APRA RELEASES PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE RISK EQUALISATION STATISTICS FOR 2023/24

SYDNEY, March 31 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released its private health insurance risk equalisation statistics publication for the 2023/24 financial year. The publication is available on the APRA website at: Private health insurance risk equalisation statistics. Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication....


APRA RELEASES MONTHLY AUTHORISED DEPOSIT-TAKING INSTITUTION STATISTICS FOR FEBRUARY 2025

SYDNEY, March 31 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released its Monthly Authorised Deposit-taking Institution Statistics (MADIS) publication for February 2025. Copies of the February 2025 monthly publication are available on the APRA website at: Monthly Authorised Deposit-taking Institution Statistics publication. Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication....


WA MAN JAILED FOR POSSESSING VIDEOS OF CHILDREN BEING SEXUALLY ABUSED

CANBERRA, ACT, March 31 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint release between the Australian Federal Police and Western Australia Police Force A West Australian man who tried to hide his mobile phone from police has been sentenced to nine years and nine months' imprisonment for possessing child exploitation material. The Safety Bay man, 54, was sentenced by the Perth District Court on Friday (28 March, 2025) and will serve a non-parole period of five...


AFP MEMBERS STUDY HUMAN DECOMPOSITION AT SYDNEY RESEARCH FACILITY

CANBERRA, ACT, March 31 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police, the Australian Facility for Taphonomic Experimental Research, and the Australian Defence Force Editor's note:Images and vision available via Hightail AFP disaster victim identification (DVI) specialists have participated in a multi-agency exercise to study the decomposition of human remains and test national protocols following mass fata...


MAN CHARGED WITH MORE THAN 50 FAMILY VIOLENCE OFFENCES

Belconnen, ACT, March 31 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 51-year-old Crestwood (NSW) man has been charged with more than 50 family violence offences alleged to have occurred over a nine-year period. In 2023 and 2024 information was received by police in relation to alleged family violence offending by the man against his former partner, two sons and a step-son. On Saturday (29 March 2025) an arrest warrant was issued by the ACT Magistrates Court and later that day, the 5...


MERCEDES DRIVER CHARGED WITH DRUG TRAFFICKING FOLLOWING COLLISION

Belconnen, ACT, March 31 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 33-year-old man has been charged with multiple driving and drug offences following a collision on Hindmarsh Drive yesterday afternoon. About 3.35pm yesterday (Sunday, 30 March 2025), police responded to reports that a stolen black Mercedes Benz sedan bearing NSW number plates DGN 49T had collided with another vehicle at the intersection of Monaro Highway and Hindmarsh Drive in Symonston. Prior to the collision poli...


A FRESH START FOR QUEENSLAND: ADULT CRIME, ADULT TIME EXPANDED

BRISBANE, Queensland, March 30 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: JOINT STATEMENT Premier and Minister for Veterans The Honourable David Crisafulli Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for Integrity The Honourable Deb Frecklington Minister for Youth Justice and Victim Support and Minister for Corrective Services The Honourable Laura Gerber 30 March 2025 A Fresh Start for Queensland: Adult Crime, Adult Time expanded * The Crisafulli Gove...


WITNESSES SOUGHT TO SHOOTING INCIDENT IN WATSON

Belconnen, ACT, March 30 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and footage to a shooting incident that occurred in Watson last night. About 10.30pm (Saturday, 29 March 2025), police and emergency services received a report that a man had been shot in the stomach at a residence on Knox Street, Watson. The man was taken to hospital by ACT Ambulance Service in a serious condition. The offenders reportedly took off after the shooting in a dark vehi...


POLICE LEND A HELPING HAND DURING TONY'S MORNING WALK

BRISBANE, Queensland, March 29 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: General duties police from The Gap jumped into action last week when they discovered a friendly local, Tony Keim, had fallen on his morning walk. The officers had been looking for Tony on March 17 to thank him in person for his kind thank you gift to their local police station when they noticed an ambulance along one of Tony's usual walking routes. Police pulled over to check if the ambulance offic...


MEDIA STATEMENT: CRISAFULLI GOVERNMENT'S INVESTMENT TO ENRICH FIRST NATIONS ART AND FASHION

BRISBANE, Queensland, March 29 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: JOINT STATEMENT Minister for Education and the Arts The Honourable John-Paul Langbroek Minister for Women and Women's Economic Security, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships and Minister for Multiculturalism The Honourable Fiona Simpson 29 March 2025 Crisafulli Government's investment to enrich First Nations art and fashion * Eight Aboriginal and Torres Strait Isla...