The festival also honoured the legendary AR Rahman with the Excellence in Cinema award, while Ram Charan was recognised as the Ambassador for Indian Art and Culture.

The program saw over 60 RPNGC cadets undergo rigorous training across north Queensland and Sydney, aimed at enhancing their policing and leadership capabilities.

The history of science on this continent is extraordinary, yet we often fail to recognise the sophisticated knowledges held by our First Nations peoples.

"Honoured to be the first PM to attend the event, which gets bigger each year."

Of 31 investigations finalised, the FWO found 23 businesses (74 per cent) had breached workplace laws.

That doesn’t mean the ASX does – or has done – anything wrong. But this has been a known potential conflict of interest since the 1990s.

The two sides also jointly denounced the use of terrorist proxies for cross-border terrorism, highlighting the need for a united global front against such practices.

The most interesting development from this year’s FEMM, though, was the endorsement by the new Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Baron Waqa of the ambition to free up the movement of people within the region.

“The AFP is working hand-in-glove with its partners here in Australia and abroad to find these offenders and bring them to justice.”

In 2024 about one in three school students were into the bottom two proficiency bands, with the remaining two thirds were in the top two.