CANBERRA, ACT, March 23 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Can I welcome you to Australia, Dr Birol. Thank you for your address to the National Press Club, and thank you for your leadership of the IEA. We live in very difficult global times. And the global turbulence, of course, is having an impact right around the world, and it requires a national response. Consistent with the recommendation of the IEA, we have released 20 pe...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 23 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: Singapore and Australia are longstanding friends and Comprehensive Strategic Partners. Our prosperity, security, stability and economic future are intertwined - including with our region. We share a long-standing and deep relationship grounded in strategic trust, open markets, and rules-based trade which underpin the prosperity and security of our people and our region. Reaffirming these shared prin...
SYDNEY, March 23 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has today begun consulting with industry on the implementation of the Retirement Reporting Framework. The framework is one of several Federal Government initiatives originally announced in November 2024 to uplift the retirement phase of superannuation. Following Treasury-led consultation through 2025, the Government announced the final high-le...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 22 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: Xin chao. I want to particularly welcome and acknowledge the veterans of the Vietnamese community. You showed such courage in leaving the land of your birth to create a better life and freedom for yourselves, but also for the generations to come. And I thank you for your courage, your resilience, and I acknowledge the sacrifice that you have made. I come from Sydney, where in my local community of...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 21 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: I begin by acknowledging the Traditional Owners of the land on which we meet, I pay my respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. Australian food and drinks are the best in the world. And there's a reason why the world wants them. Because our food and beverage industry brings together the best of everything Australian. Our agriculture and food science, our creativity and drive, our uniqu...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 21 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: On behalf of the Australian Government, we pay tribute to Rhoda Roberts AO, a trailblazer in the media and across the creative arts, and fierce advocate for First Nations culture and voices. For every step Rhoda took during her journey, she took a generation of people with her. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, when the world was watching, it was Rhoda's choreography that took centre stage in the Opening...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 21 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: PETER KHALIL, MEMBER FOR WILLS:Good afternoon, everyone. It is wonderful to have the Prime Minister visit the new Coburg Medicare Urgent Care Clinic here at 444 Sydney Road, in the heart of Coburg. It's a wonderful location, and it's very, very popular with all the community members that I've been talking to about the grand opening, which is going to happen at 8am on Monday morning. But it's great to ...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 21 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: The Albanese Government is delivering for residents in Coburg and Brunswick with the opening of the Coburg Medicare Urgent Care Clinic. The new Coburg Medicare Urgent Care Clinic, located at 444 Sydney Road, Coburg, will open on Monday, 21 March 2026 with extended hours, seven days a week. No appointment is needed, patients can walk in and all services are bulk billed. The highly trained doctors an...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 20 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: Today I convened a special meeting of the Council of Financial Regulators to discuss the conflict in the Middle East, its potential implications for our economy and financial markets, and actions being taken to shore up resilience. Australia has a strong and resilient financial system that is well placed to confront global instability, and that was the clear message from regulators today. While Australia...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 20 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force Editor's note: Images of the bottles and suitcase available via Hightail A Malaysian-national is set to appear in Downing Centre Local Court today (20 March, 2026) after allegedly attempting to import 5kg of methamphetamine into Australia. The man, 66, arrived at Sydney Airport yesterday (19 March, 2026), on a...