CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 24 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint release between the Australian Federal Police, Australian Border Force, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission and Department of Home Affairs Editor's note:Footage and images available via Hightail A man has been sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for his role in a failed 2022 plot to import and distribute 56kg of cocaine from Switzerland, hidden inside four high-performance car whee...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 24 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Victorian man is expected to face Broadmeadows Magistrates' Court today (24 September, 2025) charged with allegedly indecently assaulting a female passenger on an international flight from the United States. The woman reported to airline crew during the flight that a man had allegedly touched her inappropriately and reached inside her clothes while she tried to sleep during a flight on 22 September, 2025...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 24 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: Underlying inflation fell in August according to new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Today's figures show the substantial and sustained progress we've made together on underlying inflation. Despite increased volatility in the global economy, underlying inflation is within the RBA's target and that's a promising result in uncertain times. While headline inflation fell slightly in the month...
Belconnen, ACT, Sept. 24 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 37-year-old Phillip man has been charged with 19 breaches of family violence orders after repeated contacts with his former partner. At around 10am yesterday, (Tuesday, 23 September 2025), police attended an educational institution after reports the man was on the premises of his former partner's place of study. It will be alleged the man followed his former partner from her place of work to the institution. Both lo...
Belconnen, ACT, Sept. 24 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A man and a woman have been charged after astolen vehicle was recovered in Weston yesterday. About 12:15pm yesterday (Tuesday, 23 September 2025) ACT Policing received a call from a member of the public, reporting a black Mercedes sedan travelling at speed through a school zone. A short time later, police located the Mercedesparked in a carport in Weston and observeda man and a woman leaving the vehicle. Two children...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 24 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: National Police Remembrance Day (NPRD), held annually at the end of September, is an important time to pause, reflect and honour the officers who have fallen in the line of duty. This year, we remember Constable Albert George Price who, at just 29 years of age, was tragically murdered by an offender whom he was attempting to arrest in 1905. Though more than a century has passed since his tragic and...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 24 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: Today we've released the terms of reference for the Productivity Commission Inquiry into the 2018 changes to the Goods and Services Tax distribution required under legislation. This work will ensure we have the best possible system to pay for the schools, hospitals and essential services Australians need and deserve. It's about making sure these arrangements are delivering the best value for states and t...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 24 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: The Government is looking at new ways to cut red tape in the tax system to ease the compliance burden on businesses and make our economy more productive. Today, we've tasked the Board of Taxation (the Board) to identify ways to responsibly reduce unnecessary compliance burdens and red tape in the tax system. This is all about reducing the regulatory and compliance burden across the economy to support pro...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 24 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: Secretary-General Colleagues This is the decisive decade for acting on the environmental challenge of climate change - and seizing the economic opportunities of clean energy. We all grasp the scale and the urgency of our task. We all understand the consequences of inaction: for our environment, for our economies, for our people's way of life and for our children's future. Australians know the tol...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 24 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ANIKA WELLS, MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS: From a grassroots campaign of 127,000 parents whose fervent wish was that somebody would do something, we are now at the UN showing our world leading laws and helping other countries who have great interest in taking up this same mission. We are so grateful to parents like Emma Mason and Let Them Be Kids and the 36 Months campaign who brought those 127,000 par...