CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 5 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Queanbeyan man is expected to appear before Brisbane Magistrates Court today (5 September, 2025) for allegedly making aggressive and sexual comments, and threatening violence on a domestic flight. Police will allege the man, 38, made the inappropriate comments and threatened other passengers and cabin crew members while on a Canberra to Brisbane flight on 30 July, 2025. When the pilot began descending in...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 5 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: The rapid development of electric vehicle technology is transforming the outlook for both passenger and freight transport, and policies at all levels of government will need to evolve to seize the opportunities and manage the challenges of this new outlook. Reforms to road user charging arrangements for electric vehicles have the potential to bolster productivity through more efficient use of the road netw...
SYDNEY, Sept. 5 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) notes that the voluntary administrators of Eric Insurance Limited (Eric) will convene a meeting of Eric's creditors on 16 September 2025. This is to allow creditors to vote on a deed of company arrangement (DOCA1) proposal as an alternative to Eric being placed into liquidation. Eric, a small general insurer that provided add-on motor vehicle-r...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 5 -- Murray-Darling Basin Authority issued the following news release: The BOC attended field trips on 14 and 15 August throughout the Menindee and Broken Hill region of NSW, on the lands of the Barkandji People. During the field trips, the BOC met with staff from the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, the NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development - Fisheries and WaterNSW. The BOC also met with representatives from the ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 4 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:Vision and images can be accessed via Hightail An Adelaide man wanted for skipping bail while awaiting trial for allegedly conspiring to import drugs into Australia has been arrested following his deportation from Indonesia. The AFP arrested the man, 60, at Melbourne Airport about 6.30am today (4 September, 2025), after he was deported by the Indonesian Directorate General of Immigration. He...
Belconnen, ACT, Sept. 4 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 29-year-old man will face the ACT Magistrates Court today after allegedly driving dangerously through Narrabundah, Fyshwick and Queanbeyan this morning. About 12:40am this morning (Thursday, 4 September 2025), police observed a Silver Ford Focus compact car driving above the speed limit on Canberra Avenue in Symonston. Police followed the vehicle and directed the driver to pull over on Hindmarsh Drive. The driver to...
Belconnen, ACT, Sept. 4 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 37-year-old Kambah man will face the ACT Magistrates Court today after driving into two police vehicles and injuring two officers in Reid yesterday. Last month, police responded to a disturbance in Lyneham. Upon arriving, police observed the 37-year-old man entering a vehicle. Police directed the man to step out, but he then started the vehicle and sped away. Police later observed the man driving dangerously throug...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 4 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: The Albanese Labor Government has today passed the Treasury Laws Amendment (Payments System Modernisation) Bill 2025 through the Senate, to make sure Australia's payments system delivers for our modern economy. These changes will modernise our payments system and help make our economy more productive. This is all about making our payments system more seamless, safer and stronger, and suitable for the time...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 4 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Two AFP officers last night (3 September, 2025) received National Bravery Awards for running into the fray amidst the chaos following the 7.3 magnitude earthquake which hit Vanuatu in December, 2024. AFP Sergeant Aaron Cox and Inspector Peter Murphy, both working in Vanuatu as part of the Vanuatu - Australia Police Partnership, were in the Port Vila Central Business District when the quake struck. In the ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 4 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Imagery of the man's arrest is available via Hightail. An Irish national who was caught trying to enter Australia with a fake passport and placed into immigration detention before escaping by tying bedsheets together and scaling down the side of a building has been sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. The man, 26, was sentenced today (4 September, 2025) in the Brisbane District Court and fa...