CANBERRA, ACT, June 19 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:case study available via Hightail Five Eyes law enforcement agencies havedismantled15 major international money laundering syndicates through coordinated investigations;stripping criminals of millions of dollars of illicit profits and disrupting their ability to reinvest in further crimes. Intelligence sharing and joint action throughthe Five Eyes Law Enforcement Group(FELEG)in the past decad...
CANBERRA, ACT, June 19 -- 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. The Victorian Joint Counter Terrorism Team (JCTT) has charged a third man over the alleged Adass Israel Synagogue arson attack in December 2024. The Airport West man, 20, has been charged with criminal damage by fire (Arson), contrary to section 197 of the Crimes Act 1958 (V...
CANBERRA, ACT, June 19 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Brisbane man, 32, is expected to face Brisbane Magistrates Court today (19 June, 2026) charged after allegedly piloting a 'black flight' to smuggle two Australian fugitives into Indonesia. AFP investigators attached to the North Queensland Joint Organised Crime Taskforce (JOCTF) arrested the man at Brisbane Airport last night (18 June, 2026) on his arrival to Australia from Indonesia. The AFP began an in...
CANBERRA, ACT, June 19 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: affordable housing development in Woy Woy, housing supply, tax reform Gordon Reid: Well, thank you all for being here today. I want to thank the Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, and I want to thank my friend and colleague Emma McBride for being here. We're on the site of a Pacific Link housing development here on the mighty Peninsula here in Woy Woy, where we are seeing the construction of social and...
CANBERRA, ACT, June 19 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: tax reform implementation details, consultation on reforms, migration figures Sally Sara: Jim Chalmers is the federal Treasurer and joins me now. Treasurer, welcome back to Breakfast. Jim Chalmers: Morning, Sally. How are you? Sara: Very well, thank you. Treasurer, did you and the government get it wrong in the Budget on these counts? Chalmers: No, the next steps that we announced yeste...
CANBERRA, ACT, June 19 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: Budget, small business CGT concession turnover thresholds, start-ups Karl Stefanovic: More now on Labor's budget back‑down, and Treasurer Jim Chalmers joins us from the Central Coast of New South Wales. Jim, good morning to you. Look, carve outs or cave in, the whole thing's a bit amateur hour, isn't it? Jim Chalmers: Morning, Karl. This is the consultation that we flagged on Budget n...
CANBERRA, ACT, June 19 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: tax reform, support for small business, the Budget Kieran Gilbert: Jim Chalmers, this is quite a backflip, isn't it? Jim Chalmers: Not at all. This is the outcome of the consultation that we flagged in the Budget papers themselves. We're putting out this consultation paper on startups, we're making sure that 100percent of the 2.7million active small businesses have got access to the CGT con...
CANBERRA, ACT, June 19 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: Budget, small business CGT concession turnover thresholds, fuel excise James Glenday: After a bigger than expected budget backlash, the federal government has changed course unveiling carve‑outs for small businesses and start‑ups that will see them pay less tax. The Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, has been on a media blitz already to try to sell the changes, and he joins us bright and ea...
CANBERRA, ACT, June 18 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:Arrest vision and images available via Hightail Three people in two Australian states have been charged by the AFP following a failed 320kg methamphetamine importation from West Africa. A UK woman is expected to appear before the Downing Centre Local Court today (18June,2026) for her alleged role in thefailedimport. The woman was refused bail by thecourt last month after being charged with at...
CANBERRA, ACT, June 18 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release bythe Queensland Joint Organised Crime Taskforce (QJOCTF) agencies Editor's Note: Vision of arrests and warrant activates is available on Hightail. Six people have been charged over their alleged roles in an organised crime plot to import and distribute cocaine and methamphetamine along Australia's east coast. The Queensland Joint Organised Crime Taskforce (QJOCTF) seized 178...