CANBERRA, ACT, July 16 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the AFP, Queensland Police Service, Victoria Police, Australian Border Force (ABF), Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) and the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC). Editor's note: Vision and images are available via hightail. Three members of a Melbourne-based criminal syndicate, with alleged links to Italian organised crime, were today (16 July,...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 16 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: Artificial Intelligence Strategy, PsiQuantum project, Parliamentary Budget Office report Steve Austin: Jim Chalmers is the federal Treasurer of Australia. Jim Chalmers, morning to you once again, Jim. Jim Chalmers: Good morning, Steve, how are you? Austin: I'm very well. How will AI make Australia more productive, now that you've announced the office attached to the Prime Minister's offic...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 16 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: HAMISH MACDONALD, HOST: The Prime Minister's here. Very good morning to you. ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning. Good to hear from Dave Faulkner. Not what I was expecting. MACDONALD: Well, he was pleased, but maybe you could explain for listeners how this will actually work because artists have said, you know, and said many times that they just don't stand a chance when it comes to negoti...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 16 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: New ASIC numbers out this week show more new companies were registered in June than in any other month since these records first began in 1999. 43,393 new businesses were registered in June and 385,716 in 2025-26, both new highs. This is the first time on record that more than 40,000 businesses were registered in a single month. More businesses were created in the month after the Budget than in any other...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 16 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: The Albanese Government is today releasing new Statements of Expectations for the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). In both Statements there's now a bigger emphasis on promoting growth. This is all about enabling our financial regulators to unlock more productivity and more growth in our economy. These statements will ensure...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 15 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: SARAH FERGUSON, HOST:Prime Minister, welcome. ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Good to be with you. FERGUSON:What is driving this switch to more central control of artificial intelligence? Is it voter angst about the impact on their jobs, on their communities, on their safety? PRIME MINISTER:That this change is happening, and we either allow it to take its course without any control or regulation, o...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 15 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Brisbane man, 64, is expected to face NSW Bail Division Court today (15 July, 2026) after allegedly committing an act of indecency on a domestic flight. The AFP will allege the man inappropriately touched a female passenger seated next to him during a flight from Perth to Sydney yesterday (14 July, 2026). Following a request for assistance from airline staff, AFP officers met the aircraft on its arrival ...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 15 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force Editor's note: Images available via Hightail. The AFP is seeking information from members of the public after 534kg of cocaine was found hidden inside a shipping container in Sydney this week (13 July, 2026). Australian Border Force (ABF) officers examined the consignment, which was bound for Victoria, and identifi...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 15 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and I pay my respect to elders past, present and emerging. It's great to be back at Sydney University, a place that holds so many fond memories. When I was studying economics here in the 1980s, the world was being taught the meaning of economic rationalism. Thatcherism in Britain, Reaganomics in the United States. Yet here...
CANBERRA, ACT, July 13 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: PLEASE NOTE: Media are reminded of their obligations under section 15A of the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Act 1987. Editor's note:Arrest images and vision available via Hightail More than 120 impacted families have been contacted by the AFP over alleged offending involving child victims which were identified during an investigation into a former Sydney childcare worker. The AFP can reveal the man, 35,...