CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 30 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: Today the Federal Court of Australia has ordered Indian Ocean International Shipping and Service Company Ltd (Indian Ocean) and MsJing Tian to pay $14million in penalties for breaching Australia's foreign investment laws. This outcome sends a clear signal to foreign investors in Australia that they must follow the law or face the consequences. This was the first case brought by a Treasurer under our forei...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 30 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: National Cabinet met in Sydney today and reached a landmark agreement to deliver record funding to state and territory hospitals and secure the future of the NDIS. These reforms will ensure Australians can continue to access world class health care and disability supports. It prioritises investment in our precious public health system and builds on the Commonwealth's measures to strengthen Medicare....
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 30 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Australians right across the country are facing extreme and dangerous conditions, with bushfires burning in multiple states, and of course, the dangers arising from severe wet weather to our north, particularly the north-east. As I've often said, though, at the worst of times, we're seeing once again, the best of the Australian character, and it's been good to be here ...
Belconnen, ACT, Jan. 29 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policinghas charged a 56-year-old woman following the alleged assault of a four-week-old baby in Braddon on the weekend. About 4.30pm on Saturday (24 January 2026), a mother was walkingwith her four-week-old child in a pramonIjongStreet inBraddonwhenthey were approached by another woman. The other woman allegedly blocked the path before reaching into the pram,grabbing the childand flinging him to theground. The mo...
Belconnen, ACT, Jan. 29 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 39-year-old man has been charged with multiple family violence offences following his repeated alleged breaching of bail and family violencecourtorders. InSeptember(2025)aSpecial Interim Family Violence Order was issued by the courtand in November(2025)the manreceivedbail conditionsin the ACT Magistrates Court. Police will allege the mancommitted multiple offences against his former partnerand breached thosecourt or...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Jan. 29 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Download Transcript Download Video Watch on YouTube Police have charged a 51-year-old Beaudesert man with high range drink driving, after he was allegedly caught driving more than three times over the legal limit in Brisbane in late 2025. Police were conducting roadside breath tests on Brisbane Street, Beaudesert on 29 December , when the driver was intercepted as part of the operation. It will be...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 29 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Images are available via Hightail. A Far North Queensland man was sentenced by Cairns Supreme Court on Tuesday (27 January, 2026) to five years' imprisonment for possessing 110kg of cocaine, seized at Seisa Wharf. The AFP arrested and charged the man, 41, in September, 2024, after linking him to the transfer of illicit drugs from a small boat docked at Seisia Wharf to a vehicle. The Yorke I...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 29 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has concluded his first visit to Timor-Leste as Prime Minister. In Dili, he met His Excellency President Dr Jose Ramos-Horta and His Excellency Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão. The Prime Minister also addressed the Parliament of Timor-Leste, a great honour for Australia. Prime Minister Albanese and Prime Minister Gusmão signed a joint declaration estab...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 29 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: MATT SMITH, MEMBER FOR LEICHHARDT:My name is Matt Smith and I'm the Federal Member for Leichhardt, and I'm here, quite obviously, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Senator Nita Green. It's great for the Prime Minister to be joining us here today, and thank you for stopping in, obviously on the back of a hugely successful trip to Timor-Lese, and with the Pukpuk Treaty as well, he's showing that t...
CANBERRA, ACT, Jan. 28 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: * Timor-Leste and Australia are partners and neighbours with a shared history, values, region and future. Recognising the strength of the partnership, His Excellency Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, Prime Minister of Timor-Leste and the Honourable Anthony Albanese MP, Prime Minister of Australia decide to establish a Parseria Foun ba Era Foun ("Parseria"), which is Tetum for a New Partnership for a New Era...