CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 18 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Images of the mobile device are available via Hightail. A Darwin man was sentenced to eight years and nine months' imprisonment by the Darwin Supreme Court yesterday (17 December, 2025) for a range of child abuse offences, including the possession of more than 8500 child abuse images. The man, 19, pleaded guilty to a total of 16 offences, including producing, soliciting, accessing and posses...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 18 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A South Sudan-born man is expected to appear before Melbourne Magistrates Court today (18 December, 2025), charged for allegedly failing to comply with his visa-mandated conditions. The AFP charged the man, 38, after he was located in Melbourne earlier today. It will be alleged the man failed to maintain his electronic monitoring device in working order between the dates of 8 December, 2025 and 14 December...
Belconnen, ACT, Dec. 18 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking to identify a man and two vehicles following a theft in Braddon last month. About 10:55pm on Tuesday, 25 November 2025, a man allegedly attended a takeaway business on Mort Street in Braddon and stole two red outdoor umbrellas valued about $2,000 total. CCTV footage depicts the man putting one umbrella in each utility vehicle before he drives away in one. Following enquiries, police are now se...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 18 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: Today, the Albanese and Minns Governments have announced an immediate support package to assist victims, their families, and small businesses impacted by the Bondi terror attack. The package has been jointly funded by the Albanese and Minns Governments, with most elements to be funded under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA), which have been activated in the wake of this attack. The pa...
SYDNEY, Dec. 18 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: APRA and AUSTRAC have both announced actions to address weaknesses in Bendigo and Adelaide Bank's (Bendigo Bank) money laundering risk management, non‑financial risk management practices and risk culture. It follows the findings of an independent review undertaken by Deloitte into suspected money laundering at a Bendigo Bank branch, which the bank reported to AUSTRAC. This independent review...
SYDNEY, Dec. 18 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has imposed additional licence conditions on Equity Trustees Superannuation Limited (ETSL) to address prudential concerns relating to its investment governance frameworks and practices, including oversight of platform investment options made available to members. ETSL acts as trustee for 11 registrable superannuation entities (RSEs) and has app...
SYDNEY, Dec. 18 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has accepted a court enforceable undertaking (CEU) from Netwealth Superannuation Services Pty Ltd (Netwealth) to address material weaknesses in its investment governance framework and practices. Netwealth has around 115,000 member accounts andover $40 billionin funds under management. This action follows APRA's recent thematic review of the in...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 18 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: There is no place in Australia for antisemitism. It is an evil that tears at the fabric of our country. It puts the peaceful, free and equal society we cherish at risk. Sadly, since the terrible events of October 2023 we have witnessed a series of appalling attacks targeting Australia's Jewish community. That culminated on Sunday in one of the worst acts of mass murder this country has ever seen. Th...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 17 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: Bondi terrorist attack, mid‑year budget update Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers, before we get to the budget update, let's just start with the aftermath of the Bondi massacre. Many people want a much broader response from the federal government than another round of gun reform, important as that might be, and you yourself, I think, have flagged that the government should do a lot more to ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 17 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Joint press conference with Senator the Hon Katy Gallagher Minister for Finance Minister for Women Minister for the Public Service Minister for Government Services Subjects: MYEFO, Bondi terror attack Jim Chalmers: Hi, everyone. Thanks for your patience. I think you will understand why we delayed the start of the press conference. We wanted to be upfront from the very beginning and say that obvio...