BRISBANE, Queensland, Aug. 25 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: State Emergency Service (SES) Week has concluded with the State Awards Ceremony in Brisbane at the panoramic Room Three Sixty, the top-floor venue at Gardens Point, on Saturday August 23. Deputy Commissioner, Disaster and Emergency Management, Queensland Police Service (QPS), Mr Chris Stream joined SES Chief Officer Dr Mark Armstrong and other dignitaries at the awards ceremony. SES Week ran from Au...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 25 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ALICIA PAYNE, MEMBER FOR CANBERRA: Good morning, everyone. I'm Alicia Payne, the Member for Canberra, and it's wonderful to be here in Lawson this morning with the Prime Minister and Housing Minister, Clare O'Neil. And a big thank you to Lachie and Abbie, who just welcomed us into their home, their brand new home that they've been able to buy and hear about what it means for them to be finally homeowne...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 25 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: SALLY SARA, HOST:Politicians have returned to Canberra for the resumption of Federal Parliament this week. It comes as the Government announces initiatives it hopes will fast track the building of new homes. The Prime Minister joins me now. Anthony Albanese, welcome back to Radio National Breakfast. ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Good morning, Sally. SARA: On housing, today you've announced the exp...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 24 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Images and vision available via Hightail. The AFP's Weapons Technical Intelligence (WTI) team doesn't just investigate bombs. It builds them, just to blow them up. All in the name of solving crime. The widespread carnage caused by a bomb detonation doesn't often leave much sign of the device that caused it. However, the few remnants that do remain can serve as crucial evidence for the highly...
Belconnen, ACT, Aug. 24 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking the public's assistance to locate missing 26-year-old man David Cashin. David has not been seen or heard from since 2:40pm, Wednesday, 20 August 2025, and was last seen at the Westfield Belconnen entrance on Benjamin Way. He is described as Indigenous in appearance, about 175cm (5'9") tall, with a slim build, brown hair, brown eyes and has an Indigenous flag tattoo covering the left side of his...
Belconnen, ACT, Aug. 23 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an alleged sexual assault that occurred in a bar on Genge Street earlier this month. About 12.45am on Saturday 9 August (2025), officers the Territory Targeting Team were conducting patrols on Bunda Street when they were flagged down by security staff from a licenced premises on Genge Street. The security reported two males had been removed from the bar after allegedly making repea...
Belconnen, ACT, Aug. 23 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking the public's assistance to locate missing 73-year-old man Peter Thomas. Peter has not been seen or heard from since 6pm yesterday (Friday, 22 August 2025), and was last seen in Bruce. He is described as Caucasian in appearance, about 170 cm (5'7") tall, with a slim build and bald head. He was last seen wearing a black puffer jacket, light trousers and a beige flat cap. Peter is believed to be...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 22 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Northern Territory man has appeared in Darwin Magistrates Court today (22 August, 2025) charged with allegedly possessing child abuse material. The NT Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (NT JACET) charged the man, 32, yesterday (21 August, 2025). His next court appearance is 30 September, 2025. Investigators allegedly identified the man while investigating a report from the AFP-led Australian Centre to C...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 22 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint Australian Federal Police, Northern Territory Police and Australian Border Force media release Two Northern Territory men have been sentenced this week for accessing and possessing online child abuse material after separate investigations. A Darwin man, 63, was sentenced on Monday (18 August, 2025), to 11 years and six months' imprisonment by the Darwin Supreme Court, after pleading guilty ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 22 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: Economic Reform Roundtable, tax, road user charges Rachel Mealey: Treasurer, good morning. Jim Chalmers: Thanks very much, Rachel, good morning. Mealey: People are listening to AM right now on the way to work. Many dropped their kids off to school on the way. You're speaking to those cars this morning, carrying 2 generations. What can you tell them about how you're going to make the tax s...