New protections for consumers and tougher laws against overseas gambling providers have been announced today in response to the O’Farrell Review into Illegal Offshore Wagering. The Review found that Australian regulations are fragmented and inconsistent, and existing enforcement measures ineffective in combatting illegal offshore wagering services. According to the Review, Australians lost an estimated $400 million […]
The Australian Border Force’s (ABF) Tobacco Strike Team and the Australian Federal Police led multi-agency Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce (CACT) has this week dismantled another tobacco smuggling syndicate following an operation in Melbourne. The Tobacco Strike Team executed search warrants in Bundoora, Campbellfield, Tullamarine and in the Melbourne CBD, seizing 13 million smuggled cigarettes, more […]
The Prime Minister Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP today released the Commonwealth’s Smart Cities Plan, to deliver jobs closer to homes, more affordable housing, better transport connections and healthy environments. The Plan was launched at a Cities Summit in Melbourne. Governments, businesses and the Australian community must work together to transition our economy to be led […]
Premier Colin Barnett said a new long-term contract for the maintenance of the ANZAC Class Frigates to be centred in Western Australia, further cemented the State’s role in the sustainment of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) fleet. // “The open-ended sustainment contract has a value of more than $2 billion for the first eight years,” […]
Environment Minister Dr Steven Miles joined marine scientists from the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection today (Friday 29 April 2016) for their annual turtle ‘rodeo’ where they catch turtles in Moreton Bay for their health checks. // “Moreton Bay’s green turtle population has tripled in the past 25 years and this remarkable recovery has […]
Victoria Police has stepped up street patrols and arrested 70 people following a series of thefts and robberies in Carlton and Melbourne over recent months. The incidents have generally taken place in the CBD and around the University of Melbourne precinct in the late hours of the evening most commonly involving personal items such as phones being snatched […]
A new approach to domestic and family violence services will be trialled in Mount Isa to work out the best way to respond to violence and abuse in homes across regional Queensland. Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence Shannon Fentiman and Chair of the Domestic and Family Violence Implementation Council Dame Quentin […]
Attorney-General and Minister for Justice Yvette D’Ath has appointed three new magistrates to help deliver justice across Queensland. Mrs D’Ath said senior lawyers Andrew Hackett, Kay Philipson and Louisa Pink would be sworn in as magistrates of the Queensland Magistrates Court in Brisbane on Tuesday. // “These three well-respected lawyers have enjoyed long and varied […]
NEW DELHI: On Thursday, in the realm of Australian domestic cricket, a 16-year-old batsman of Indian origin, Jason Sangha, became the youngest player to ever be contracted by the country’s most decorated team, New South Wales. The teenager has come up the ranks of NSW cricket rapidly, having scored heavily in the Under-19 National Championships […]
Chefs Gallery, the artisans of contemporary Chinese cuisine, are set to spice up Parramatta’s newest eat street with the launch of their brand new restaurant on the ground floor of Westfield Parramatta. Having opened the doors a little over a month ago, Chefs Gallery’s fourth restaurant is already drawing attention within the local community for […]