SYDNEY, June 12 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: APRA confirms it will implement the reporting template accompanying the response paper on finalising amendments to the capital treatment for longevity products.No industry submissions were received during the consultation process, and the draft reporting template will be implemented without any further changes. Life companies that elect to use the Advanced Illiquidity Premium (AILP) from 1 July 20...
CANBERRA, ACT, June 11 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A West Australian man has been sentenced to a maximum of six years' imprisonment for possessing videos and images depicting child abuse material, following a WA Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team investigation. The man, 54, was sentenced by the Perth District Court last week (5 June, 2026) and was ordered to serve a minimum of four years in ...
CANBERRA, ACT, June 11 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Images from search warrant available via Hightail A northern NSW man is scheduled to appear before the NSW Bail Division Courts today (11 June, 2026) charged with allegedly sending three offensive emails to a witness to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, as well as weapons offences. The AFP's National Security Investigations (NSI) team received a report about the offen...
CANBERRA, ACT, June 11 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: TANYA PLIBERSEK, MINISTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES:Good morning, everyone. It is such a pleasure to welcome the Prime Minister and the Minister for Health to my electorate today for an incredibly important announcement. First of all, we're here for the official opening of the Institute for Musculoskeletal Health. That is a wonderful thing in itself, but the Prime Minister's got an additional announcement th...
CANBERRA, ACT, June 11 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and I pay my respects to their elders past, present and emerging. It is a pleasure to be here among so many incredible people - researchers, clinicians, health workers, support staff. As together, we celebrate the opening of this new home for the Institute for Musculoskeletal Health. Into the future, these rooms will serve ...
CANBERRA, ACT, June 11 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: The Albanese Government is delivering a record amount of funding for Arthritis by establishing a new Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Conditions Research Mission. We will invest $100 million over 10 years to deliver the Mission that will boost research into arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions. The Mission will be established through the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) and will bring together ke...
CANBERRA, ACT, June 11 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: One Nation, Angus Taylor, tax reform, NDIS, fuel excise Sarah Ferguson: Jim Chalmers, welcome, good to have you in the studio. Jim Chalmers: Thank you, Sarah. Ferguson: You've spent 3years spruiking the government's cost‑of‑living relief measures, rebates for fuel and energy, tax cuts, childcare, Medicare, I'm going through the list, rent assistance. But it's One Nation now th...
CANBERRA, ACT, June 10 -- Geoscience Australia issued the following news release: Collaborative science helping communities prepare for earthquakes Papua New Guinea lies within one of the world's most active and complex tectonic regions. While earthquakes cannot be predicted or prevented, timely and accurate information can help authorities and communities prepare, respond and reduce their impacts. In Lae, one of Papua New Guinea's major economic centres, Geoscience Australia is working with ...
CANBERRA, ACT, June 10 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police,the National Disability Insurance Agency, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, and NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission Editor's note: Arrest vision and images available for download An Adelaide woman has been arrested and charged today(10 June,2026) over an alleged plot to defraud more than $5 million from the National Disabilit...
CANBERRA, ACT, June 10 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: For the second time in just three days, the mighty MCG belongs to the memory of Neale Daniher. In footy's tribal world of fierce loyalties, there are very few people who have had this whole stadium barracking for them. Neale Daniher was one. In a place that has known its fair share of champions and legends, we come together today to remember someone who was so much more than that. Neale Daniher was...