Belconnen, ACT, Sept. 19 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 49-year-old Symonston man has been charged with murder following an altercation with a man known to him on Monday afternoon. About 5:30pm on Monday (15 September 2025), police received a call from the 49-year-old man stating that another man was lying unconscious at his front door after the pair allegedly got into an altercation. Police arrived at the residence at the Southside Village Caravan Park in Symonston sho...
Belconnen, ACT, Sept. 19 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 51-year-old western Sydney man has been charged with fraud after allegedly defrauding more than $42,000 from a woman through a visa scam. In January 2021 the 51-year-old met a 34-year-old woman who was residing in Australia on a student visa. Police will allege the man told the woman he could help her obtain an Australian visa. From January 2021 to September 2021 the woman engaged with the man and fake associates c...
SYDNEY, Sept. 19 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) notes the Treasurer's announcement today of his intention to advertise for the position of APRA Deputy Chair after Deputy Chair Margaret Cole advised the Treasurer of her intention to leave APRA at the end of her current term which expires on 30 June 2026. APRA Chair John Lonsdale said Ms Cole had made an outstanding contribution to APRA since...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 19 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: The Albanese Government will be appointing new senior leaders at two of Australia's most important regulators. High quality leadership at our core economic institutions is crucial to the more modern and competitive economy we are building together. The search has started for the next Chair of the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) and Deputy Chair of the Australian Prudential Regulati...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 19 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: JULIAN HILL, ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR CITIZENSHIP, CUSTOMS AND MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS: G'day everyone and thank you so much for coming and I'd like to welcome the Prime Minister back to South East Melbourne. We're in Narre Warren in South, in the beautiful Berwick Springs estate. But particularly, to thank Shane and Danielle and 2-year-old Parker and Trigger the dog, particularly, for a beautiful photo, ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 18 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: Today, we're announcing Australia's next step in acting on climate change and seizing the economic opportunity before our nation. The Albanese Labor Government has accepted the Climate Change Authority's independent advice and will set our 2035 climate change target at a range of 62% to 70% reduction on 2005 emissions. This is an ambitious but achievable target - sending the right investment signal,...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 18 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Well, thanks very much for joining us. This morning, I convened a meeting of our Cabinet and also a full meeting of the Federal Parliamentary Labor Party Caucus to discuss and consider the Climate Change Authority's independent, expert advice on Australia's 2035 emissions reduction target. Our Government knows that climate change is real, and we want to continue to sei...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 18 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is joint media release between Australian Federal Police, Australian Border Force and Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission Editor's note:Footage of the arrests and drugs is available via Hightail A Filipino national is the first person to be sentenced for the importation of 416kg of cocaine into South Australia - the largest seizure of the illicit drug in the state's history. The man, 48, was...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 18 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Across Australia, National Police Remembrance Day (NPRD) is marked as an important time to pause, reflect and honour the officers who have paid the ultimate price while serving their community. Among those remembered this NPRD is Senior Constable Henry James Featherston whose name has been etched alongside his comrades in blue for 140 years after he was tragically killed on 23 February 1885 in Marybo...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 18 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Queensland Police are warning parents and guardians to increase online supervision during the upcoming school holidays which is a primetime for predators to target children through their devices. While online sexual offending can come in many forms, perpetrators are increasingly gaining access to children online through popular apps, games and social media sites. Detective Acting Inspector Cory Sch...