SYDNEY, Nov. 27 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) will limit high debt-to-income (DTI) home lending to pre-emptively contain a build-up of housing-related vulnerabilities in the financial system. While overall bank lending standards remain sound, APRA has observed a pick-up in some riskier forms of lending over recent months as interest rates have fallen, housing credit growth has picked up to...
CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 26 -- Murray-Darling Basin Authority issued the following news release: At any given time, water flowing through the river is destined for various uses, including irrigation, industry, communities, the environment, and meeting South Australia's flow entitlement. The exact mix of these flow components is determined by a number of factors including demand and water availability. Each month we provide an update showing flows in the River Murray system including the total volu...
CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 26 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A South Sudan-born man appeared before Campbelltown Local Court yesterday (25 November, 2025) charged with allegedly failing to comply with his visa-mandated conditions. The AFP charged the man, 31, yesterday (25 November, 2025), after he was located in Sydney. It will be alleged the man breached two of the conditions of his Commonwealth visa by failing to observe his residential curfew obligations and fai...
CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 26 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: CPI, public service funding, budget priorities, energy rebates, Coalition's coal proposal to cost billions, Brisbane Broncos Peter Stefanovic: The Albanese government is bracing for higher inflation ahead of fresh CPI data this week. Today's monthly inflation figures, which does include volatile items such as fuel, is expected to show an annual rate of 3.6percent which would be up from the 3....
CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 26 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: Coalition's coal proposal to cost billions, public service funding, budget priorities James Glenday: We're joined now by the federal Treasurer, Jim Chalmers. Jim, welcome back to News Breakfast. Jim Chalmers: Thanks for having me back on, James. Glenday: No, it's our pleasure. Now ever since the Coalition abandoned net zero there has been some speculation and some attempts to guess or wo...
CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 26 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: new inflation data, government efficiency, cost of Coalition's coal policy Sarah Abo: Well fresh inflation figures could this morning squash any remaining hopes Australians will see another rate cut before Christmas. To discuss it Treasurer Jim Chalmers joins us from Canberra. Good morning to you, Treasurer. Jim Chalmers: Good morning, Sarah. Abo: I wanted to ask how you are, we haven't s...
CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 26 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: Coalition's coal proposal to cost billions, public service funding, Economic Reform Roundtable Sally Sara: Jim Chalmers is the federal Treasurer and joins me now. Treasurer, welcome back to Breakfast. Jim Chalmers: Thanks very much, Sally. Sara: The government says new economic analysis shows that if the Coalition won the next election and kept all coal‑fired plants open for 10years...
CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 26 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: October inflation figures, electricity prices, mid-year economic outlook Jim Chalmers: Well, inflation was flat in the month of October but ticked up in annual terms. Annual through‑the‑year inflation is higher than we'd like, but it is much, much lower than we inherited from our predecessors. What we saw was inflation of 0.0 in October, but we do acknowledge that the through̴...
CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 26 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: Coalition's record of economic mismanagement, CPI, public service spending, Coalition's coal proposal to cost billions Jim Chalmers: Labor is the party of responsible economic management. We've delivered 2 surplus budgets, we've got the deficit down in the third year, we found $100billion in savings, and we've got the Liberal debt down by almost $200billion. We won't be taking lectures on re...
Belconnen, ACT, Nov. 26 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 23-year-old Bonner man, who had a good behaviour order for other offences, has been charged with drug trafficking in Gungahlin overnight. About 7:50pm last night (Tuesday, 25 November 2025), general duty officers from Gungahlin Police Station observed several individuals approaching a green Toyota Camry sedan parked in the Gungahlin College basketball courts car park. A short time later, police spoke to three male o...