Today: September 18, 2024
Today: September 18, 2024

Australia

Australia|News|Travel|World

Video: Yacht adrift overnight in 20-foot waves

Australia's Navy and Air Force rescued two people after a terrifying night at sea as 20-foot waves tossed their stricken yacht nearly 200 miles off Australia’s eastern coast. 

Video: Yacht adrift overnight in 20-foot waves
Asia|Australia|News

Wild weather hits Australia: woman dead, 120,000 without power

A woman has died and more than 120,000 were left without power after high winds and heavy rain hit southern Australia, authorities said on Monday. 

Wild weather hits Australia: woman dead, 120,000 without power
Australia|Crime|News

Tiger mauls handler at amusement park

Tiger mauls handler at amusement park

Tiger mauls handler at amusement park
Australia|Business

Australian retailer Woolworths exits Endeavour Group three years after spin-off

Australian retailer Woolworths has decided to exit the owner of liquor store chain Dan Murphy's and BWS bottle shops, ending its long-standing

Australian retailer Woolworths exits Endeavour Group three years after spin-off
Australia|Business|Economy|Finance

Australia job ads fall 2.1% in August m/m, ANZ-Indeed data shows

Australian job advertisements fell for a seventh straight month in August, data showed on Monday, as demand for labour continued to ease in the face of high interest rates and a

Australia job ads fall 2.1% in August m/m, ANZ-Indeed data shows
Australia|Business|Finance

ANZ CEO says no evidence bond trading scandal has cost Australian taxpayers

ANZ, Australia's third-largest retail bank, has found no evidence that suspected misconduct by its employees during a 2023 government bond issuance had cost Australian

ANZ CEO says no evidence bond trading scandal has cost Australian taxpayers
Australia|Technology

Sydney's $15 billion new train line is modern, fast and big on TikTok

Australia's largest public transport project has achieved something few urban planners expect: social media fame.

Sydney's $15 billion new train line is modern, fast and big on TikTok
Australia|Business|Finance

Australia's Star Entertainment halts trading to assess impact of regulatory findings

Star Entertainment said on Friday its Australia-listed shares were halted from trading for the casino operator to digest the fallout from a scathing report on its corporate culture and

Australia's Star Entertainment halts trading to assess impact of regulatory findings
Asia|Australia|News

Indonesia and Australia sign defense agreement

Indonesia and Australia signed a defense agreement on Thursday that both sides described as a significant upgrade to their military relationship

Indonesia and Australia sign defense agreement
Asia|Australia

Pacific Islands back Australian-funded regional policing plan

Leaders of several Pacific Islands have endorsed an Australian-funded A$400 million ($271 million) plan to improve police training and create a

Pacific Islands back Australian-funded regional policing plan
Australia|Business|Finance

Woodside profit, dividend beat estimates, firm flags interest in Driftwood stake

Australia's Woodside Energy reported on Tuesday a decline of 14% in half-year profit, hit by lower oil prices, but the result and its dividend beat

Woodside profit, dividend beat estimates, firm flags interest in Driftwood stake
Asia|Australia|Education|News

Australia limits foreign students in migration crackdown

Australia said on Tuesday it would limit the enrolment number of new international students to 270,000 for 2025, as the government looks to rein in record migration

Australia limits foreign students in migration crackdown
Australia|Business|Finance|Stock Markets

Woodside Energy earnings set to dip as investors eye strategic deals

Woodside Energy, Australia's top independent gas producer, is on track to post a drop in interim earnings on Tuesday, with investors focusing on its

Woodside Energy earnings set to dip as investors eye strategic deals
Australia|Business

The facts about Australia's new 'right to disconnect' law for employees

Australian employees now have the right to ignore their bosses outside working hours thanks to a new law which enshrines the "right to disconnect."

The facts about Australia's new 'right to disconnect' law for employees
Australia|Business|Economy|Environment

Australian homeowners struggling to afford insurance as climate risks grow, report says

Home insurance is becoming unaffordable for a growing number of Australian households as increased climate threats drive up their premiums, potentially putting billions of dollars

Australian homeowners struggling to afford insurance as climate risks grow, report says
Australia|Business|Finance

Australia's Tabcorp fined over gambling regulation breaches in Victoria

Australian wagering business Tabcorp has been fined A$4.3 million ($2.89 million) for repeated breaches of gambling harm prevention laws between 2020 and 2023, the

Australia's Tabcorp fined over gambling regulation breaches in Victoria
Australia|Lifestyle|Technology

Australian transgender woman wins landmark case against female-only app

An Australian court ruled on Friday that removing a transgender woman from female-only social networking platform Giggle for Girls constituted discrimination, in a

Australian transgender woman wins landmark case against female-only app
Australia|Business|Economy|Finance

Australia Treasurer amends RBA reforms after opposition objections

Australia Treasurer Jim Chalmers said on Friday he was prepared to amend some proposed reforms of the Reserve Bank of Australia after objections from the opposition

Australia Treasurer amends RBA reforms after opposition objections
Australia|Business|Finance

Australian regulator hikes ANZ's capital add-on, citing bond scandal

Australia's bank regulator on Friday raised the amount of spare cash that No. 3 lender ANZ must keep on hand due to suspected wide-ranging misconduct at its

Australian regulator hikes ANZ's capital add-on, citing bond scandal
Australia|Crime|News|Travel

Man opens plane's door and walks on wing at Australian airport before he's arrested

A passenger has been arrested at an Australian airport after he left a stationary airliner through an emergency exit, walked along a wing and then climbed down a jet engine to the tarmac

Man opens plane's door and walks on wing at Australian airport before he's arrested
Asia|Australia|Business|Technology

Australia to build cruise missiles with Norway's Kongsberg

Australia said it would jointly manufacture long-range Naval Strike Missiles and Joint Strike Missiles with Norway's Kongsberg Defence in the city of Newcastle on

Australia to build cruise missiles with Norway's Kongsberg
Australia|Environment

Australian farmers increasingly concerned about government policy, poll finds

A rising number of Australian farmers are disgruntled with the government's climate and agricultural policies, a survey showed on Wednesday, as measures to protect the environment

Australian farmers increasingly concerned about government policy, poll finds
Asia|Australia|Economy|Environment|Technology

World's 'largest solar precinct' approved by Australian government

An ambitious plan to build a massive solar farm in remote northern Australia to transmit energy by a submarine cable to Singapore is a step closer after the Australian government granted environmental approvals for the $19 billion project on Wednesday

World's 'largest solar precinct' approved by Australian government
Asia|Australia|Business|Finance|Food|Stock Markets

Domino's Australia franchise slumps 7% as high costs take larger slice of profit

Shares in Australia-based Domino's Pizza Enterprises Ltd slumped more than 7% on Wednesday, after the franchise operator flagged a weak start to fiscal 2025, as rising costs and frugal

Domino's Australia franchise slumps 7% as high costs take larger slice of profit
Australia|Business|Economy|Finance|News

Australia's central bank faces crunch time in resistance to rate cuts

Australia's central bank is set to come under intense pressure to ease policy in coming weeks as government giveaways to alleviate the cost of living pull consumer

Australia's central bank faces crunch time in resistance to rate cuts

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