CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 23 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:  Vision and images from Op Ayr are available via Hightail. Three men who sank a drug-filled luxury sports cruiser in the waters off Western Australia in 2023 have been sentenced to a combined 29 years and six months' imprisonment for their roles in a botched plot to import more than 300kg of cocaine into the state. The WA men, aged 38, 47 and 51, each pleaded guilty to one count of imp...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 23 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Taxation Office. A Melton man has been sentenced to one year and six months' imprisonment for defrauding and attempting to defraud the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) of more than $250,000 in fraudulent business activity statements. He was sentenced in the County Court of Victoria on 14 October, 2025, to 18 months impri...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 23 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A West Australian individual has been sentenced to nine years and nine months' imprisonment by Perth District Court yesterday (22 October, 2025) for accessing, possessing and transmitting more than 100 videos and images of graphic child abuse material. The person, 33, will be eligible for parole in five years and 10 months. An investigation began when the AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploita...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 23 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between Australian Federal Police and Northern Territory Police. A Northern Territory man appeared before the Alice Springs Local Court yesterday (22 October, 2025), accused of soliciting child abuse material via a messaging platform from users overseas. Investigations into the Petermann man, 36, began after the AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 23 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Sudan-born man is set to appear before Liverpool Local Court today (23 October, 2025) charged after allegedly failing to comply with his visa-mandated curfew conditions. The AFP charged the man, 30, on 22 October, 2025, after he was located in Sydney It will be alleged the man breached two of the conditions of his Commonwealth visa by failing to observe his residential curfew obligations. The man has be...
Belconnen, ACT, Oct. 23 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing hascharged28-year-old manfollowing a vehicle theft and an aggravated burglary earlier this month. On 1 October 2025, police allege the man attended a car hirestorefront at Canberra Airport and stole a set of keys for a white Mazda CX-3before stealing the vehicle from the carpark. About 5am on 2 October 2025,two peoplebroke into a home inEvatt. The28-year-oldman allegedly smashed a windowwitha hammer befor...
SYDNEY, Oct. 23 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has proposed a simpler, clearer and more streamlined pathway for banks to become accredited to use the internal ratings-based (IRB) approach to calculating credit risk-weighted assets. The IRB method is one of two approaches banks can use to calculate risk-weighted assets, which determines the amount of regulatory capital they need to hold for ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 22 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: SARAH ABO, HOST:Between a new critical minerals deal, assurances over AUKUS, and a presidential trip down under in the pipeline, it's safe to say Anthony Albanese came out of his first formal meeting with Donald Trump pretty unscathed. KARL STEFANOVIC, HOST:And the Prime Minister joins us now live from Washington, DC to discuss. And who's a happy camper, PM? ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Good morn...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 22 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: JAMES GLENDAY, HOST:The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joins us live now as he wraps up his official visit. Prime Minister, welcome back to the program. ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Good morning, James. Great to be with you. GLENDAY: Thank you for your time. Now, lots of analysts have been saying this meeting with Donald Trump is a nine or a ten out of ten. How would you characterise your relati...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 22 -- Murray-Darling Basin Authority issued the following news release: Managing water in the Murray-Darling Basin is very important. This is especially true with a changing climate and varying water availability. In the future we will experience more frequent and severe droughts, along with changes in rainfall patterns. The Murray-Darling Water and Environment Research Program (MD-WERP) has developed knowledge and tools to help sustain the Basin's environment, communities a...