Belconnen, ACT, March 18 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an incident in Namadgi National Park overnight. About 6.30am this morning (Tuesday, 18 March 2025), police and emergency services responded to a report that a woman had been located at the Namadgi National Park visitor centre. Police are appealing to anyone with information about the incident to come forward. At this stage, police do not believe there is an ongoing threat to the ...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 18 -- Murray-Darling Basin Authority issued the following news release: The likelihood of water quality issues typically reduces as the season transitions from warmer to cooler months. Conditions remain favourable for algal growth across much of the Basin, particularly within some northern Basin rivers/storages, the Menindee Lakes and lower Darling-Baaka, parts of the Lachlan/Murrumbidgee and mid-Murray systems, and some central Victorian storages. Low dissolved oxygen (D...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 18 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: the Budget, jobs numbers, spending, tax cuts, tax reform, cheaper medicines announcement, global trade, protesters, debates with AngusTaylor KieranGilbert: Treasurer, thank you for your time. In your 3 previous Budgets and in fact, in your speech in the last week or so, you've spoken about the concerns internationally. They are no less stronger today than they have been at any point do you n...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 18 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: economic recovery, Brisbane Olympics, Ex-TC Alfred recovery, electricity prices, tariffs, GST, renewable energy, Queensland parliamentarians JackMcKay: Treasurer, thank you very much for that address. We'll now turn to the question and answer segment of today's event and we'll turn to the press gallery very soon. But, Treasurer, I just want to ask you. Obviously this Budget is being delivere...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 18 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: the budget, cost-of-living relief, early childhood education Sarah Ferguson: Treasurer JimChalmers joins me now from Parliament House. Treasurer, welcome to 7.30. Jim Chalmers: Thanks for having me back on your show, Sarah. Ferguson: Now, you've described the $1.2billion hit from Cyclone Alfred as a quote, 'big new pressure' on the budget. As important as this is, with government spendin...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 18 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: Early childhood education regulation, Budget, tariffs, OECD forecasts, economic progress, CFMEU, deportation referendum SallySara: Well modelling from the federal Treasury suggests new US tariffs on steel and aluminium will only have a modest impact on the Australian economy. Federal Treasurer JimChalmers will use a speech today to argue that the tariffs are both senseless and wrong. It com...
BRISBANE, Queensland, March 17 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for the Environment and Tourism and Minister for Science and Innovation The Honourable Andrew Powell Work to start on $4.5 million Daintree upgrade * $4.5 million Jindalba Boardwalk upgrade in the Daintree National Park. * Theeco-tourism revitalisation project will improve the Daintree visitor experience and provide greater access for people of all abilities. * Suitable materials from ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, March 17 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Women and Women's Economic Security, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships and Minister for Multiculturalism The Honourable Fiona Simpson Harmony Week highlights humanity's best after severe weather events * Harmony Week is a chance to recognise multicultural communities supporting those impacted by recent weather events. * Theme of 'Everyone belongs' promo...
BRISBANE, Queensland, March 17 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: JOINT STATEMENT Premier and Minister for Veterans The Honourable David Crisafulli Minister for Education and the Arts The Honourable John-Paul Langbroek South East Queensland State schools reopened after ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred * All 661 South East Queensland State schools open againfollowing ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred. * School impacts included power outages, water damage, fallen trees, r...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 17 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Images available via Hightail More than $11 million worth of assets, including Rolex watches, Cartier jewellery and art by Brett Whiteley has been forfeited to the Commonwealth as suspected proceeds of crime after an AFP-led Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce (CACT) investigation. The decision in the Supreme Court of Victoria grew out of AFP-led Operation Fuji, which focused on a large ...