Australia: BYD Owns Trademark for 'BYD KING'

Australia, Aug. 7 -- BYD Co. Ltd., owns the trademark (2442140) for 'BYD KING' till Jan. 31, 2034. Status: protected: Registered/protected Class: 12 [Motor coaches; automobile chassis; motor buses; lorries; cars; forklift trucks; motors, electric, for land vehicles; automobile bodies; brake pads for automobiles; driverless cars [autonomous cars].] Type of Mark: Fancy Date of Acceptance: May 30 Registration Advertised: Aug. 6 For further details contact Jeremy Chee Meng Chew and Shenzhen Ta...


Australia: Warner Bros. Entertainment a Delaware Owns Trademark for 'HARRY POTTER: WIZARDS OF BAKING'

Australia, Aug. 7 -- Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. a Delaware Corp., owns the trademark (2451073) for 'HARRY POTTER: WIZARDS OF BAKING' till May 16, 2034. Status: registered: Registered/protected Class: 41 [Sporting and cultural activities; entertainment services, namely, providing online video games, providing online computer games; entertainment services in the nature of live-action, comedy, drama, animated, and reality television series; production of live-action, comedy, drama, animated ...


Australia: Roof Space Owns Trademark for 'ROOF SPACE' and 'QUADRILATERAL BETWEEN 2 TRIANGLES'

Australia, Aug. 7 -- Roof Space Gmbh, owns the trademark (2532322) for 'ROOF SPACE' and 'QUADRILATERAL BETWEEN 2 TRIANGLES' till Oct. 9, 2034. Status: protected: Registered/protected Classes: 12 [Roof cases for vehicles; automobile roof racks; roof cases and roof racks for attaching roof tents [parts of vehicles]; clamps for attaching roof cases and roof tents to roof racks [parts of vehicles]; campers as removable vehicle fixtures; campers as removable trailer fixtures; parts of aforementione...


TASMANIAN MAN JAILED FOR THE PRODUCTION AND TRANSMISSION OF CHILD ABUSE MATERIAL

CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 7 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint release between the Australian Federal Police and Tasmania Police A Tasmanian man has been sentenced to five years and six months' imprisonment, with a non-parole period of two years, for a raft of child abuse-related offences. The man, 57, was sentenced by the Hobart Supreme Court yesterday (6 August, 2025) for offences related to the production and possession of 13,496 files found to cont...


TONGAN NATIONAL CHARGED WITH RECKLESS WOUNDING AT VILLAWOOD IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTRE

CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 7 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Tongan national has appeared before Bankstown Local Court today (7 August, 2025) charged with recklessly wounding a security officer at Villawood Immigration Detention Centre. The man was awaiting deportation for visa breaches when it is alleged he used an improvised weapon to wound a security officer working at the facility yesterday (6 August, 2025). The man was subsequently arrested by NSW Police befor...


UPDATE POLICE SEEKING INFORMATION ABOUT VERITY LANE ASSAULT IDENTIFIED

Belconnen, ACT, Aug. 7 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: Update at 3.25pm Thursday 7 August 2025: Thank you Canberra. The two men we sought to identify today have presented themselves to a police station this afternoon and are assisting with enquiries. -- - ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and information following an assault in the City last month where a man was hospitalised. About 3:15am on Sunday, 6 July (2025), a man was assaulted by another man following an argument ...


APRA CONSULTS ON GI & LI NON-CONFIDENTIALITY DETERMINATION AND STATISTICAL PUBLICATIONS

SYDNEY, Aug. 7 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released a consultation on proposed non-confidentiality determinations for the general insurance (GI) and life insurance (LI) industries and updates to GI & LI statistical publications. The consultation paper, along with content of the publications and the items proposed to be non-confidential, are available on the APRA website: Enhancements...


A SUMMER OF ANTARCTIC GEOSCIENCE

CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 7 -- Geoscience Australia issued the following news release: Earth science at work from land to sea As Australia shivers in the winter, it's a good time to look back over a successful summer of Earth science in the Antarctic. Geoscience Australia's Earth science experts play an important role in the Australian Antarctic Program, applying our specific expertise to our frozen territory in the south. Director of Antarctic Geoscience, Dr Steph McLennan, explained that over th...


THIRD MAN CHARGED IN RELATION TO 110KG COCAINE IMPORT PLOT

CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 7 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Far North Queensland man will face Cairns Magistrates Court today (7 August, 2025) charged for his alleged role in a failed attempt to import 110kg of cocaine via the Torres Strait in September last year. The Yorke Island man, 38, was arrested yesterday (6 August, 2025) on Masig Island in the Torres Strait and charged with one count of possession of a commercial quantity of border-controlled drugs, contrar...


APRA'S PLANS TO SUPPORT SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BANKS

SYDNEY, Aug. 7 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) will make changes to its banking framework to increase proportionality and reduce regulatory burden as part of the Council of Financial Regulators' (CFR) Review into Small and Medium-sized Banks. The findings and recommendations of the Review, undertaken by the CFR1 and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, were released yesterday ...