BRISBANE, Queensland, Oct. 18 -- 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 Transport and Main Roads The Honourable Brent Mickelberg * The new Bribie Island Bridge will be four-lanes, with the preferred design unveiled. * The existing bridge will be converted into a shared walkway for pedestrians and cyclists. * Geotechnical investigations will ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 18 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: The Albanese Government has committed $6 million to the Channel 7 Telethon Trust for 2026 to help improve the health and wellbeing of Australian babies and children. Telethon is an annual televised fundraising appeal in Western Australia and is broadcast live for 26 hours. For almost six decades, Telethon has raised more than $778 million for sick and disadvantaged children in Western Australia. Fun...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 18 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: It is wonderful to be back here again at Telethon. I begin by acknowledging the Traditional Owners of the land on which we're meeting, and pay my respect to Elders, past, present, and emerging. I acknowledge too, the most important people who are involved in tonight's event and the events over the next 36 hours - the kids we're helping, represented by the fabulous little stars that we saw before in t...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Oct. 17 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Sport and Racing and Minister for the Olympic and Paralympic Games The Honourable Tim Mander * The Crisafulli Government is delivering $30 million for Round 2 of its landmarkGames On! Grassroots Infrastructure Program. * University of Queensland Football Club at Chapel Hill the first of 72 grassroots sporting clubs across the state to benefit from new and ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 17 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: To mark 100 years since our national parliament first met in Canberra, the 48th Australian Parliament will sit for a day at Old Parliament House in April next year. The special sitting day will see Question Time, legislation and other statements return to the Chambers of Old Parliament House for the first time in decades. In 1927, the "Provisional Parliament" was opened in Canberra and our national p...
Tasmania, Australia, Oct. 16 -- The Tasmania Department for Education, Children and Young People issued the following news release: Posted October 16, 2026 DECYP has released Bright Lives: The Roadmap to Uplifting Care (https://publicdocumentcentre.education.tas.gov.au/library/Shared%20Documents/Bright-Lives-Roadmap-to-Uplifting-Care.pdf) and Phase 1 Action Plan (https://publicdocumentcentre.education.tas.gov.au/library/Shared%20Documents/Phase-1-Action-Plan-- -Bright-Lives-Roadmap-to-Uplifti...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 16 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Sydney man has been sentenced to a two-year Community Corrections Order and imposed a $1,000 fine by the Parramatta Local Court today (16 October, 2026) for threatening an Australian high office holder. He is also required to participate in counselling. The AFP's National Security Investigations (NSI) team began an investigation in December, 2025, following a report of threatening phone calls directed tow...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 16 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint PACPOL media release. Editor's note: Images from PACPOL are available via Hightail. In a landmark decision that will shape the future of policing across the Pacific, the region's Pacific Police Chiefs have endorsed the Constitution of the Pacific Community of Policing known as PACPOL, formally establishing a new era of Pacific-led policing cooperation. The vote was held yesterday (14 Octob...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 16 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A West Australian man is scheduled to appear in Perth Magistrates Court today (16 October, 2026) charged over alleged sexualised online conversations with a child. The investigation began when the AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) received a report in July, 2026, regarding a user of an instant messaging platform allegedly engaging in sexualised communications with someone they ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 16 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Policia de Investigaciones de Chile (PDI) Editor's note: Arrest footage and images are available via Hightail A joint investigation by the AFP and Chilean authorities has led to the arrest of four people for their alleged roles in a failed plot to import 23kg of cocaine into Australia. Inquiries by the Policia de Investigacione...