CANBERRA, ACT, April 17 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: Today, Australia and the UK have signed an Investment Partnership to further unlock superannuation and pension capital investment between our countries. This new agreement will help to secure more two‑way investment in jobs and industries and strong returns for investors from both countries. More trade and investment between Australia and the UK is in the interest of both countries, and that's what...
CANBERRA, ACT, April 17 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Bligh Park man is scheduled to appear in Penrith Local Court on 5 June, 2026, charged with allegedly sending a threatening message online to a federal parliamentarian. The AFP began an investigation in March, 2026, after receiving notification of an online threat to kill a parliamentarian. AFP National Security Investigations (NSI) officers allege the man, 20, sent the threat. Police subsequently exe...
CANBERRA, ACT, April 17 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A West Australian man was sentenced yesterday (16 April, 2026) to two years and six months' imprisonment for possessing child abuse material and refusing to give police access to his electronic devices. The Perth District Court ordered the man, 34, to serve six months in custody before being released on a recognisance order to be of good behaviour for two years. The Swan View man had previously pleaded gu...
CANBERRA, ACT, April 17 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's Note: Vision and images from the arrest available via Hightail A New South Wales man, expected to appear in the Downing Centre Local Court today (17 April, 2026), is one of four men charged following the seizure of $800,000 in cash and a significant haul of illicit tobacco products in Sydney. The AFP alleges the four men - all charged this week - are part of crime syndicate involved in money laun...
CANBERRA, ACT, April 17 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint release between Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force A West Australian man is scheduled to appear in Perth Magistrates Court today (17 April, 2026) charged with possessing child abuse material. The AFP charged the man, 58, in October, 2025, and he first appeared before Perth Magistrates Court on 18 December, 2025. An investigation began after Australian Border Force (ABF)...
CANBERRA, ACT, April 17 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Media and members of the public are reminded of current non-publication orders in place relating to this matter. The AFP is working to identify children captured in alleged child abuse material, which was located on the devices owned by a Sydney man. The man has been in custody since being charged by the AFP in July, 2025, and reappeared in Parramatta Local Court today (17 April, 2026) to face a further 1...
CANBERRA, ACT, April 17 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: G20 discussions, conflict in the Middle East, President Trump, May Budget Jim Chalmers: We welcome the progress and dialogue that has been announced in the last little while when it comes to ending this war in the Middle East. From an economic point of view the end of the war can't come soon enough. The consequences of this conflict on the other side of the world are already very serious for...
CANBERRA, ACT, April 17 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: RICHARD MARLES, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER:Welcome everyone today to the Viva refinery in Corio. Obviously, we wish we were here under better circumstances, but we are very pleased to have here, today, the Prime Minister, the Minister for Energy, Libby Coker, the Member for Corangamite, Ella George, who is the Member for Lara, and Scott Wyatt, the CEO of Viva, and Bill Patterson as well. We are enormously ...
CANBERRA, ACT, April 17 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: The Albanese Labor Government has worked with industry and the Indonesian Government to facilitate 250,000 tonnes of additional agricultural grade urea for Australian farmers from Indonesia. This deal, between Incitec Pivot Fertilisers and PT Pupuk Indonesia, supported by the Australian and Indonesian Governments, facilitates around 20 per cent of the remaining fertiliser needed for the current seaso...
CANBERRA, ACT, April 16 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: Viva Energy oil refinery fire, global economy, international engagements in the United States, conflict in the Middle East, fuel supply, cost of living, May Budget Sarah Ferguson: The Treasurer Jim Chalmers is in Washington and joins me now. Treasurer, welcome and thank you for coming on the program at 5:30 Washington time. Jim Chalmers: You're welcome, Sarah. Thanks for having me back on ...