BRISBANE, Queensland, Oct. 15 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: The countdown is officially on! In just one year, the Gold Coast will welcome a record-breaking 4,000 competitors from across Australasia, including the South Pacific and Vietnam, for the 20th Australasian Police and Emergency Services Games (APES) 2026. Launched 15 October at Kurrawa, the biennial event will take place from 10-17 October 2026, featuring more than 70 sports and welcoming serving, ret...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 15 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A West Australian woman is scheduled to appear in Perth Magistrates Court today (15 October, 2025) charged over alleged disruptive behaviour on a domestic flight. AFP officers responded to a request for assistance from airline staff at Perth Airport about an incident on a flight departing for Melbourne on 20 June, 2025. The woman, 29, allegedly verbally abused cabin crew after they asked her to remove a bu...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 15 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release with the Australian Federal Police, Australian Sanctions Office and AUSTRAC Editor's note:search warrant footage and Farsi audio grabs from an AFP spokesperson are available via Hightail. The AFP has charged a western Sydney man, 34, for allegedly remitting about $650,000 to Iranian banks in contravention of Australian Government sanctions. The man, a director of an Auburn re...
Belconnen, ACT, Oct. 15 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking information about three youths responsible for the theft of alcohol from a Mawson store last Friday. About 9:38pm on Friday (10 October 2025), three young people entered a liquor store in Mawson. They stole multiple packages of alcohol worth more than $400 before fleeing the scene. Following enquiries, police are now calling on the public for assistance to identify the three young people depict...
Belconnen, ACT, Oct. 15 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an alleged assault committed against a police officer yesterday afternoon. About 3:30pm on Tuesday (14 October 2025), police were patrolling on Lonsdale Street in Braddon when they were flagged down by a member of the public alerting them to a man running into traffic on Cooyong Street in Braddon. Officers observed the man running across multiple lanes of traffic, resulting in driv...
Belconnen, ACT, Oct. 15 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking the public's assistance to locate missing 13-year-old girl Janessa Williams. She is described as Aboriginal in appearance, about 152cm (4'9") tall, with a slim build, and long brownhair. She was last seen wearing a black north face puffer jacket, grey and black track pants, black hoodie and white shoes. Concerns are held for Janessa's welfare, and police are requesting the public's assistance ...
SYDNEY, Oct. 15 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has determined that Westpac Banking Corporation (Westpac) has completed a multi-year risk transformation program required by APRA and, consequently, APRA will remove the remaining $500 million capital add-on applied to Westpac. Following an APRA investigation in 2020, Westpac entered a Court Enforceable Undertaking (CEU) with APRA ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 15 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: Over the next week I will travel to the United States and South Korea to meet with investors and international counterparts, including as part of G20, IMF and World Bank annual meetings and the Asia‑Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. In the face of growing global uncertainty and ongoing geopolitical tensions, this is a critical time to confer with counterparts. In the past week alone, we've seen a ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 14 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: reforms to support low‑income workers and build a stronger super system Sally Sara: Joining me now is Jim Chalmers, the federal Treasurer. Treasurer, welcome back to Breakfast. Jim Chalmers: Thanks very much, Sally. Sara: You took the original superannuation tax reforms to the last election, why change it now? Chalmers: We found another way to deliver on the same objectives. In fa...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 14 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: low income superannuation tax offset, annual cyber threat report, engagement with American counterparts Madonna Jarrett: Morning everybody, I'm Madonna Jarrett. I'm the local member, the newbie. Welcome to my patch. I grew up literally 4 streets from here, so the Paddo is iconic for me. And a bit of a fun fact that I told one of the workers, is that my great‑uncle actually ran the Paddi...