CANBERRA, ACT, July 28 -- Murray-Darling Basin Authority issued the following news release: This year's conference will provide the opportunity to reflect on 13 years of Basin Plan implementation, assess what's working, identify areas for improvement, and explore meaningful opportunities for change ahead of the 2026 Basin Plan Review. MDBA Chief Executive Andrew McConville said that last week's release of the Basin Plan Evaluation and the Sustainable Rivers Audit was a major milestone on the r...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 28 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: CONCETTA CARISTO, HOST: Right now we have a very big special guest to say hello to. Good morning, Prime Minister. ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning. Good to be with you. CARISTO: Yeah, thanks for coming on. Now, we've just had the Hottest 100 of Australian Songs go down on Saturday. You were listening. What did you think of the countdown? Where were you listening from? PRIME MINISTER: I...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 28 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: The Albanese Government is making cheaper medicines even cheaper - with legislation being introduced to Parliament this week that will mean a prescription on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) will cost Australians no more than $25 from 1 January next year. The last time PBS medicines cost no more than $25 was 2004 - more than 20 years ago. This is another key cost of living measure delivered b...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 28 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: An AFP senior executive employee will appear in a Queensland court on Friday, 1 August, 2025, charged with driving under the influence of alcohol (low range), contrary to section 79 of the Transport Operations (Road User Management) Act 1995. The employee was charged by Queensland Police on Friday, 26 July, 2025. The AFP has initiated an internal investigation in line with the AFP's integrity framework. T...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 28 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Arrest vision and images are available via Hightail. A South Australian man is scheduled to appear in the Murray Bridge Magistrates Court today (28 July, 2025) charged with allegedly possessing child abuse material. The South Australia Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (SA JACET), allegedly identified the man, 70, while investigating a report from the United States' National Center for Miss...
Belconnen, ACT, July 28 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: Two men have been charged after making multiple non-emergency Triple Zero calls in two separate incidents on Sunday. Between about 5:45am and 6:30am yesterday (Sunday 27 July 2025), a 79-year-old Narrabundah man made nine calls to the Triple Zero police emergency line. The man did not request police assistance and allegedly was verbally aggressive during the calls, swearing at the operators. About 8am, police attende...
Belconnen, ACT, July 28 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: Police arrested a 34-year-old man from Macquarie yesterday following the discovery of firearms, weapons and drugs in a vehicle in Casey. At about 3:15am on Sunday (27 July 2025), police patrolling in Casey observed a spray-painted black Mitsubishi Lancer at a service station. Checks revealed the driver of the vehicle had a suspended licence. He was arrested and when police searched the vehicle, officers located two fi...
Belconnen, ACT, July 28 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 44-year-old woman and a 37-year-old man, both from NSW, have been charged after allegedly using fake barcodes at a retail store. At about 10am on Saturday (26 July 2025), police allege the woman entered a store in Gungahlin and stuck printed barcode stickers on a number of items. The barcodes scan items at lower prices than were marked by the store. The woman then allegedly scanned the items at the incorrect price, ...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 27 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force Editor's note:Arrest footage and imagesare available via Hightail A French national has been charged with allegedly trying to import 22kg of methamphetamine into Australia, hidden in his luggage. Australian Border Force (ABF) officers stopped the man, 20, for a routine examination after he arrived at Sydney Air...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 27 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Images and audio grabs available via Hightail A Sydney man has been charged with allegedly dealing with $3.5 million in proceeds of crime after a corporate email was fraudulently used to deceive the Northern Territory Government. The Lurnea man, 38, appeared before Liverpool Local Court on Thursday (24 July, 2025). He was granted conditional bail and is scheduled to appear before Campbellto...