APRA RELEASES MONTHLY AUTHORISED DEPOSIT-TAKING INSTITUTION STATISTICS FOR JANUARY 2025

SYDNEY, Feb. 28 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released its Monthly Authorised Deposit-taking Institution Statistics (MADIS) publication for January 2025. Copies of the January 2025 monthly publication are available on the APRA website at: Monthly Authorised Deposit-taking Institution Statistics publication. Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication....


APRA RELEASES QUARTERLY INSURANCE STATISTICS FOR DECEMBER 2024

SYDNEY, Feb. 28 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA)has released its suite of quarterly industry aggregate insurance statistical publications for the December 2024 quarter. Copies of the publications are available on the APRA website from the below links: * Quarterly general insurance performance statistics;* Quarterly life insurance performance statistics;* Quarterly private health insurance pe...


AFGHANISTAN-BORN MAN CHARGED WITH ALLEGED VISA BREACH IN SYDNEY

CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 28 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: An Afghanistan-born man has appeared before Parramatta Local Court today (28 February, 2025), charged with allegedly failing to comply with his visa-mandated conditions. The man, 30, was arrested last night (27 February, 2025), after he was located in Sydney. It will be alleged the man breached a condition of his Commonwealth visa between 11 February, and 27 February, 2025, by failing to maintain his elect...


AFP MEMBER TO FACE COURT IN PERTH

CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 28 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: An AFP member is expected to appear before the Perth Central Law Courts today (Friday, 28 February, 2025) regarding a charge of dishonestly obtaining a gain. The man was previously issued a summons to appear today to answer one count of dishonestly obtaining a gain, contrary to section 135.1(5) of the Criminal Code (Cth). The man has been suspended from duty since September 2024. The AFP is committed to ...


ITALIAN NATIONAL CHARGED WITH FURTHER OFFENCES OVER ALLEGED SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH MINOR

CANBERRA, ACT, Feb. 28 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police, Western Australia Police Force and US Homeland Security Investigations. An Italian national is scheduled to appear before Perth Magistrates Court today (28 February, 2025) to face further charges relating to allegations he engaged in sexual activity online with a child in Indonesia. Investigations began after US Customs and Border Protec...


WEAPON AND DRUG SEIZURE, MT LOFTY

BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 28 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police have charged a man with multiple offences after uncovering firearms, drugs, and stolen property from a Mt Lofty address on February 27. At approximately 9am, officers from the Darling Downs District Tactical Crime Squad arrived at a North Street address to execute a search warrant. It's alleged when they arrived the man fled the scene with officers engaging in a short foot chase before he was...


ARMED ROBBERY CHARGES, SOUTH BRISBANE

BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 28 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Police have charged two teenage boys following an alleged armed robbery at a South Brisbane business last night, February 27. Two boys allegedly entered a business on Grey Street around 6.25pm, stole items and ran away on foot. Around 7.15pm, it is alleged one of the boys, aged 14, returned to the same business armed with a knife and demanded money from a male employee. It is alleged the boy obtain...


GOLD COAST POLICE ARREST 89 DURING FIRST 48 HOURS OF OPERATION WHISKEY LEGION

BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 28 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Gold Coast police have arrested 89 people on 185 charges and conducted more than 1,600 roadside breath tests on the first day of Operation Whiskey Legion. The high-visibility operation commenced on February 26, targeting high-risk offenders, drug and property crime, and anti-social behaviour. One of the arrests included a man after police executed a search warrant at Gatina Crescent in Coomera. Dur...


COASTAL COMMUNITIES WARNED OF IMPACTS AS SEVERE TROPICAL CYCLONE ALFRED TRACKS CLOSER TO QUEENSLAND

BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 28 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Coastal communities from Central Queensland south to the New South Wales border are being warned to expect some dangerous coastal conditions and possible flooding from Severe Tropical Cyclone Alfred, as the Category Three system moves closer to the mainland. While there is increasing confidence TC Alfred will stay offshore for the next few days, some severe weather impacts will still be felt due to t...


WITNESSES SOUGHT TO OUTLET CENTRE INCIDENT

Belconnen, ACT, Feb. 28 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and assistance to identify a man and a woman following an incident at the Canberra Outlet Centre yesterday. About 3.15pm police were called to multiple reports of a man was threatening people in the Canberra Outlet Centre with a machete. Following investigations, it has been confirmed that the man and a woman had been in the centre for a period of time before entering a store and alle...