CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 20 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will depart on Saturday 20 September to travel to the United States, United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates. In the United States, the Prime Minister will lead Australia's delegation at the United Nations General Assembly for High Level Week. He will have a range of bilateral meetings with some of our major international partners. This visit will allow Australia to c...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 19 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A West Australian man who admitted downloading more than 2500 videos of children being sexually abused from the dark web has been sentenced to four years and five months' imprisonment by the Perth District Court. The man, 52, was sentenced yesterday (18 September, 2025) after pleading guilty to three offences. He will be eligible for parole in two years and four months. An investigation began in June, 202...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 19 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: An Illawarra man has become the tenth person charged under Operation Titan, for his alleged role in the uploading and solicitation of child abuse material on social media platforms. The man, 25, is scheduled to appear before Downing Centre Local Court today (19 September, 2025) to face the following charges: * Two counts of using a carriage service to access child abuse material, contrary to section 474.2...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 19 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's Note: Arrest vision and image available via Hightail A South Australian man is scheduled to appear in Adelaide Magistrates Court today (19 September, 2025) charged for alleged online child abuse offences, including live streaming. A South Australian Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (SA JACET) investigation began in September, 2025, after officers investigated reports from a United Kingdom law...
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,...