BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 5 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Queensland Police Service (QPS) welcomed 118 new officers at a graduation ceremony last night, bringing the total number of officers sworn-in during 2025 to almost 1,200. This marks the second consecutive year of record-breaking police recruitment, reflecting the Service's dedication to strengthening community safety. The newest graduates join more than 1,000 First Year Constables (FYCs) sworn into t...
SYDNEY, Dec. 5 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has begun consulting on adding a third tier to its prudential framework for banking to embed additional proportionality and drive competition in the industry. As part of the Council of Financial Regulators' Review into Small and Medium-sized Banks, APRA committed to formalise a three-tiered approach to proportionality in the prudential framework...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 5 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: Australia and New Zealand have agreed to new measures to help unlock the golden economic opportunities of the net zero transformation and streamline and modernise regulation. This is all about cheaper and cleaner energy for households and businesses, and boosting trade, investment, and productivity on both sides of the Tasman through clear and constructive climate action. Today we were hosted by New Zealan...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 5 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: The Hon NicolaWillis, Minister of Finance and Minister for Economic Growth and the Hon SimonWatts, Minister of ClimateChange and Minister for Energy, welcomed the Hon DrJimChalmersMP, Treasurer and the Hon ChrisBowenMP, Minister for ClimateChange and Energy to Auckland on 5December 2025 for the third Australia‑New ZealandClimate and Finance Ministers' 2+2 Dialogue. Ministers agreed that climate action...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 4 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: military assistance to Ukraine, Russian ship sanctions, National Accounts Sally Sara: The federal government in Australia will provide an additional $95million in military assistance to Ukraine. It's Australia's first significant increase in military help to Ukraine in more than a year, bringing the total in defence support to $1.7billion since Moscow's full‑scale invasion began in 2022....
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 4 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Audio grabs, vision and images from the press conference and extradition are available via Hightail. A Canadian national, who was the former head of the Sam Gor syndicate, has been jailed for 16 years for his role in a conspiracy to traffic commercial quantities of illicit drugs within Australia from 2012 to 2013. The man, 62, sentenced by the Melbourne County Court today (4 December, 2025) t...
Belconnen, ACT, Dec. 4 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking information following a serious assault last week which resulted in a man being transported to The Canberra Hospital with serious injuries. About 11:30pm on Sunday (30 November 2025), police attended Kanangra Court in Reid following reports of a disturbance. A man with serious injuries was located by police and ambulance assistance was immediate sought. The man was treated at the scene by ACT A...
Belconnen, ACT, Dec. 4 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: Police are seeking witnesses after a pedestrian was hit by a carin the cityin September. About 4:45pm on Monday, 20 September 2025, a manwas crossing Mort Streetnear City Walkwhen he was struck by awhitevehicle. The man suffered minor injuries andfollowingenquiries, police areseeking any witnesses to the incident. Given the time and location of the incident, police believe there arewitnessesthat have not yet spoken to...
SYDNEY, Dec. 4 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has finalised consequential amendments to its bank prudential framework to phase out Additional Tier 1 (AT1) capital instruments - also known as hybrid bonds - as eligible regulatory capital. APRA confirmed in December last year its decision to phase out AT1, enabling the benefits of: * improved stabilisation in a crisis and reduced contagion r...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 4 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: We will travel to New Zealand today to meet our counterparts in Auckland to strengthen climate action, clean energy cooperation and regulatory alignment between Australia and New Zealand. This is all about working across the Tasman to seize the golden economic opportunities of the net zero transformation, boosting trade and investment and making our economies more resilient and productive. Delivering on ou...