CANBERRA, ACT, March 27 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: The Albanese Government has appointed the Hon David Bradbury as the part‑time Chair and member of the Board of Taxation, and reappointed MrPeter de Cure AM as the part‑time Chair and member of the Tax Practitioners Board. These appointments ensure key parts of Australia's tax policy and regulatory system continue to be supported by strong leadership. MrBradbury has an extensive background in ...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 27 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Two Sydney men are scheduled to appear before Parramatta District Court today (27 March, 2026) to faceone charge each of allegedly performing a Nazi salute. The AFP National Security Investigations (NSI) team issued the Castle Hill men with a Court Attendance Notice in December, 2025, after they each allegedly performed a Nazi salute during a rally at Archibald Fountain in Hyde Park, Sydney, on 19 October,...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 27 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Editor's note:Vision of the arrest and images of the items seized are available via Hightail Two men from Sydney and Melbourne have been charged in relation to a failed importation of 115kg of methamphetamine into Melbourne, with the illicit drugs concealed inside jars of pickles. Another man has als...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 27 -- 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 (27 March, 2026) charged with trying to procure children in the Philippines for sexual activity. Australian Border Force (ABF) officers selected the man, 53, for a baggage examination following his arrival into Perth on an international flight ...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 27 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Sydney man has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment for possessing and accessing child abuse material. The man, 30, pleaded guilty to four child abuse offences and was sentenced on 20 March, 2026, in Downing Centre Local Court to three years' imprisonment, with a non-parole period of 18 months. The investigation started after the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) received a ...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 27 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: energy transition and fuel supply, May Budget, inflation and economic growth, productivity reform, Hawke and Keating governments, budget deficit, AI, capital gains tax discount Alan Kohler: G'day Treasurer, and welcome to our first That's Business podcast. Jim Chalmers: I'm really looking forward to it Alan, thanks for the invitation. Kohler: Well Treasurer, we've had a bit of a wake up ...
SYDNEY, March 27 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has decommissioned its legacy Direct to APRA (D2A) data submission system for entity access. The system was taken offline on Friday 20 March following the identification of security vulnerabilities through a routine penetration test on Thursday 19 March. APRA is accelerating its program to transition all APRA's data collections onto the singul...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 26 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: The Albanese Government has passed new legislation to help consumers get a fair go at the petrol pump with bigger penalties for misconduct including in the fuel sector. The conflict overseas shouldn't be an excuse to profit off Australians. We're putting petrol companies on notice. We won't cop big corporates treating Australian consumers like mugs. The Treasury Laws Amendment (Doubling Penalties for AC...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 26 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police (AFP), Queensland Police (QPS) and Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) A Central Queensland man appeared before Brisbane Magistrates Court today (26 March, 2026), charged by the Queensland Joint Counter Terrorism Team (JCTT) with a foreign incursion offence. The man, 33, was charged after he flew into Brisbane Airport fro...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 26 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Images of the cannabis are available via Hightail. A South Australian man has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment by the District Court of South Australia after being convicted for trying to smuggle 25kg of cannabis hidden in his luggage on a flight to New South Wales. The man, 56, was jailed yesterday (25 March, 2026) and will serve a non-parole period of one year, after which he w...