Belconnen, ACT, Oct. 16 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 16-year-old girl will face the ACT Children's Court today after allegedly assaulting a police officer in Woden yesterday. About 4:15pm on Wednesday (15 October 2025), police attended a department store in Woden after receiving reports that a female was threatening a staff member with a knife. A short time later police located the 16-year-old girl in a nearby car park and placed her under arrest. The girl became agg...
SYDNEY, Oct. 16 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released its 2025 authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs) Points of Presence Statistics. The Points of Presence Statistics are a detailed listing of the physical banking service channels provided to Australians, including branches, ATMs and EFTPOS facilities. As the national data collection agency for the financial sector, APRA collec...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Oct. 15 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: It's the spookiest time of the year, with little ghouls and goblins getting ready to descend on the streets to celebrate a spook-tacular night of Halloween festivities. While it's all about chills and thrills, the Queensland Police Service (QPS) are reminding all residents and community members to keep safety at their minds because, safety never goes out of fang-shion! ���ȹ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Oct. 15 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: The countdown is officially on! In just one year, the Gold Coast will welcome a record-breaking 4,000 competitors from across Australasia, including the South Pacific and Vietnam, for the 20th Australasian Police and Emergency Services Games (APES) 2026. Launched 15 October at Kurrawa, the biennial event will take place from 10-17 October 2026, featuring more than 70 sports and welcoming serving, ret...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 15 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A West Australian woman is scheduled to appear in Perth Magistrates Court today (15 October, 2025) charged over alleged disruptive behaviour on a domestic flight. AFP officers responded to a request for assistance from airline staff at Perth Airport about an incident on a flight departing for Melbourne on 20 June, 2025. The woman, 29, allegedly verbally abused cabin crew after they asked her to remove a bu...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 15 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release with the Australian Federal Police, Australian Sanctions Office and AUSTRAC Editor's note:search warrant footage and Farsi audio grabs from an AFP spokesperson are available via Hightail. The AFP has charged a western Sydney man, 34, for allegedly remitting about $650,000 to Iranian banks in contravention of Australian Government sanctions. The man, a director of an Auburn re...
Belconnen, ACT, Oct. 15 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking information about three youths responsible for the theft of alcohol from a Mawson store last Friday. About 9:38pm on Friday (10 October 2025), three young people entered a liquor store in Mawson. They stole multiple packages of alcohol worth more than $400 before fleeing the scene. Following enquiries, police are now calling on the public for assistance to identify the three young people depict...
Belconnen, ACT, Oct. 15 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an alleged assault committed against a police officer yesterday afternoon. About 3:30pm on Tuesday (14 October 2025), police were patrolling on Lonsdale Street in Braddon when they were flagged down by a member of the public alerting them to a man running into traffic on Cooyong Street in Braddon. Officers observed the man running across multiple lanes of traffic, resulting in driv...
Belconnen, ACT, Oct. 15 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking the public's assistance to locate missing 13-year-old girl Janessa Williams. She is described as Aboriginal in appearance, about 152cm (4'9") tall, with a slim build, and long brownhair. She was last seen wearing a black north face puffer jacket, grey and black track pants, black hoodie and white shoes. Concerns are held for Janessa's welfare, and police are requesting the public's assistance ...
SYDNEY, Oct. 15 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has determined that Westpac Banking Corporation (Westpac) has completed a multi-year risk transformation program required by APRA and, consequently, APRA will remove the remaining $500 million capital add-on applied to Westpac. Following an APRA investigation in 2020, Westpac entered a Court Enforceable Undertaking (CEU) with APRA ...