CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 17 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following media release: The Albanese Government has signed Australia's first ever tax treaty with Ukraine. More two‑way trade is in the interests of both Australia and Ukraine. This tax treaty will strengthen economic ties between our two countries. Once in force, the treaty will make it easier and more efficient for Australian and Ukrainian businesses to trade and invest in each other through reduced withholding tax rate...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 17 -- The Treasurer of Australia issued the following transcript: Note Subjects: investor meetings, Coalition Jim Chalmers: I'm here today in New York City to talk about Australia as an attractive investment destination. This is a time of great global economic uncertainty and Australia has a big opportunity to be a beneficiary of all of this churn and change. So today I've been speaking with some of the world's biggest investors, representing around $25trillion of funds ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 16 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release: I am pleased to announce that the Governor-General has agreed to the appointment of Ms Kathy Klugman as the next Director-General of National Intelligence, the head of the Office of National Intelligence. Ms Klugman will take up her appointment when the current Director-General, Mr Andrew Shearer completes his term of appointment. Ms Klugman is the first woman to lead the Office of National Intellige...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 16 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: A Somali-born man appeared in Melbourne Magistrates' Court yesterday (15 October, 2025) charged with allegedly failing to comply with his visa-mandated curfew conditions. The AFP attended Heidelberg Police Station and charged the man, 42, on Tuesday (14 October, 2025), after he was arrested by Victoria Police on an unrelated matter. The AFP will allege the man breached a condition of his Commonwealth visa ...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 16 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: AKosovo-born man appeared before Liverpool Local Court yesterday (15 October, 2025) charged with allegedly failing to comply with his visa-mandated curfew conditions. The AFP charged the man, 66, after he was located in Sydney yesterday. It will be alleged the man breached the conditions of his Commonwealth visa by failing to report as required between 1 September and 14 October 2025. The man has been cha...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 16 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: Editor's note:Images available via Hightail A Sydney woman is expected to appear before Blacktown Local Court today (16 October, 2025) charged with allegedly possessing 43 files containing violent extremist material on her mobile phone. The woman, 23, came to police attention in July, 2025, after the AFP received information about a Sydney-based person promoting and sharing extremist material, and glorifyi...
CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 16 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release: An Iraq-born man has appeared before Melbourne Magistrates Court today (16 October, 2025), charged with breaching his visa-mandated conditions. The AFP charged the man, 36, today (16 October, 2025) after he was located in a town about 50km north of Melbourne. It will be alleged the man allegedly breached one of the conditions of his Commonwealth visa by failing to ensure his electronic monitoring device wa...
Belconnen, ACT, Oct. 16 -- ACT Policing issued the following media release: A 16-year-old girl will face the ACT Children's Court today after allegedly assaulting a police officer in Woden yesterday. About 4:15pm on Wednesday (15 October 2025), police attended a department store in Woden after receiving reports that a female was threatening a staff member with a knife. A short time later police located the 16-year-old girl in a nearby car park and placed her under arrest. The girl became agg...
SYDNEY, Oct. 16 -- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority issued the following media release: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released its 2025 authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs) Points of Presence Statistics. The Points of Presence Statistics are a detailed listing of the physical banking service channels provided to Australians, including branches, ATMs and EFTPOS facilities. As the national data collection agency for the financial sector, APRA collec...
BRISBANE, Queensland, Oct. 15 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release: It's the spookiest time of the year, with little ghouls and goblins getting ready to descend on the streets to celebrate a spook-tacular night of Halloween festivities. While it's all about chills and thrills, the Queensland Police Service (QPS) are reminding all residents and community members to keep safety at their minds because, safety never goes out of fang-shion! ���ȹ...