Australia, Aug. 19 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 18: 1. The plaintiff is a sports and community club that has around 13,000 members and employs around 90 staff. Its annual revenue for the year that ended on 30 June 2024 was around $12.5m. It is an Australian public company and, as such, is subject to various requirements in the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) concerning the appointment of an auditor and the auditing of the company's fin...
Australia, Aug. 19 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 18: 1. These vigorously contested proceedings returned to Court on Friday, 18 July 2025 to resolve further issues after the execution of the orders Kunc J made on 11 July 2025: Rahman v Rahman [2025] NSWSC 752. 2. These reasons assume familiarity with the Court's previous judgments in these proceedings, which apart from Kunc J's decision last Friday are my decisions: Rahman v Rahman ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 19 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Sudan-born man is set to appear before the Melbourne Magistrates' Court today (19 August, 2025), charged with allegedly failing to comply with his visa-mandated conditions. The AFP arrested and charged the man, 32, today after locating him in Melbourne. It will be alleged he breached the conditions of his Commonwealth visa between 5 August, 2025, and 16 August, 2025. The man has been charged with: * T...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 19 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: An AFP employee is expected to face the ACT Magistrate's Court today (19 August, 2025) charged with breach of bail. The member was arrested following their alleged breach of bail conditions last night (18 August, 2025). They are currently before the court for alleged family violence offences. The member has been suspended. The AFP is committed to transparency. No further comment will be made. Disclaime...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 19 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force Editor's note: Images available via Hightail An Iranian national is faced Downing Centre Local Court yesterday (18 August, 2025) charged over his alleged role in a failed plot to import 390kg of methamphetamine into Australia. The man, 61, was remanded in custody and will next appear in court on 15 October, 202...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 19 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Jim Chalmers: I want to add my thanks to the Prime Minister's. You're all contributing your experience and your expertise in the service of the national economic interest, and we are very grateful to you for that. I also want to thank the PM - for his introduction and for his support for this effort since he first announced this Roundtable10weeks ago today. If there's a defining characteristic of the governme...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 19 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Well, I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we're meeting and pay my respect to Elders past, present, and emerging. And I thank all of you for not just participating today, but for the work - I actually watched you yesterday, Danielle, the questions, welcome to our world. And the fact that many of you have participated either in the forum...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 18 -- Murray-Darling Basin Authority issued the following news release: AGL in conjunction with River Murray Operations announced today that releases from Dartmouth Reservoir will be maintained for the purposes of Electricity Generation. The current discharge at Coleman's Gauge of 1700 ML/d or 1.62 M gauge height will be maintained until 16:00pm Thursday 21/08/2025 This release will be reassessed at this time to understand the next change. A further flow advice will be is...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 18 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: Economic Reform Roundtable, productivity challenges, tax cut promises Jim Chalmers: This week is all about building consensus and it's all about building momentum. We've been working really hard in the lead up to this roundtable. And I'm confident that all of the effort that's gone into this has already been worth it. This is a really important opportunity. We intend to make the most of it. W...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 18 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: An AFP employee has been charged with one count of aggravated common assault (family violence), contrary to section 26(1) of the Crimes Act 1900 (ACT), and two counts of aggravated property damage (family violence), contrary to section 116(3) of the Crimes Act. They appeared in the ACT Magistrates Court today, 18 August, 2025. The employee was charged by ACT Policing on 18 August, 2025. The AFP is committ...