Belconnen, ACT, July 16 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 59-year-old NSW man will face the ACT Magistrates court today after being charged with multiple child sexual assault offences that allegedly occurred in Calwell in the early 90's. In 2021, ACT Policing received a report regarding alleged assaults by a Calwell man against a child under 5-years-old that were alleged to have occurred in 1994. Investigators believe that during the 1990s and early 2000s, the man particip...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 16 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: This week I will join international counterparts for the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meetings in Durban, SouthAfrica. There could not be a more important time for G20 nations to work together and for Australia to be part of that collective effort. Australia is a big believer in these multinational opportunities and a big beneficiary of global economic cooperation and free and open mar...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 15 -- Murray-Darling Basin Authority issued the following news release: The likelihood of water quality issues typically reduces across warmer to cooler seasons. * Harmful algal blooms: Algae can pose a risk to the health of humans and animals. Blue-green algae levels are currently elevated across much of the Basin including northern Basin rivers/storages, NSW central west, Menindee Lakes, Lachlan/Murrumbidgee and mid-Murray systems, Victorian central/northern storages, and...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 15 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: Treasury IGB, G20 Finance Ministers Meeting, tariffs, reform roundtable, Treasurer's reading list TomMcIlroy: Hi, I'm TomMcIlroy, coming to you from the lands of the Ngunnawal and Ngambri peoples in Canberra. We have a special early episode in your podcast feed this week. Ahead of his trip to the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in Durban this week, Treasurer JimChalmers joins the podcast to ta...
Belconnen, ACT, July 15 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking dash-cam footage following a shooting in Banks last week. About 12:00am (midnight) on Tuesday 8 July (2025) a man was confronted in his house by two men and was allegedly assaulted and shot in the leg. To assist with the investigation, police are seeking dash-cam footage from anyone driving on Tharwa Drive or in Banks between 11:30pm Tuesday 8 July and 12:30am Wednesday 9 July 2025. Anyone who...
BRISBANE, Queensland, July 14 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: As kids return to the classroom this week, motorists are being reminded school zones are back in effect from today to ensure everyone's safety. Queensland Police have spent the past few weeks of the school holidays conducting significant road safety engagement, including high-visibility patrols and operations, as part of Operation X-Ray Cold Snap. Between June 28 and July 13, officers conducted more...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 14 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police, the Therapeutic Goods Administration and AUSTRAC Editor's note:Audio grabs of AFP Commander Kennedy available via Hightail. The AFP has restrained two bank accounts with a combined balance of more than $1 million suspected to be the proceeds of crime from illicit vaping goods sales in Sydney and online. The restraint resulted from a join...
Belconnen, ACT, July 14 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an assault in the city earlier this month. About 3:30am on Saturday 5 July (2025), police responded to reports a man had been assaulted outside a licenced venue on Hobart Place. The man allegedly got into an altercation with another man when he was assaulted and pushed to the ground. He received head injuries and was taken to hospital in a stable condition. The other man is descri...
Belconnen, ACT, July 14 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and dash-cam footage of a suspected road rage incident earlier this month. About 12:30pm on Saturday, 5 July (2025), two men in a stolen white Toyota HiLux with stolen Queensland registration plates 302YJW stole a trailer from an address in Farrer. The owner of the trailer witnessed the incident and followed the Hilux in a grey Hyundai i30N. The Toyota was driven erratically along At...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 14 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Vision available via Hightail A New South Wales man appeared in Perth Magistrates Court today (14 July, 2025) charged with disorderly behaviour at Perth Airport. The AFP responded to a request for assistance at an airline lounge inside the domestic terminal yesterday (13 July, 2025). The AFP will allege the man, 34, was intoxicated and used inappropriate language in the presence of other p...