CANBERRA, ACT, April 30 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Northern Territory man has been sentenced to nine years and nine months' imprisonment after being convicted of 20 offences relating to child abuse material. The man, 52, was sentenced in the Katherine Local Court today (30 April, 2026) for offences involving the accessing, possessing and transmitting of child abuse material. The man will serve a non-parole period of four years and six months' imprisonme...
CANBERRA, ACT, April 30 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's Note: Arrest vision and imagery available via Hightail A Hunter region man is expected to face the NSW Bail Division Court today (30 April, 2026) charged with soliciting, accessing and possessing child abuse material. Australian Border Force (ABF) officers intercepted the man, 27, and conducted a routine examination of his luggage at Sydney International Airport on 8 November, 2025, following hi...
CANBERRA, ACT, April 30 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A man from NSW is expected to appear before Coffs Harbour Local Court on 13 May, 2026, charged in relation to alleged online death threats and posts threatening parliamentarians. In March, 2026, a social media user made five offensive posts online. One post contained alleged death threats directed toward two parliamentarians. The AFP's National Security Investigations (NSI) team linked the man, 45, to th...
CANBERRA, ACT, April 30 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Arrest vision available via Hightail.  A Northern Territory man has been sentenced to nine years' imprisonment by the Darwin Supreme Court for online child abuse offences, including the live online abuse of children overseas. The man, 69, was jailed today (30 April, 2026) and will serve a non-parole period of five years' imprisonment. The Northern Territory Joint Anti Child Ex...
CANBERRA, ACT, April 30 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: inflation data, May Budget, housing, tax policy, intergenerational fairness Karl Stefanovic: Inflation just surged to its highest level since September 2023 and already Jim Chalmers is warning the worst is yet to come. To discuss, the Treasurer joins me from Logan. Treasurer, good morning. I reckon you've lost the room in your ability to control inflation and it's a big room. Jim Chalmers: ...
SYDNEY, April 30 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released its Monthly Authorised Deposit-taking Institution Statistics (MADIS) publication for March 2026. The March 2026 publication is available on the APRA website at: Monthly Authorised Deposit-taking Institution Statistics publication Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication....
SYDNEY, April 30 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has called for a step-change in how banks, insurers and superannuation trustees manage AI-related risks as the technology continues to rapidly evolve. In a letter to industry published today, APRA warned that governance, risk management, assurance and operational resilience practices are not keeping pace with the scale, speed, and complexity o...
SYDNEY, April 30 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has finalised targeted amendments to prudential standard CPS 230 Operational Risk Management, prudential practice guide CPG 230, and the corresponding Material Service Provider Register template. The amendments introduce limited exemptions from specific contractual requirements in CPS 230 for material arrangements with certain categories...
CANBERRA, ACT, April 30 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: inflation, effect of Middle East conflict, young people in the housing market, Budget Matt Shirvington: Joining us now is Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Good morning to you. Thanks for joining us. Busy time. Let's start with inflation. First off, you say things are going to get worse before they get better. How bad is it? Jim Chalmers: Well, we're finalising our forecast for the Budget, but I thi...
CANBERRA, ACT, April 30 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: inflation data, May Budget, housing and tax, intergenerational fairness, resource tax, antisemitism Royal Commission interim report Emma Rebellato: The federal Treasurer joins us off the back of yesterday's inflation data and less than 2weeks out from the federal Budget. Jim Chalmers, good morning. Jim Chalmers: Good morning, Emma. Thanks for having me back. Rebellato: Inflation is above...