CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 21 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Welcome to day 3. By my count we're into the 20th hour of the Economic Reform Roundtable. I wanted to begin today, the way I began yesterday and really say thank you again for the way that we collectively approached some really difficult issues yesterday. And especially pleasing to see the really genuine exchanges around some of the more difficult issues, including artificial intelligence yesterday. And the r...
Belconnen, ACT, Aug. 21 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 23-year-old NSW woman has been charged after allegedly assaulting her partner during an altercation at a Canberra hotel. About 3:30am this morning (Thursday, 21 August 2025), police attended a hotel room in Forrest after the woman's partner called police. The woman allegedly punched her partner in the head and threw an empty glass bottle at him. The woman was arrested by police, and charged with assault occasioning...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 21 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subject: Economic Reform Roundtable, tax, productivity, road user charge Jim Chalmers: Thanks, everyone. I wanted to start where I finished the meeting a few minutes ago and say this: it's a real privilege to govern or help govern a country like ours at a time of such rapid and consequential change. And at the front of all of our minds around that Cabinet room table, not just over the last 3days, but e...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 21 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: Economic Reform Roundtable, tax, road user charge Sarah Ferguson: Jim Chalmers, welcome to 7.30. Jim Chalmers: Thanks Sarah, always happy to be the warm‑up act for Jacob Greber. Ferguson: Well, thank you for that. Now obviously there's a lot to get through, but let me start with tax. You've acknowledged the tax system is fundamentally unfair to younger workers compared to older Aust...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 21 -- 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: Seizure vision and images available via Hightail. The AFP is calling for public assistance after 350kg of methamphetamine, worth an estimated $323 million, was detected and seized from a container in Sydney. The Australian Border Force (ABF) intercepted the container and examined it in April 2025...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 21 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint release between the Australian Federal Police, Victoria Police and the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation. Editor's note: Vision of search warrant available via Hightail. The Victorian Joint Counter Terrorism Team (JCTT) has charged a second man over the alleged Adass Israel Synagogue arson attack in December 2024. The Meadow Heights man, 20, has been charged with criminal damag...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 21 -- Geoscience Australia issued the following news release: Aftershocks are possible A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hit south eastern Queensland at 9.49 AM on Saturday 16 August, near the town of Kilkivan and around 40 kilometres west of Gympie. The earthquake was widely felt across the east coast of Australia, with over 24,000 felt reports registered. Seismologist Dr Michelle Salmon said that the earthquake was felt as far south as Wollongong and as far north as Cairns. W...
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India, Aug. 20 -- Singapore, -August - Aawas Yojana, India's fastest-growing housing technology platform, today announced the appointment of Advocate Ramit Panwar as Vice President - Legal, Compliance & Growth, APAC and Middle East. This strategic appointment comes as part of Aawas Yojana's Vision 2026 Roadmap, which aims to create a globally trusted, legally verified, and growth-driven housing ecosystem across Asia-Pacific and the Middle East.Vision 2026: Legal Integrity Driving GrowthUnder the...