CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 18 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: gambling legislation, NDIS changes, superannuation preservation, tobacco excise Emma Rebellato: We're joined by the Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, from Parliament House in Canberra. Treasurer, thanks for your time this morning. Jim Chalmers: Thanks very much, Emma. Rebellato: I want to start with this gambling legislation and the one‑stop shop to stop seeing gambling ads. Why not just go ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 18 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: superannuation, cost of living relief, housing, tobacco excise. Tom Steinfort: Battle lines are being drawn this morning. Jim Chalmers vowing to defend compulsory superannuation after Pauline Hanson called the system broken. To discuss, the Treasurer joins me live from Canberra. Good to see you, Treasurer. Let's go through this one. Pauline Hanson has made some big calls. You're saying, thou...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 18 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: superannuation, retirement incomes, rents, housing policy Natalie Barr: Your savings are at the centre of a political showdown with superannuation emerging as the new battleground between the federal government and both the Coalition and One Nation. Pauline Hanson wants Aussies to be able to access their super funds early, but the government says that proposal would decimate economic security...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 17 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: superannuation, house prices Jim Chalmers: The stakes are high at the next election for a whole range of reasons and one of them now is the future of Australia's world‑leading compulsory superannuation system. Last week the Liberals, yesterday One Nation, and again this morning the Liberals via Jane Hume put the future of compulsory super in doubt. If any coalition or combination of th...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 17 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Queanbeyan man, 42 has been convicted and fined $2,750 by the ACT Magistrates Court today (17 August, 2026) for possessing prohibited weapons and threatening a federal parliamentarian. The AFP's National Security Investigations (NSI) team began an investigation in March, 2026, and linked a social media post threatening a federal parliamentarian to the Queanbeyan man. In April, 2026, Canberra NSI officer...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 16 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: Buongiorno and happy Ferragosto. This is a fantastic celebration. Of course, today I want to pay tribute and begin by thanking as well the faith leaders, including His Grace, Bishop Umbers, for the procession. Because today is, of course, in acknowledgement of the feast, celebrating the Assumption into Ascension into Heaven of the Virgin Mary. It is also a celebration that goes back many hundreds o...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 16 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: The Albanese Government and Minns Government have reached an agreement to deliver a NSW Gun Buyback Scheme to reduce the number of firearms and make communities safer. New South Wales will be the first state to commence the Commonwealth Government's National Gun Buyback Scheme, with both governments agreeing to share the costs of the buyback 50:50. Following the deadly antisemitic terrorist attack at...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 16 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Good morning. Can I begin by passing on the thoughts of the Australian government to our close friends and partners in Indonesia, and all those who've been affected by the very significant earthquake that struck there yesterday morning. I extend our deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of those who have lost their lives. Australian officials in Indonesia c...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 15 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police, the National Disability Insurance Agency, and NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission Editor's note: Arrest vision available via Hightail The AFP has charged an Adelaide man over an alleged multi-million-dollar dishonesty plot against the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The Adelaide man, 38, a director of a registered NDIS p...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 15 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint release between Australian Federal Police, Victoria Police and Australia Border Force Editor's note: Images are available via Hightail The AFP is seeking information from members of the public after 298kg of cocaine was found hidden inside a tractor that had been imported to Melbourne in a shipping container. Australian Border Force (ABF) officers discovered the illicit cargo on Monday (...