CANBERRA, ACT, March 26 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Butler man appeared before Perth Magistrates Court today (26 March, 2025), charged with allegedly possessing, accessing and transmitting child abuse material. The Western Australia Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (WA JACET) yesterday (25 March, 2025) executed a search warrant and arrested the man, 34, at his home. Inquiries had begun when the AFP-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (A...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 26 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Melbourne man has been sentenced to two years and two months' imprisonment, to be released after four months on a Commonwealth Recognisance Release Order, after a match on a dating app referred him to police. The Hamlyn Heights man, 45, was sentenced in the County Court of Victoria yesterday (25 March, 2025) after pleading guilty to two charges relating to using and accessing child abuse material. A Vi...
BRISBANE, Queensland, March 26 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Health and Ambulance Services The Honourable Tim Nicholls New service in Bundaberg offerspath to recovery * The Crisafulli Government opens new 28-bed residential rehabilitation and withdrawal service opens in Bundaberg. * State of the art facility to support adults in the Wide Bay recovering from alcohol and other drug use. * Lives Lived Well, a non-governmentorganisation, selecte...
BRISBANE, Queensland, March 26 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Minister for Education and the Arts The Honourable John-Paul Langbroek The Crisafulli Government saves East Brisbane State School * The Crisafulli Government delivers certainty for students, families, teachers, and school staff on the future of East Brisbane State School. * The school community has been living in limbo since the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games were awarded to Brisbane. * The2...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 26 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: energy bills, global economy, Medicare, responsible economic management TomConnell: You mentioned the voters at the kitchen table and that's what the Budget is really about. Before the last election they were told by Labor power bills would be lowered by $275 by the end of the term. This time around I'm wondering what you can assure them. So excluding any rebates and even setting the bar mu...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 25 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: the federal Budget, cost-of-living help, strengthening Medicare, building Australia's future JimChalmers: Tonight's Budget will be a responsible budget. It will help with the cost of living, strengthen Medicare and build Australia's future. We know that cost of living is front of mind for most Australians, and it will be absolutely front and centre tonight in our Budget. Our economic plan is...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 25 -- 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 available via Hightail Two men have been sentenced by Downing Centre District Court today (25 March, 2025) for their roles in a failed 42kg cocaine importation in 2023. A Tahmoor man, 22, was sentenced to four years' imprisonment, with a non-parole period of two years. The Kirrawee man, al...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 25 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A south west Sydney man is expected to appear in the Downing Centre Local Court today (25 March, 2025) charged with sexual activity with a child outside Australia and producing child abuse material. An AFP investigation into the man, 29, began after he returned to Australia from a trip to Thailand on 28 January, 2025. The man and his luggage were examined by Australian Border Force (ABF) officers at Sydne...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 25 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: Budget will strengthen Medicare and build Australia's future, energy rebates, making the economy more resilient in the light of escalating trade tensions Sabra Lane: The federal Treasurer joins us now, JimChalmers, welcome. JimChalmers: Thanks very much, Sabra. Lane: Are there any surprises left tonight? Chalmers: Oh, you'll see how it all comes together tonight and that's really what ...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 25 -- Murray-Darling Basin Authority issued the following news release: Landholders and river users, including pumpers, on the Mitta Mitta River are advised to take into account the forecast releases of water from Dartmouth Dam and make any necessary adjustment to their river activities. Transfers from Dartmouth Dam to Hume Dam are expected to continue throughout March and the coming months if conditions remain dry. Releases from Dartmouth (measured at Coleman's gauge) ar...