BRISBANE, Queensland, Oct. 22 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Growing up in Nigeria, Senior Constable Steve Omotosho says he never could have predicted a move to Australia with his wife in 2014, would land him his dream job at the Queensland Police Service (QPS). Watch on YouTube Senior Constable Omotosho says he always wanted to be a police officer and when the opportunity to work in picturesque Toowoomba arose, he quickly fell in love with the region and jo...
SYDNEY, Oct. 22 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released a response paper outlining refinements to its proposed updates to the general insurance reinsurance framework. The changes aim to facilitate easier access to different forms of reinsurance, including alternative arrangements like insurance-linked securities, while continuing to safeguard policyholder interests. The paper addresses ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 21 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: critical minerals framework, the budget, interest rates, the Chinese economy Jim Chalmers: Prime Minister Albanese had an outstanding meeting with President Trump today. We're very, very pleased with how the meeting went. And the critical minerals framework is really one of the most important bits of progress that we saw in those discussions. And what that's all about is about helping to ensu...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 21 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: critical minerals framework, tariffs, trade Patricia Karvelas: Treasurer, welcome to the program. Jim Chalmers: Thanks very much, Patricia. Karvelas: Did you expect the meeting with Donald Trump to go as well as it did? Chalmers: I hoped it would, and it's been an outstanding success. I think by any measure, the progress that was made today between Prime Minister Albanese and President ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 21 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and President of the United States Donald J. Trump today signed a landmark bilateral framework on critical minerals and rare earths at the White House in Washington DC. This will see an accelerated pipeline of priority projects delivered by and for the two nations. The United States-Australia Framework for Securing of Supply in the Mining and Processing of Critical Mine...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 21 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the AFP, NSWPF, NT, QPS, SAPOL, TASPOL, VICPOL and WAPOL Editor's note: ClickFit campaign videos and radio grabs are available via Hightail. Australians are being urged to slow their scroll and stop before they click on suspicious links, as data reveals unsafe online habits continue to give cybercriminals the upper hand. In a national response, the AFP-led Joint Polic...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 21 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police (AFP) Policia de Investigaciones de Chile (PDI) and Chile FISCAL Nacional Editor's note: Images and vision of the arrests in Australia and Chile are available via Hightail. Chilean and Australian Police have arrested five men for their alleged roles in the failed importation of 36kg of cocaine into Australia. An international investigatio...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 21 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force Please note: Media are reminded of their obligations under section 15A of the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987 (NSW). A Sydney man was sentenced last week (17 October, 2025) to a combined period of three years and eight months' imprisonment for producing and possessing child abuse material. ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 21 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint release between the Australian Federal Police and Tasmania Police A South Hobart man appeared in Hobart Magistrates' Court today (21 October, 2025) accused of allegedly accessing child abuse material. He was bailed to next appear in the same court on 17 February, 2026. The Tasmania Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (TAS JACET) received three reports from the United States' National Cente...
Belconnen, ACT, Oct. 21 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: Police have extradited a 28-year-old Nowra (NSW) man for a second time after he failed to appear before court on a child sex offence charge. In December 2024 the man was arrested after he allegedly sexually assaulted a child known to him. He was charged with committing an act of indecency on a child under 10 and was bailed to appear before court in June 2025. After he failed to appear, a warrant for his arrest was is...