CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 24 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Thanks for joining me. I want to update Australians on an incident in which an artificial intelligence agent has infiltrated an Australian Government website. This incident occurred in June of this year and involved an OpenAI agent gaining unauthorised access into the public-facing Medicare statistics reporting service portal, which is administered by Services Australi...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 24 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY, PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE:I'm very thankful to Anthony personally, and we have very good relations. Thank you to your people, the people of Australia, and your team. Thank you for such great support from the very beginning of this war. Australian people have always been on the side of Ukraine. Thank you very much for real support, specific one, military support, energy support, which w...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 24 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: Today Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed the Australia-Ukraine Bilateral Security Agreement. The Agreement provides a framework for defence and security cooperation and affirms Australia's enduring commitment to Ukraine. After more than four years of defending itself against Russia's unprovoked and unjustified invasion, Ukraine has developed one of th...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 23 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Local Government and Water and Minister for Fire, Disaster Recovery and Volunteers The Honourable Ann Leahy * Crisafulli Government celebrates outstanding Queenslanders strengthening disaster resilience in communities at the 2026 Queensland Resilient Australia Awards. * Councils, schools, organisations and individuals were recognised for their important w...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 23 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Acting Minister for Transport and Main Roads The Honourable Tim Mander * A stronger and more resilient Cuttaburra Crossing has been delivered for Western Queensland communities, with Stage One of the upgrade now complete. * Three kilometres of newly sealed road across the Eyre Creek floodplain will improve access and reliability between Bedourie and Birdsville. * St...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 23 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Local Government and Water and Minister for Fire, Disaster Recovery and Volunteers The Honourable Ann Leahy * The Crisafulli Government delivers on a key election commitment to make Queensland safer, with $1 million security upgrades completed in Brisbane. * TheCitysafe CCTV network has been expanded across inner-city suburbs, including Fortitude Valley, ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 23 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: JOINT STATEMENT Premier and Minister for Veterans The Honourable David Crisafulli Minister for Natural Resources and Mines, Minister for Manufacturing and Minister for Regional and Rural Development The Honourable Dale Last * Crisafulli Government has awarded petroleum and gas tenders for four highly prospective areas in the Taroom Trough to secure future domestic ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 23 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Finance, Trade, Employment and Training The Honourable Ros Bates * The Crisafulli Government has delivered the new Electrotechnology Centre at TAFE Queensland Alexandra Hills which will help hundreds of apprentices complete their training. * $5 million facilitywill provide state-of-the-art training and deliver critical capstone testing - the final step n...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 23 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Sport and Racing and Minister for the Olympic and Paralympic Games The Honourable Tim Mander * The Crisafulli Government is delivering a new hybrid governance model for Queensland Racing. * Racing Queensland and the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission functions will be brought together under one entity. * Independent oversight of integrity and animal...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 23 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning and Minister for Industrial Relations The Honourable Jarrod Bleijie * The Crisafulli Government declares three major steel industry projects Prescribed Projects to supercharge jobs and economic growth. * Projects would boost Queensland's localsteelmaking, recycling and manufacturing capabilit...