Unlawful killing and historic child sex offences will be blocked from upcoming changes to prison sentences after the Prime Minister ordered more serious offenders to be kept behind bars for longer. The Prime Minister’s intervention will mean offenders in prison for killing an emergenc...
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ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Good morning. Firstly, on the tragic disaster in Nepal, this is an unimaginable tragedy. The number of Australians unaccounted for remains at 43. My thoughts are with every Australian family going through such an incredibly difficult time. My government will...
SECURING STABLE & LOW-COST OIL SUPPLY IN OUR HEMISPHERE: In the biggest oil deal in world history, President Donald J. Trump has secured U.S. majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of proven oil reserves in Venezuela – vastly expanding our current U.S. territorial proven reserv...
The Australian Government is investing in the next generation of Pacific sporting talent on their journey to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.Australia will provide $15.6 million over 4 years to support athletes and officials from 13 Pacific countries to access high-perf...
Today marks the 75th anniversary of the ANZUS Treaty, a cornerstone of Australia’s defence and security, and a foundation of our enduring cooperation with the United States and New Zealand.The signing of the ANZUS Treaty in 1951 formalised the Australia-US Alliance, which was forged o...
ADVANCING MOST-FAVORED-NATION (MFN) PRICING: Today, President Donald J. Trump announced nine new agreements with pharmaceutical manufacturers to lower prescription drug prices for Americans in line with the lowest prices paid by other developed nations (known as the most-favored-nation, or M...
IMPROVING PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY: The Trump Administration continues to improve how Government delivers services to the American public, in particular through the use of leading and emerging technologies. Today, the Office of Management and Budget released a new policy enforcing the use of...
WASHINGTON - Preliminary data from an annual survey of U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2025 were released today and posted on the Treasury web site at (
Artist and anti-nuclear activist Karipbek Kuyukov walked through the halls of UN Headquarters in New York on Monday alongside diplomats, scientists and survivors, carrying a message he has spent his life delivering: no one should ever again suffer what his generation endured. Mr. Kuyu...
The committee is calling on States to implement comprehensive restorative justice, combining compensation, restitution, rehabilitation and structural reforms.The passage of time cannot serve as a pretext for States to refuse to recognise these historical injustices or to adopt “approp...