SYDNEY, Nov. 20 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has launched a new report on APRA's assessment of risks and vulnerabilities facing the Australian financial system. The new System Risk Outlook report, which will be published twice a year, increases transparency around what APRA is seeing in the domestic and international risk environments to inform its regulatory priorities. Key insights fro...
CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 20 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: The International Monetary Fund has today backed Australia's budget and fiscal strategy at a time of global uncertainty. The IMF's Statement highlights Australia's soft landing, strong economic foundations and our ambitious reform agenda. It is a powerful endorsement of Labor's responsible economic and fiscal management. "Australia is managing a soft landing amid global uncertainty: inflation has decline...
CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 20 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will travel to Johannesburg, South Africa for the annual G20 Leaders' Summit from 20 to 22 November 2025. The Summit brings together world leaders under South Africa's G20 Presidency and the theme of Solidarity, Equality and Sustainability. This will be the first time the G20 Leaders' Summit has been held on the African continent. Discussions at the Summit will focus ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 19 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: OLIVER PETERSON, HOST: Good to have your company here on Perth Live. And standing opposite me in the 6PR studios is the Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese. Good to see you. ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Wonderful to be with you, Ollie. PETERSON: How was Garden Island this morning? PRIME MINISTER: Garden Island was fabulous. It was very exciting. We went on the USS Vermont, a nuclear p...
CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 19 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ROBBIE VON, HOST:The moment has arrived, the Prime Minister has made his way into the building and he joins us on the show right now. Anthony Albanese, hello. Good morning. How you doing? ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Good morning. I'm doing very well. It's beautiful day here in Perth. CARLY PORTCH, HOST:Well, you've been, what is it, 38 times to the state now, just since being Prime Minister. PR...
CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 19 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: MADELEINE KING, MINISTER FOR RESOURCES AND MEMBER FOR BRAND: Welcome, everybody, to HMAS Stirling here on the remarkable Garden Island here in my home town of Rockingham. I'm really delighted to be here with the Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister for Defence Industries, the Premier of Western Australia, and the Minister for Defence Industries as well. And here we are in front of th...
CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 19 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: EPBC reforms, GST, foreign investment, tax, productivity Aaron Morey: My question for you, Treasurer, is given that the outcomes from this package of reforms will have a significant impact on the scope to get up future projects and generate royalties and revenue for the country, to what extent have you and Treasury had significant input into that process? Because it will have a significant im...
CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 19 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: ABS wages growth figures, EPBC reforms, FIRB, Austal, GST, social media Zaneta Mascarenhas: Hi, and welcome to Specialty Metals and thank you to Grant Sinnott, who has been very generous and has showed us some of the amazing critical minerals that have been provided to local manufacturers. My name's Zaneta Mascarenhas, I'm the federal member for Swan, and I'm here with Minister Amanda Rishwor...
CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 19 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: new wages data, share markets, CSIRO, EPBC reform, COP31 Patricia Karvelas: Treasurer, welcome to Afternoon Briefing. Jim Chalmers: Thanks very much, Patricia. Karvelas: New wages data out today, the public sector wages are accelerating and they're significantly outpacing pay rises in the private sector. Wages are generally holding steady, though. Is that a concern to you, the fact that t...
Belconnen, ACT, Nov. 19 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: The wanted 25-year-old man police sought assistance to locate earlier this week has been arrested. About 6pm last night (Thursday, 20 November 2025), the man was located in a Tuggeranong car park and was subsequently arrested. He has been charged with three counts of acts endangering life with an offensive weapon, two counts of possessing a prohibited firearm, two counts of theft, two counts of damaging property, reck...