CANBERRA, ACT, July 8 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: After returning from Fiji and the Solomon Islands and signing historic agreements with Fiji and Vanuatu, Prime Minister Albanese will host Pacific leaders from Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Tonga in Brisbane for ongoing regional security talks. These important meetings will take place on the same day that Australia's historic mutual defence treaty with PNG comes into force. Prime Minister Albanese will ...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 8 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: The Albanese Labor Government is backing local jobs and manufacturing through its investments in Australian-made electric trucks - with the first locally built Volvo electric truck rolling off the production line in Brisbane. The Government's investment of $70 million with Volvo Group Australia - through the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) - will see more Australian-made electric trucks on our ...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 8 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: JULIE-ANN CAMPBELL, MEMBER FOR MORETON:The Prime Minister is here in Queensland this morning because we make things here in Queensland, and I'm not just talking about making it two out of three tonight at the State of Origin, although that would be a great way to top off today. I'm talking about the fact that right here we make trucks in Queensland, the electric truck, the first of its kind to be manufa...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 8 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA: Prime Minister Fakafanua, you are very welcome here in Australia. This is our first meeting, but, of course, Australia and Tonga have such a warm and long friendship. We're all part of the Pacific family and that is why I'm so pleased to welcome you here. Indeed there is, of course, the people-to-people connections are so strong, including in my local elect...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 8 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: * Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Prime Minister James Marape held the sixth Australia-Papua New Guinea Annual Leaders' Dialogue on 8 July 2026 in Brisbane.* The Prime Ministers acknowledged the Turrbal and Jagera peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which they met and recognised other people or families with connection to the lands of the Brisbane region. They acknowledged and resp...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 8 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, the Honourable James Marape MP, have today announced the entry into force of the Pukpuk Treaty. Australia and Papua New Guinea are now formally allies. This is Papua New Guinea's first alliance with any country, and Australia's first in more than 70 years. The Pukpuk Treaty is underpinned by a mutual defence commitment, recognisin...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 8 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police, Australian Border Force, Queensland Police and Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Editor's note: Image of arrest is available via Hightail A Gold Coast man is expected to appear before Southport Magistrates Court today (8 July, 2026) charged with violent extremist material offences. The Pacific Pines man, 51, allegedly posse...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 8 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint release between Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force Editor's note: arrest image available via Hightail. A Perth man has been charged after Australian Border Force (ABF) investigators at Sydney International Airport located alleged child abuse material on his phone. The 33-year-old man was intercepted and selected for a baggage examination after he arrived on a flight from...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 8 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: The Australian Government is helping grow rugby league across the Pacific, committing $250 million over 10 years to the Pacific Rugby League Partnership. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese today joined his counterparts from Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Tonga in Brisbane to launch the new partnership, which aims to strengthen the link between sport and opportunities in education, leadership and employment. ...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 7 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: MATTHEW WALE, PRIME MINISTER OF SOLOMON ISLANDS:We are very honoured with our special guest the Honourable Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese of Australia visiting us just for the day or half of the day. And of course, the Honourable Senator Penny Wong, Minister for Foreign Affairs. It's been a lovely couple of hours to spend with them and we enjoyed wonderful conversations also this morning. But I'll all...