Belconnen, ACT, Nov. 20 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 26-year-old Coombs man has been charged with 26 fraud offences after allegedly defrauding more than $40,000 from multiple Canberrans through fake construction scams. Police will allege the man set up social media profiles for building and landscape businesses before providing quotes and receiving deposits for work to be conducted It will be alleged no construction work was ever commenced and at no time was he qualif...
Belconnen, ACT, Nov. 20 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 57-year-old man has been charged after allegedly sexually assaulting a woman he met on social media. Police allege the man began communicating with the woman in August 2019 after offering his services as a photographer. They arranged to meet in 2019 and 2020 but during those meetings, he allegedly undressed the woman and sexually assaulted her. The incidents were reported to police in July 2020 and following an inv...
CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 20 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: COP, the energy transformation, International Monetary Fund report Kieran Gilbert: Let's go live to the Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, who joins us on Newsday. Treasurer, thanks for your time. Nice to chat to a young bloke like Jack. He's from Melbourne and won this huge competition and appearing at Carnegie Hall this Sunday. Jim Chalmers: What a seriously talented fella. My goodness. Gilbert: ...
Belconnen, ACT, Nov. 20 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: Last Tuesday afternoon (11 November 2025) ACT Policing officers responded to reports of an active armed offender in possession of a knife at Westfield in Woden, who had allegedly committed an aggravated robbery at a store located inside the shopping centre. At the same time police had received reports there had been multiple attempted car jackings in the area with a young person allegedly threatening members of the pub...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Nov. 20 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: A new cohort of Queensland Police Service (QPS) officers has taken an oath to serve the people of Queensland during a graduation ceremony held in Townsville today. The ceremony marks the culmination of eight months of intensive training at the Townsville Police Academy, which encompassed theoretical learning, operational experience and meaningful community engagement. The new constables will now app...
SYDNEY, Nov. 20 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has launched a new report on APRA's assessment of risks and vulnerabilities facing the Australian financial system. The new System Risk Outlook report, which will be published twice a year, increases transparency around what APRA is seeing in the domestic and international risk environments to inform its regulatory priorities. Key insights fro...
CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 20 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: The International Monetary Fund has today backed Australia's budget and fiscal strategy at a time of global uncertainty. The IMF's Statement highlights Australia's soft landing, strong economic foundations and our ambitious reform agenda. It is a powerful endorsement of Labor's responsible economic and fiscal management. "Australia is managing a soft landing amid global uncertainty: inflation has decline...
CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 20 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will travel to Johannesburg, South Africa for the annual G20 Leaders' Summit from 20 to 22 November 2025. The Summit brings together world leaders under South Africa's G20 Presidency and the theme of Solidarity, Equality and Sustainability. This will be the first time the G20 Leaders' Summit has been held on the African continent. Discussions at the Summit will focus ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 19 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: OLIVER PETERSON, HOST: Good to have your company here on Perth Live. And standing opposite me in the 6PR studios is the Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese. Good to see you. ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Wonderful to be with you, Ollie. PETERSON: How was Garden Island this morning? PRIME MINISTER: Garden Island was fabulous. It was very exciting. We went on the USS Vermont, a nuclear p...
CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 19 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: ROBBIE VON, HOST:The moment has arrived, the Prime Minister has made his way into the building and he joins us on the show right now. Anthony Albanese, hello. Good morning. How you doing? ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER:Good morning. I'm doing very well. It's beautiful day here in Perth. CARLY PORTCH, HOST:Well, you've been, what is it, 38 times to the state now, just since being Prime Minister. PR...