CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 3 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: inflation, interest rates Matt Shirvington: Great to have you with us. Look, almost every economist is saying the same thing - government spending is to blame here. Do you disagree with all of them? Jim Chalmers: Well, there's not a unanimous view amongst the economists about what's driving the most recent tick up in inflation, but if you look at the facts, that tick up in the most recent da...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 3 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: interest rates, inflation Karl Stefanovic: Millions of mortgage holders are watching the Reserve Bank this morning with the RBA tipped to announce the first rate hike in 2years. For more, Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, joins us now live from Canberra where no doubt he's been 'journalating' this morning. Treasurer, good morning to you. Are you about to lose some serious economic skin today? Jim Cha...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 3 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: Sarah Court appointed new chair of ASIC, interest rates, inflation, responsible economic management, cost-of-living relief Jim Chalmers: I know you want to ask me about some other matters, but I wanted to begin by saying this about our appointment at ASIC. The government is really proud to be recommending the appointment of Sarah Court as the new Chair of ASIC. Sarah has been an excellent Dep...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 3 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: interest rates, inflation, coalition chaos, budget savings Peter Stefanovic: The RBA is expected to raise interest rates when it hands down its decision later on today, and if it does, our central bank would be amongst the first to reverse course and raise rates for the first time in 2years. Joining us on this Tuesday morning is the Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, out at Canberra. Thank you so much ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 3 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: interest rates, inflation, cost‑of‑living help, former Coalition division Emma Rebellato: The federal Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, joins us now from Parliament House. Treasurer, good morning. Welcome to News Breakfast. Jim Chalmers: Thanks very much, Emma. Rebellato: If interest rates do go up today, will you and your government accept responsibility for that? Chalmers: Well, fir...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 3 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Melbourne man has been summonsed to appear before court charged by the AFP National Security Investigations (NSI) team with allegedly performing a Nazi salute at Melbourne Airport. The Greenvale man, 23, allegedly performed a Nazi salute directed towards a group of Jewish school-aged children in a terminal at the airport on Monday, 2 February, 2026. The AFP will allege the man left the terminal shortly a...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 2 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, and pay my respects to Elders past, present and emerging. I acknowledge Her Excellency Hilda Heine, President of the Republic of Marshall Islands; I also acknowledge my colleagues from across the parliament; Admiral David Johnston, Chief of the Defence Force, and senior officers from across the services; The Honourable Pet...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 2 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Welcome back. Of course, we came back early to deal with the immediate consequences of December 14, the antisemitic terrorist attack. And we got the legislation through, not in the form that we originally proposed, because some of it was unable to receive support of people who had called for the precise measures that we introduced into the Parliament. But the legislation...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 2 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Somalia-born man is set to appear before the Melbourne Magistrates' Court today (2 February, 2026) charged with allegedly failing to comply with his visa-mandated curfew conditions and not ensuring his monitoring device remained in good working order. The AFP charged the man, 32, today (2 February, 2026), after he was located in Melbourne. It will be alleged he breached the conditions of his Commonwealth...
Belconnen, ACT, Feb. 1 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking the public'sassistancetolocatemissing17-year-oldboy Zaky Selim. Zakyhas not been seen or heardfrom since6:30pm Friday (30 January 2026) andwas last seen inGungahlin. Heis described asMiddle Eastern inappearance, about175cm(5'8") tall, witha slimbuild,tannedcomplexion,curly darkhair,and brown eyes. Police andZaky'sfamilyhold concerns forhiswelfare andare requesting the public'sassistancetolocate...