BRISBANE, Queensland, March 20 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: Run Army is returning to Brisbane and Townsville, and the Queensland Police Service (QPS) is encouraging everyone to get involved to help raise funds for Queensland Police Legacy (QPL). An important event in the emergency services calendar, Run Army brings community members together to promote fitness and well-being while celebrating the first responders who protect and serve our community. For QPS...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 20 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A West Australian man has become the first person convicted and sentenced in Australia for transmitting violent extremist material online, after he admitted posting Islamic State content on social media. The man, 19, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment by the Perth District Court today (20 March, 2025) after he pleaded guilty on Tuesday (18 March) to one count of transmitting violent extremist mater...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 20 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police, National Anti-Scam Centre, and Binance Australia Editor's note: Scam text example image available via Hightail. Authorities have hit send on a text and email blitz to warn Australian cryptocurrency customers about scammers impersonating a high-profile exchange. The National Anti-Scam Centre (NASC), in partnership with the AFP-led Joint ...
BRISBANE, Queensland, March 20 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement: Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning and Minister for Industrial Relations The Honourable Jarrod Bleijie Maroochydore and Caloundra revitalised with new hotels on the way * Crisafulli Government approves request by Sunshine Coast Council to increase new tourism accommodation. * The decision follows consultation with local residents and business owners. * S...
Belconnen, ACT, March 20 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking witnesses or dash-cam footage of a grey 2013 BMW sedan driving in the City following a fatal collision last week. About 9.20pm (Tuesday, 11 March 2025), police and emergency services responded to a collision between a car and cyclist in the southbound lanes of Northbourne Avenue near Murdoch Street. Sadly, the cyclist, a 70-year-old man, was declared deceased at the scene. Police are seeking ...
Belconnen, ACT, March 20 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and assistance to identify a woman in relation to an aggravated robbery in Swinger Hill last month. About 8:50pm on Sunday, 16 February 2025, police allege the woman entered the Friendly Grocer and threatened staff with a light brown handgun.During the incident she demanded money and cigarettes from the teenage supermarket workers. While no one was physically injured during this inci...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 20 -- 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 February and the coming months if conditions remain dry. During the second half of March, releases from Dartmo...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 20 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Vietnam-born man is expected to appear before Brisbane Magistrates Court today (20 March, 2025), charged with allegedly failing to comply with his visa-mandated conditions. The man, 29, was charged yesterday (19 March, 2025), after he was located in Brisbane by the AFP with assistance from the Australian Border Force. It will be alleged the man breached the conditions of his Commonwealth visa between 8 ...
CANBERRA, ACT, March 20 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: Low unemployment has continued under the Albanese Government, according to ABS Labour Force figures for February released today. Today's data shows some expected softening in the labour market, but unemployment is still very low at 4.1percent. The figures show that a total of 1,031,100 jobs have been created since the Albanese Government came to office, the most in any single parliamentary term in Austra...
SYDNEY, March 19 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has made minor changes to reporting standard SRS 101.0 Definitions for Superannuation Data Collections, reporting standard SRS 553.0 Investment Exposure Concentrations and Valuations and reporting standard SRS 606.0 RSE Profile to align to the APRA Connect taxonomy and clarify reporting requirements. The reporting standards are available on th...