CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 18 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Arrest vision of the man is available via Hightail. A Condell Park man is scheduled to appear before a NSW court today (18 December, 2025) charged with allegedly threatening violence towards a member of the Jewish community on a flight from Bali to Sydney. The man, 19, was charged with one count of threatening force or violence against members of groups or close associates, contrary to secti...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 18 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note: Images of the mobile device are available via Hightail. A Darwin man was sentenced to eight years and nine months' imprisonment by the Darwin Supreme Court yesterday (17 December, 2025) for a range of child abuse offences, including the possession of more than 8500 child abuse images. The man, 19, pleaded guilty to a total of 16 offences, including producing, soliciting, accessing and posses...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 18 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A South Sudan-born man is expected to appear before Melbourne Magistrates Court today (18 December, 2025), charged for allegedly failing to comply with his visa-mandated conditions. The AFP charged the man, 38, after he was located in Melbourne earlier today. It will be alleged the man failed to maintain his electronic monitoring device in working order between the dates of 8 December, 2025 and 14 December...
Belconnen, ACT, Dec. 18 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking to identify a man and two vehicles following a theft in Braddon last month. About 10:55pm on Tuesday, 25 November 2025, a man allegedly attended a takeaway business on Mort Street in Braddon and stole two red outdoor umbrellas valued about $2,000 total. CCTV footage depicts the man putting one umbrella in each utility vehicle before he drives away in one. Following enquiries, police are now se...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 18 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: Today, the Albanese and Minns Governments have announced an immediate support package to assist victims, their families, and small businesses impacted by the Bondi terror attack. The package has been jointly funded by the Albanese and Minns Governments, with most elements to be funded under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA), which have been activated in the wake of this attack. The pa...
SYDNEY, Dec. 18 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: APRA and AUSTRAC have both announced actions to address weaknesses in Bendigo and Adelaide Bank's (Bendigo Bank) money laundering risk management, non‑financial risk management practices and risk culture. It follows the findings of an independent review undertaken by Deloitte into suspected money laundering at a Bendigo Bank branch, which the bank reported to AUSTRAC. This independent review...
SYDNEY, Dec. 18 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has imposed additional licence conditions on Equity Trustees Superannuation Limited (ETSL) to address prudential concerns relating to its investment governance frameworks and practices, including oversight of platform investment options made available to members. ETSL acts as trustee for 11 registrable superannuation entities (RSEs) and has app...
SYDNEY, Dec. 18 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has accepted a court enforceable undertaking (CEU) from Netwealth Superannuation Services Pty Ltd (Netwealth) to address material weaknesses in its investment governance framework and practices. Netwealth has around 115,000 member accounts andover $40 billionin funds under management. This action follows APRA's recent thematic review of the in...
CANBERRA, ACT, Dec. 18 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: There is no place in Australia for antisemitism. It is an evil that tears at the fabric of our country. It puts the peaceful, free and equal society we cherish at risk. Sadly, since the terrible events of October 2023 we have witnessed a series of appalling attacks targeting Australia's Jewish community. That culminated on Sunday in one of the worst acts of mass murder this country has ever seen. Th...
India, Dec. 17 -- New Delhi, December 2025: FNP, India's leading gifting platform, today announced two strategic festive collaborations with Starbucks and House of Candy. The partnerships-both national and digital-first-mark a strategic step in FNP's 2025-26 vision of building a culture-driven gifting ecosystem powered by design, personal expression, and collaborations with brands young India already loves. These associations reflect FNP's commitment to reimagining modern gifting in ways that in...