CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 5 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: Today we're releasing letters from 38 Commonwealth regulators containing more than 400 ideas to reduce regulatory burden and support productivity growth in our economy. We're cutting red tape where we responsibly can to ease the burden on businesses and consumers and make our economy more prosperous and productive. As part of the Reform Roundtable, we wrote to 38 Commonwealth regulators requesting new ide...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 5 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: Today, I met with state and territory Treasurers to advance key economic reforms following the Albanese Government's Roundtable last month. We built a lot of consensus on economic reform through the Roundtable and we made a lot of progress advancing economic reforms today. Treasurers agreed to progress a Single National Market and expand competition reforms, increase efforts to improve regulation, build m...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 5 -- Geoscience Australia issued the following news release: Geoscience Australia have showcased their planned projects for the first 10 years (2024-2034) of the Resourcing Australia's Prosperity initiative in an online webinar, where the Minister for Resources and Minister for Northern Australia the Hon. Madeleine King MP announced the location of the third deep dive project in the Georgetown-Julia Creek region, Queensland. The 35-year $3.4 billion investment by the Austr...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 5 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Queanbeyan man is expected to appear before Brisbane Magistrates Court today (5 September, 2025) for allegedly making aggressive and sexual comments, and threatening violence on a domestic flight. Police will allege the man, 38, made the inappropriate comments and threatened other passengers and cabin crew members while on a Canberra to Brisbane flight on 30 July, 2025. When the pilot began descending in...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 5 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: The rapid development of electric vehicle technology is transforming the outlook for both passenger and freight transport, and policies at all levels of government will need to evolve to seize the opportunities and manage the challenges of this new outlook. Reforms to road user charging arrangements for electric vehicles have the potential to bolster productivity through more efficient use of the road netw...
SYDNEY, Sept. 5 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) notes that the voluntary administrators of Eric Insurance Limited (Eric) will convene a meeting of Eric's creditors on 16 September 2025. This is to allow creditors to vote on a deed of company arrangement (DOCA1) proposal as an alternative to Eric being placed into liquidation. Eric, a small general insurer that provided add-on motor vehicle-r...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 5 -- Murray-Darling Basin Authority issued the following news release: The BOC attended field trips on 14 and 15 August throughout the Menindee and Broken Hill region of NSW, on the lands of the Barkandji People. During the field trips, the BOC met with staff from the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, the NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development - Fisheries and WaterNSW. The BOC also met with representatives from the ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 4 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:Vision and images can be accessed via Hightail An Adelaide man wanted for skipping bail while awaiting trial for allegedly conspiring to import drugs into Australia has been arrested following his deportation from Indonesia. The AFP arrested the man, 60, at Melbourne Airport about 6.30am today (4 September, 2025), after he was deported by the Indonesian Directorate General of Immigration. He...
Belconnen, ACT, Sept. 4 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 29-year-old man will face the ACT Magistrates Court today after allegedly driving dangerously through Narrabundah, Fyshwick and Queanbeyan this morning. About 12:40am this morning (Thursday, 4 September 2025), police observed a Silver Ford Focus compact car driving above the speed limit on Canberra Avenue in Symonston. Police followed the vehicle and directed the driver to pull over on Hindmarsh Drive. The driver to...
Belconnen, ACT, Sept. 4 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 37-year-old Kambah man will face the ACT Magistrates Court today after driving into two police vehicles and injuring two officers in Reid yesterday. Last month, police responded to a disturbance in Lyneham. Upon arriving, police observed the 37-year-old man entering a vehicle. Police directed the man to step out, but he then started the vehicle and sped away. Police later observed the man driving dangerously throug...