CANBERRA, ACT, March 21 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: The Albanese Government is delivering for residents in Coburg and Brunswick with the opening of the Coburg Medicare Urgent Care Clinic. The new Coburg Medicare Urgent Care Clinic, located at 444 Sydney Road, Coburg, will open on Monday, 21 March 2026 with extended hours, seven days a week. No appointment is needed, patients can walk in and all services are bulk billed. The highly trained doctors an...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 20 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: Today I convened a special meeting of the Council of Financial Regulators to discuss the conflict in the Middle East, its potential implications for our economy and financial markets, and actions being taken to shore up resilience. Australia has a strong and resilient financial system that is well placed to confront global instability, and that was the clear message from regulators today. While Australia...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 20 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force Editor's note: Images of the bottles and suitcase available via Hightail A Malaysian-national is set to appear in Downing Centre Local Court today (20 March, 2026) after allegedly attempting to import 5kg of methamphetamine into Australia. The man, 66, arrived at Sydney Airport yesterday (19 March, 2026), on a...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 20 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Arrest footage of the syndicate can be accessed via HighTail A Whittlesea woman who was responsible for a daycare fraud ring and trained others in how to perpetrate the scheme has become the fifth and final person sentenced for defrauding the Commonwealth of $800,000. She was today sentenced to two years and six months imprisonment, which will be added to previously handed-down sentences...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 20 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: EDDIE HUGHES, STATE MEMBER FOR GILES:It's great to have the Prime Minister here in Whyalla today at the Steelworks. Just over a year ago, there was a massive intervention here in Whyalla to rescue the Steelworks, to provide a future for Whyalla and to provide a future for sovereign steel manufacturing in our nation. As a measure of what has happened and the confidence in the future, there are now 76 a...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 19 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: May Budget, AI investment, economic reform, economic resilience, business tax, social reform, intergenerational fairness BesaDeda: We've got a microphone here for the media and also a microphone here for the non‑media. So, it's our usual approach to just take a few questions from the non‑media first before we open it more broadly. So, thank you, and we'll see if we've got some qu...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 19 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: DAN TAYLOR, HOST: It's Dan and Christie for Breakfast and it's Australia's 31st Prime Minister joining us for a very special occasion. Anthony Albanese, good morning. ISSY ROLDAN, HOST: Morning. ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning. It is a superb day in Hobart. TAYLOR: Yeah. And you're hanging out with the Danish King and Queen. How good is that? PRIME MINISTER: I am indeed. And I know ...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 19 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: RYK GODDARD, HOST:Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, good morning. Welcome to Tassie. ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Good morning. It's an absolutely stunning day here again today. GODDARD:Head to head, kick to kick. Are you or Mary Donaldson better with the footy, Prime Minister? PRIME MINISTER:I think - I have only seen a photo, but I'll concede a loss there, absolutely. I thought she looked abso...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 19 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint release between Australian Federal Police, Western Australia Police Force, Australian Border Force, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission and AUSTRAC Editor's note: An image of the seized item is available via Hightail. Two men have been charged for their alleged roles in a plot to traffic 24kg of methamphetamine and 3.5kg of heroin inside a vehicle driven from South Australia to Wes...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 19 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police, NSW Police Force and Australian Border Force Editor's note:Vision and images of the arrest and seizure are available via Hightail. A Blacktown manappeared before Blacktown Local Court yesterday(18March,2026) charged with attempting to possess20kg ofpuremethamphetaminehiddeninside wooden palletsin a shipping container. An AFP investigati...