SYDNEY, Feb. 5 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has reduced liquidity add-on requirements imposed on Macquarie Bank Limited in 2021 and 2022. APRA took action against Macquarie Bank following material breaches that revealed weaknesses in the bank's liquidity risk controls and operational risk management. In April 2021, APRA required Macquarie Bank to increase its Net Cash Outflow (NCO)...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 5 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: The Albanese Government welcomes the very strong returns achieved by the Future Fund which saw our sovereign wealth fund grow by almost $30billion last year. This is a great result for the Future Fund and a great result for our country. In the 2025 calendar year, the Future Fund made a return of 12.4percent, up from 12.2percent in 2024 and 8.0percent in 2023. The Fund has also achieved a 10‑year ret...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 5 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: I am pleased to announce the Governor-General has appointed Mr Simon Duggan as the Secretary of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR). Mr Duggan has an extensive career in the Australian Public Service most recently as the Deputy Secretary of the Energy Group at the Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water (DCCEEW). Prior to joining DCCEEW, Mr Duggan was a Depu...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 5 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will travel to Jakarta, Indonesia from 5 to 7 February 2026 to meet the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto, and sign the Australia-Indonesia Treaty on Common Security. The treaty reflects the close friendship, partnership and deep trust between Australia and Indonesia. It will take Australia-Indonesia cooperation to a new level, for the benefit of o...
Belconnen, ACT, Feb. 5 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking witnessesand dash-cam footageofdangerous driving incidents in Canberra last week. On Wednesday morning(28 January 2026),a white Volkswagen Golf with ACT registration AYAC20H wasobservedspeedingonFairbairnAvenue inPialligo. The driverfailedtostopwhen directed toand drove towardsQueanbeyan, crossing onto the wrong side of the road to avoid police. The vehicle was laterobservedtravellingback into ...
Belconnen, ACT, Feb. 5 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: UPDATE: Thanks Canberra, the missing 12-year-old girl we posted about last night has been located safe and well. ACT Policing is seeking the public'sassistancetolocatemissing12-year-oldgirlSahbella-Jean Stores Sahbellahas not beenseen orheardfromsince2:30pm this afternoon (Thursday, 5February2026)and was last seen inFranklin. Sheis described asCaucasian inappearancewithaslimbuild,faircomplexion,andlong brownhair. She...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 4 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: inflation, interest rates, tax, splintering of the right‑wing parties Rafael Epstein: Jim Chalmers joins you, he is the federal Treasurer. Good morning. Jim Chalmers: Good morning, Raf. How are you? Epstein: I'm okay. Thank you for joining us. When someone does go to the supermarket any time this year the same stuff is going to end up costing them more and more. Isn't that your fault...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 4 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: RBA rate rise, inflation figures, price of average mortgage Steve Austin: But as you know, inflation is likely to remain above target for some time, according to the Governor of the Reserve Bank. Treasurer- federal Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, says it was private demand, not government spending, that was the catalyst for the higher inflation. This means that what you pay, sometimes called the Cons...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 4 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: interest rates, NDIS growth, energy prices Tom Elliott: Joining us on the line, earlier than promised, which is welcome news, the federal Treasurer, Jim Chalmers. Good morning. Jim Chalmers: Good morning, Tom, how are you? Elliott: Good. So, at least 6 articles I've read this morning say that very high federal government spending, now approaching 27percent of the economy, or GDP, is largel...
CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 4 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A man who allegedly abused AFP officers and workers at Perth Airport is expected to appear in Perth Magistrates Court today (4 February, 2026) charged with disorderly conduct. The AFP charged the Perth man, 44, over an incident on 6 January, 2026, when he allegedly became aggressive after being told he was too intoxicated to travel. He first came to the attention of workers in the T1 international terminal...