CANBERRA, ACT, May 20 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: the Budget, tax changes, Australians activists detained Rafael Epstein: Jim Chalmers, thank you for coming in. Jim Chalmers: Nice to see you, Raf. Thanks for having me back. Epstein: I do want to give you time to talk about detail, but I want to ask about politics first. Have you lost control of the debate on the Budget? Chalmers: Of course not. Obviously from some quarters there will be...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 20 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Kumanjayi Little Baby was just five years old and should have had her whole life ahead of her. This wonderful young soul, who I got to speak to her mum, her grandfather, and her grandmother today. She was cherished and loved and they're going through the worst of devastation, and at this time they've asked that they be allowed to go through the Sorry Business with the p...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 20 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: 2026 Budget, conflict in the Middle East, housing, tax reform, business tax relief, start-ups, NDIS, gas tax, young Australians on the Budget Billi Fitzsimons: Jim Chalmers, thank you for joining The Daily Aus. Jim Chalmers: Thanks very much, Billi, for having me on. Fitzsimons: I want to start super broad. How is the Australian economy going at the moment? Chalmers: It's going better th...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 20 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: 2026 Budget, housing, Tim Wilson National Press Club address, tax, Queensland infrastructure Jo Briskey: I'm absolutely thrilled to be here at Modscape, and a big thank you to Jan and the whole team here at Modscape for hosting myself and the Treasurer to be able to come and witness the incredible work this company does around modular housing, and the opportunity it provides not just for local...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 19 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Vietnamese national tracked down in Sydney by the AFP's Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (FAST) has been extradited from Australia to face charges in Vietnam of appropriating property by swindling. Marking the first extradition from Australia to Vietnam, the AFP handed the woman, 67, over to the custody of officers from the Ministry of Public Security on Friday (15 May, 2026) for escort on a flight to Vie...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 19 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: The Albanese Government is further reforming Australia's foreign investment framework to make it work better for investors, our economy, and our national interest. This second round of foreign investment reforms is all about making more improvements so the regime is much stronger where risks are high and much faster where risks are low. It builds on our first round of reforms in 2024. These reforms will i...
SYDNEY, May 19 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has disqualified the former chair of Xinja Bank Limited (Xinja), Lindley Edwards, from being an accountable person of any authorised deposit-taking institution1 under the Financial Accountability Regime (FAR). Ms Edwards is disqualified for a period of six years for failing to comply with her accountability obligations as an accountable person o...
SYDNEY, May 19 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released a consultation on a proposal to replace the non-confidentiality determination that supports publication of aggregated statistics from the National Claims and Policies Database (NCPD). The proposal also details a refreshed publication format. Written submissions regarding the proposals should be submitted by 16 June 2026. The consul...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 19 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: 2026 Budget, free access to mandatory standards for tradies, tax reform, alcohol excise Jim Chalmers: A really big thank you to James and his colleagues here at BM Sydney Materials for welcoming us here in Cabramatta. We're here with Anne Stanley and Tu Le, 2 wonderful Labor people and supporters of small business and the housing industry in this wonderful part of suburban Sydney. The Budget ...
CANBERRA, ACT, May 19 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: PATRICK GORMAN, ASSISTANT MINISTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER: It is wonderful to have the Prime Minister here in the electorate of Perth in the great state of Western Australia, and to be accompanied by Premier Roger Cook. We delivered our Budget one week ago, and one of the big focuses of that budget was housing, making sure more Australians have a place to call home. But it wasn't the first time our budge...