CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 21 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A father and son have been sentenced today (21 November, 2025) to a combined maximum of four years' imprisonment for soliciting and accepting illegal payments from the owner of a building company while they had senior roles at the Construction, Forestry, Mining, Maritime and Energy Union (CFMEU). A 60-year-old man, of Bradbury, was sentenced by the Downing Centre District Court to two years and six months' ...
SYDNEY, Nov. 21 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released a response to consultation on proposed minor amendments to the prudential and reporting framework for authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs), insurers and registrable superannuation entity (RSE) licensees. The response letter issued today follows the release of the proposed update for consultation in September 2025. These mi...
CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 21 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: Today, I have accepted the very clear and unambiguous recommendation from the Foreign Investment Review Board to block Cosette Australia Holdings Pty Ltd and Cosette Australia Bidco Pty Ltd from acquiring a 100percent interest in Mayne Pharma Group Limited on national interest grounds. My decision is entirely consistent with the FIRB advice that the proposal would be contrary to Australia's national intere...
CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 21 -- Murray-Darling Basin Authority issued the following news release: The likelihood of water quality issues increases under warming conditions. * Harmful algal blooms: Algae can pose a risk to the health of humans, animals and the environment. Blue-green algae levels are currently elevated across much of the Basin's rivers and storages, including in the north-east, and central Southern connected Basin. Water quality within the Basin is monitored by individual States. A...
CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 20 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: International Monetary Fund report, state and territory budgets, mid-year budget update, COP31 bid, social media reforms, hospitals funding, GST Jim Chalmers: Earlier this morning, the International Monetary Fund issued a very positive statement about the government's economic strategy. The IMF is very positive about Australia's economic fundamentals and about the government's reform agenda. ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 20 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Arrest image is available via Hightail A fourth person was today (20 November, 2025) charged for their alleged role in a multi-million dollar fraud in the Northern Territory. An AFP-led joint agency investigation named Operation Panton Hill - involving the National Anti-Corruption Commission and Department of Defence - began in March 2025, after the AFP received a report of crime from the De...
CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 20 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:Arrest vision and image available via Hightail. A Sydney man, 30, is expected to face the NSW Bail Division Local Court tomorrow (21 November, 2025) charged with using a carriage service to harass a federal parliamentarian. An AFP National Security Investigations (NSI) team began an investigation after identifying an alleged menacing message on an encrypted online platform. The message alleg...
Belconnen, ACT, Nov. 20 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to a red Holden Barina allegedly driving erratically northbound on the Monaro Highway in Hume yesterday afternoon. About 12:49pm yesterday (Wednesday, 19 November 2025), the driver of a red Holden Barina allegedly produced a firearm while driving northbound on the Monaro Highway in Hume. The male driver is described as Caucasian in appearance, believed to be in his late 20's, with a b...
Belconnen, ACT, Nov. 20 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 26-year-old Coombs man has been charged with 26 fraud offences after allegedly defrauding more than $40,000 from multiple Canberrans through fake construction scams. Police will allege the man set up social media profiles for building and landscape businesses before providing quotes and receiving deposits for work to be conducted It will be alleged no construction work was ever commenced and at no time was he qualif...
Belconnen, ACT, Nov. 20 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 57-year-old man has been charged after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman he met on social media. Police allege the man began communicating with the woman in August 2019 after offering his services as a photographer. They arranged to meet in 2019 and 2020 but during those meetings, he allegedly undressed the woman and sexually assaulted her. The incidents were reported to police in July 2020 and following an inv...