MAN CHARGED WITH INDECENT ASSAULT FOLLOWING PUBLIC INCIDENTS

Belconnen, ACT, Sept. 22 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 42-year-old man has been arrested following several alleged acts of indecency on women in Canberra City this month. About 4pm on Saturday, 13 September (2025), a woman was allegedly indecently assaulted by the man inside a grocery store in the City. In another incident, about 5:30pm on Monday, 15 September (2025), a woman was walking with her boyfriend along Alinga Street in the City when she was allegedly indecent...


TELEVISION INTERVIEW - SKY NEWS

CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 22 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ANDREW CLENNELL, HOST:Your decision to recognise Palestine with the UK and Canada has made headlines here in the US today. Do you concede there's a chance it makes no difference to achieving peace, or even backfires? For example, Israel could annex the West Bank or take some sort of action. ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:No, I don't. This is a positive move forward and what it indicates is a signal...


TELEVISION INTERVIEW - TODAY SHOW

CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 22 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: KARL STEFANOVIC, HOST: For more we're joined by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in New York. PM, good morning to you. Good to have you coming this morning. PRIME MINISTER:Good morning. STEFANOVIC:Look, 25 Republicans say recognising Palestine is reckless policy that rewards terrorism and you risk retaliation. Are you ready for the blowback? PRIME MINISTER: Well, this is in Australia's national inte...


FLOWS IN THE RIVER MURRAY SYSTEM FOR AUGUST 2025

CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 22 -- Murray-Darling Basin Authority issued the following news release: At any given time, water flowing through the river is destined for various uses, including irrigation, industry, communities, the environment, and meeting South Australia's flow entitlement. The exact mix of these flow components is determined by a number of factors including demand and water availability. Each month we provide an update showing flows in the River Murray system including the total vol...


IRAN-BORN MAN CHARGED WITH ALLEGED VISA BREACH IN VICTORIA

CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 22 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: An Iran-born man is set to appear before Melbourne Magistrates' Court today (22 September, 2025) charged with allegedly failing to comply with his visa-mandated curfew conditions. The AFP charged the man, 42, today (22 September, 2025), after he was located in Melbourne. It will be alleged he breached one of the conditions of his Commonwealth visa yesterday (21 September, 2025) by failing to observe his r...


THREE MEN ALLEGEDLY LINKED TO ORGANISED CRIME ARRESTED IN MELBOURNE

CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 22 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint Australian Federal Police and Victoria Police media release Editor's note:Images of seized items available via Hightail. A Melbourne-based criminal syndicate with alleged links to organised crime has been dismantled, with three men charged over the cultivation and trafficking of illicit drugs. A Keilor Park man, 35,an Albion man, 28, and an Echuca man, 54,were charged after allegedly bein...


VICTORIAN MAN JAILED FOR COMPLEX FRAUD TO HELP BUSINESS OWNERS KNOWINGLY AVOID BANKRUPTCY

CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 22 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release with Australian Federal Police and Australian Financial Security Authority. A Melbourne lawyer has been sentenced today (22 September, 2025) to three years' imprisonment, with a non-parole period of one year, for perverting the course of justice and running an offshore scam to help his clients avoid bankruptcy. The man, 68, used his law firm to create fictitious personal debt...


ADDRESS TO TWO STATE SOLUTION CONFERENCE

CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 22 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: President Macron. Your Royal Highness. Secretary-General. Colleagues. Nearly 78 years ago, Australia was proud to be the first member of the United Nations to vote for the plan that made the modern state of Israel possible. The international community's vision for a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, always encompassed two states. A state of Israel and a state of Palestine. Living side ...


THREE TEENS CHARGED AFTER STOLEN VEHICLE INCIDENT

Belconnen, ACT, Sept. 21 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: Three teenagers have been charged after allegedly driving a stolen motor vehicle dangerously in the Gungahlin area early this morning. About 2:30am today (Sunday, 21 September 2025), police patrolling Amaroo observed a white Audi travelling at excessive speed along Horsepark Drive. Police allege the Audi was travelling at 120km/h in an 80km/h zone. Police followed the Audias it continued to exceed the speed limit tow...


AUSTRALIA RECOGNISES THE STATE OF PALESTINE

CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 21 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: Effective today, Sunday the 21st of September 2025, the Commonwealth of Australia formally recognises the independent and sovereign State of Palestine. In doing so, Australia recognises the legitimate and long held aspirations of the people of Palestine to a state of their own. Australia's recognition of Palestine today, alongside Canada and the United Kingdom, is part of a co-ordinated internationa...