CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 14 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: reforms to support low‑income workers and build a stronger super system Sally Sara: Joining me now is Jim Chalmers, the federal Treasurer. Treasurer, welcome back to Breakfast. Jim Chalmers: Thanks very much, Sally. Sara: You took the original superannuation tax reforms to the last election, why change it now? Chalmers: We found another way to deliver on the same objectives. In fa...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 14 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: low income superannuation tax offset, annual cyber threat report, engagement with American counterparts Madonna Jarrett: Morning everybody, I'm Madonna Jarrett. I'm the local member, the newbie. Welcome to my patch. I grew up literally 4 streets from here, so the Paddo is iconic for me. And a bit of a fun fact that I told one of the workers, is that my great‑uncle actually ran the Paddi...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 14 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint release between Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force Editor's note: Images and vision of the canine brothers is available via Hightail. Brothers who work together in law enforcement are nothing new. But Glyn and Gazz have crossed the continent to work side by side at Perth Airport. The three-year-old Labrador Retrievers are expertly trained detection dogs who play a criti...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 14 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A South Australian man is scheduled to appear in Mount Gambier Magistrates Court today (14 October, 2025) charged with alleged online child abuse offences, including possessing sexually explicit material of children. The South Australia Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (SA JACET) began an investigation in August 2025, after receiving a report about an online user uploading child abuse material. SA JACET...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 14 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: Our reforms to the low income superannuation tax offset will help deliver a more secure retirement for more than a million Australians, including hundreds of thousands of young people and women. We are making the super system fairer from top to bottom. The majority of people who will benefit from changes to the low income superannuation tax offset (LISTO) are women. Every dollar we help women save for re...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 13 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: reforms to support low‑income workers and build a stronger super system Kieran Gilbert: Jim Chalmers joins us now, I have to get straight to him. It's a big deal, this. You've rewritten basically the tax plan on superannuation. Can I just get clarity? You've abandoned the taxing of unrealised gains. Why is that? Jim Chalmers: We've made about half a dozen changes today. And these are ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 13 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: Better Targeted Superannuation, BHP iron ore shipments, Queensland energy policy Jim Chalmers: This morning on my recommendation the Cabinet agreed practical changes to make the superannuation system stronger, fairer and more sustainable. There are 6 main changes to the proposal that we put forward a couple of years ago, including one entirely new element, which is an increase to the Low Inco...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 13 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Sudan-born man has appeared before the Perth Magistrates Court today (13 October, 2025) charged after allegedly damaging Commonwealth property. The AFP charged the man, 34, today (13 October, 2025) after he was located in Perth. It is alleged he deliberately damaged equipment needed to maintain an electronic monitoring device.  The man has been charged with one count of damaging property belonging...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 13 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Kenya-born man appeared before the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Friday (10 October, 2025) charged after allegedly failing to comply with his visa-mandated curfew conditions. The AFP charged the man, 28, on Friday (10 October, 2025), after he was located in Brisbane. It will be alleged the man breached one of the conditions of his Commonwealth visa by failing to remain at a notified address.  The ...
Belconnen, ACT, Oct. 13 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and dashcam footage of a collision that occurred in Belconnen this morning. About 7:30am (Monday, 13 October 2025), a dark blue Toyota Rav4 and a truck were involved in a collision near the intersection of Coulter Drive and William Hovell Drive, in the east bound lanes toward the City. The truck did not stop and continued eastbound on William Hovell Drive. The female driver of the To...