrolments, with strong growth in enrolment and course completion numbers across the country in qualifications that are building the numbers of skilled workers in priority industr...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 10 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Colyton man is expected to appear in Parramatta Local Court today (10 July 2026) charged over an alleged bomb hoax targeting a foreign embassy in Australia. The AFP's National Security Investigations (NSI) team began an investigation in June 2026, after receiving a report from a foreign law enforcement partner of an online threat to harm a foreign embassy located in Australia. Police linked the man, 47, ...