CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 10 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Four men are expected to appear before Bankstown Local Court today (10 November, 2026) over their alleged roles in a kidnapping and serious assault at Villawood Immigration Detention Centre. The AFP will allege the men - aged 28, 30, 33 and 40 - detained the victim - a 33-year-old man - in a bedroom and assaulted him yesterday (9 November, 2026). The men are all detainees at Villawood Immigration Detention ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 10 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police, NSW Police Force, ASIO and the NSW Crime Commission. A Sydney teenager was sentenced to a three-year Community Corrections Order by the NSW Supreme Court yesterday (9 November, 2026), for acts in preparation for a terrorist attack and violent extremist material offences. The NSW Joint Counter Terrorism Team (JCTT) - comprising the AFP, N...
CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 10 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will travel to Türkiye, the Philippines and China to advance Australia's economic interests while advocating for peace, stability, and free trade. Prime Minister Albanese will attend the COP31 World Leaders' Summit in Antalya before travelling to Manila for the 6th ASEAN-Australian Summit and 21st East Asia Summit. The Prime Minister will then travel to China to at...
CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 10 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Good afternoon. Thanks for joining us. I'm joined by the Deputy PM, Richard Marles, and the Home Affairs Minister, Tony Burke. When it comes to the generational opportunity that artificial intelligence offers Australia, I've been very clear. Our task is to make sure that we shape AI rather than AI shape us. It will have a drastic impact on the way that work occurs, on t...
CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 10 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: The Albanese Government is today releasing the recommendations of the Rapid Review into the OpenAI agent infiltration of an Australian Government health website. The Review was commissioned in September after OpenAI informed the Australian Government that a rogue AI agent had infiltrated government websites, including the Medicare Statistics Reporting Service Portal. As we said at the time - and made...
CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 10 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: The Albanese Government will enshrine world leading mandatory Artificial Intelligence safety and security protections in Australian AI Standards legislation. Australia has the chance to secure and shape the generational opportunities of AI - in Australia's national interest - while keeping Australians safe. We want AI investors to come to Australia but first and foremost we want to keep Australians s...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Nov. 10 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: JOINT STATEMENT Premier and Minister for Veterans The Honourable David Crisafulli Minister for Health and Ambulance Services The Honourable Tim Nicholls * Contractors have been appointed to build new Youth Step Up Step Down facilities in Rockhampton and Townsville. * The new facilities are funded through the Mental Health Levy. * The Crisafulli Go...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Nov. 10 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: JOINT STATEMENT Premier and Minister for Veterans The Honourable David Crisafulli Minister for Health and Ambulance Services The Honourable Tim Nicholls * Rockhampton Hospital's new Cardiac Hybrid Theatre officially complete and welcoming patients. * The new $36.9 million facility will help CentralQueenslanders access specialist cardiac care when they need it, redu...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Nov. 10 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: JOINT STATEMENT Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning and Minister for Industrial Relations The Honourable Jarrod Bleijie Assistant Minister to the Deputy Premier and Assistant Minister for Planning, Housing and Better Regulation Mrs Rebecca Young * More than $4.5 million in funding to fast track more than 760 new homes in the R...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Nov. 10 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Education and the Arts The Honourable John-Paul Langbroek * The Crisafulli Government has hired more than 2,300 additional teachers and teacher aides since forming government in 2024. * Education staff headcount surpasses 100,000 with school-based staff making up 94 per cent of the total workforce. * The Crisafulli Government is buildin...