CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 8 -- 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 respects to elders past, present and emerging. It is a pleasure to be back at the BCA's Annual Dinner and to be joined by so many of my colleagues. We take pride in the fact that we are a Cabinet Government - and that is reflected in the way we engage with the business community, across portfolios. Thank you to...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 7 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Video grabs available via Hightail. The AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE) recorded a 41 per cent jump in reports of online child sexual exploitation (OCSE) in the 2024/2025 financial year, underscoring the critical role the community has to play in tackling this criminal scourge. New figures released ahead of Child Protection Week (7-13 September) reveal t...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 7 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Rockingham man who made more than 1100 harassing phone calls to government offices in less than two months, labelling staff as everything from 'terrorists' and 'scabs' to 'cowards', was sentenced in Perth District Court this week (1 September, 2025). The man, 46, was found guilty of two counts of using a carriage service in a way that reasonable persons would regard as menacing, harassing or offensive, co...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 6 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force Editor's note:Images of the seizure available via Hightail A Gold Coast man is expected to appear before Brisbane Arrest Court today (6 September, 2025) charged with allegedly trying to import about 35kg of methamphetamineinto Australia hidden in his luggage. Australian Border Force (ABF) officers stopped the m...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 6 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police have charged a 21-year-old Coorparoo man following an alleged dangerous driving and hooning-related incident in Yatala this morning, 6 September. Just before 12:30am on Saturday, police conducting patrols in the area were informed about alleged hooning occurring on the Pacific Motorway. As officers arrived, a silver Ford Falcon sedan allegedly accelerated away at speed and was monitored befor...
Belconnen, ACT, Sept. 5 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: Thank you Canberra. The 13-year-old girl we posted about yesterday has been located safe and well. ******************************************************************************************* ACT Policing is seeking the public's assistance to locate missing 13-year-old girl Rot Pakao-Oung also known as Robbi. Robbi has not been seen or heard from since Monday 1 September 2025 and was last seen in Dunlop. She is descr...
Belconnen, ACT, Sept. 5 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 33-year-old Ngunnawal man has been issued a $700 fine and incurred four demerit points after he was caught driving 43km/h over the speed limit yesterday. About 2:20pm yesterday (Thursday, 4 September 2025), ACT Major Collision Team officers identified a dark grey Kia Stinger sedan that was travelling at 133km/h in a 90km/h zone on Caswell Drive near Aranda. Officers issued the driver with an infringement notice that...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 5 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: Today we're releasing letters from 38 Commonwealth regulators containing more than 400 ideas to reduce regulatory burden and support productivity growth in our economy. We're cutting red tape where we responsibly can to ease the burden on businesses and consumers and make our economy more prosperous and productive. As part of the Reform Roundtable, we wrote to 38 Commonwealth regulators requesting new ide...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 5 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: Today, I met with state and territory Treasurers to advance key economic reforms following the Albanese Government's Roundtable last month. We built a lot of consensus on economic reform through the Roundtable and we made a lot of progress advancing economic reforms today. Treasurers agreed to progress a Single National Market and expand competition reforms, increase efforts to improve regulation, build m...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 5 -- Geoscience Australia issued the following news release: Geoscience Australia have showcased their planned projects for the first 10 years (2024-2034) of the Resourcing Australia's Prosperity initiative in an online webinar, where the Minister for Resources and Minister for Northern Australia the Hon. Madeleine King MP announced the location of the third deep dive project in the Georgetown-Julia Creek region, Queensland. The 35-year $3.4 billion investment by the Austr...