The Australian government has named a special envoy to confront a rise in antisemitism across the country since the Israel-Hamas war began
July 09, 2024
New Zealand, Japan, South Korea and Australia are sending leaders or their deputies to the NATO summit in Washington this week as the military alliance shows growing interest beyond Europe and the Western Hemisphere
July 09, 2024
ANZ bank is in talks with the Australian government about ways to make its business in the Pacific Islands more viable as an exodus of Western financial services
July 09, 2024
Australian business conditions worsened in June with the outlook for employment taking a notable hit, a survey showed on Tuesday, though firms were a little more confident as cost
July 09, 2024
Australian consumer sentiment fell in July as fears about a possible rise in borrowing costs overshadowed the prospect of lower taxes and government relief on power bills, a survey
July 09, 2024
Australia's DigitalX said on Tuesday that it has obtained approval to list its spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund on the Australian Securities Exchange.
July 08, 2024
Afghan sprinter Kimia Yousofi is preparing to compete at her third Olympics after being selected for the Paris Games from her training base in Australia
July 08, 2024
Australian auto parts retailer Bapcor rejected on Tuesday the A$1.83 billion ($1.23 billion) buyout offer from private equity firm Bain Capital
July 08, 2024
Japan is keen to deepen security ties with the Philippines, the United States and Australia under trilateral and quadrilateral arrangements, its defence minister said on Monday.
July 08, 2024
U.S. and Australian officials said on Monday they were committed to improving financial connectivity in the Pacific, as lenders and policymakers
July 07, 2024
Lauren Jackson will finally get to go to her fifth Olympics after being named in the Australia basketball squad for the Paris Games on Sunday, 27 years after she got her first call-
July 07, 2024
Basketball star Lauren Jackson will compete at her fifth Olympics after being selected in Australia’s 12-player squad just three months after again coming out of retirement
July 07, 2024
Seven-times champion Novak Djokovic shrugged off a slow start to power past unseeded Australian Alexei Popyrin 4-6 6-3 6-4 7-6(3) and into the Wimbledon fourth
July 06, 2024
Australia's Mining And Energy Union has reached an agreement with Anglo American to extend pay until August-end for workers at its Grosvenor mine that was shut earlier this week due to an
July 05, 2024
Australian swimming is on the rise but the United States should still be rated as favourites to top the medal table once again at the Paris pool, said Michael Bohl,
July 05, 2024
Australia's federal court has found that PayPal's local unit used an unfair term in its standard contracts with small business customers who overlooked errors in overcharging, the country's
July 05, 2024
Police have found remains of a 12-year-old girl two days after she was snatched by a crocodile while swimming in a creek in remote northern Australia
July 04, 2024
Australia's corporate watchdog should be split into two after "comprehensively" failing in its role, including by not taking action against offenders and focusing more
July 03, 2024
Hit with Chinese tariffs, Australia's wine industry struggled to offset the impact of falling exports despite scrambling to build new
July 03, 2024
Australia will water down a planned world first ban on vaping after opposition from the Greens party led the government on Monday to agree to amend a bill that
July 03, 2024
Australia Prime Minster Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday he wanted Julian Assange brought back home to Australia as soon as possible, after the WikiLeaks founder left Britain before
July 03, 2024
Australia announced on Friday a security guarantee to the Pacific Islands nation of Tuvalu to respond to military aggression, protect it from climate change and
July 02, 2024
A Brookfield-led consortium's A$16.3 billion ($10.61 billion) bid for Origin Energy is expected to fail after the largest shareholder in
July 02, 2024
BYD and other Chinese automakers are bringing new electric car models in droves to Australia, a market where they haven't faced trade barriers and sales have surged
July 02, 2024
Electric vehicle maker Polestar Australia quit Australia's major automotive lobby on Friday, a day after Tesla did the same, in protest over the
July 02, 2024
Australia said Thursday it would spend billions on docks, shipyards and factories at home and in Britain for nuclear-powered submarines under the AUKUS security
July 02, 2024
China said on Tuesday its military took steps to warn and alert an Australian aircraft after Australia blamed a Chinese fighter jet for endangering one of its military
July 02, 2024
Australians stranded in New Caledonia are rationing food as they wait for a way out of the Pacific island territory, amid unrest that has killed six people, a traveller from
July 02, 2024
Australia and China will take steps to improve military communication to avoid incidents, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said after meeting Premier Li Qiang on
July 02, 2024
Global supply chains for rare earths are realigning to diversify away from top producer China to make permanent magnets used in products from electric vehicles to wind turbines
July 02, 2024
Chinese Premier Li Qiang visited a lithium processing plant in resource-rich Western Australia state on Tuesday, highlighting China's push to
July 02, 2024
Mexican food chain Guzman Y Gomez served up Australia's best initial public offering debut in three years with its shares leaping more than one-third on their first
July 02, 2024
Australia's main opposition party wants a sensible debate about nuclear power as it commits to build seven plants to replace coal generation if it
July 02, 2024
Good luck getting a late-morning McMuffin in Australia.
July 02, 2024
Australian lender ANZ has been sanctioned for failing to stop or refund fees for dead customers and not responding to their representatives within a required time frame
July 02, 2024
Australia is giving the internet industry six months to come up with an enforceable code detailing how it will stop children seeing pornography and other inappropriate material
July 02, 2024
Australia's central bank pondered whether a further rise in interest rates was needed to bring inflation to heel at its June policy meeting, but decided to stand pat in part
July 02, 2024
New Zealand's conservative coalition government will proceed with a bill that would make it compulsory for digital technology platforms to pay media companies for news, it said on
July 01, 2024
Australian police said it had arrested a 14-year-old boy after a stabbing at the University of Sydney on Tuesday morning, which triggered a lockdown of the university buildings.
July 01, 2024
When floods hit the eastern Australian town of Lismore two years ago, Adam Bailey lost all the historic collections from his antique store,
July 01, 2024
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone breaks 400-meter hurdles world record for fifth time
July 01, 2024
During a visit to Australia this week, Chinese Premier Li Qiang made a classic goodwill gesture that boded well for relations between the two countries: he offered to send pandas.
July 01, 2024
Shares in Anglo American slid as much as 4% on Monday, with investors worried over what impact an ongoing underground blaze at a coal mine in Australia could have on the miner's plan
July 01, 2024
A fire at Anglo American's Grosvenor metallurgical coal mine in Australia is likely to negatively affect its Australian met coal business, broker Jefferies said in a note on
July 01, 2024
New vaping regulations in Australia came into force on Monday, moving e-cigarettes behind pharmacy counters in a bid to curb youth vaping although opponents forced
July 01, 2024
Australia restricts vape sales to pharmacies in ‘world-leading’ move to cut nicotine use
July 01, 2024
Australia has appointed Sam Mostyn as only its second woman governor-general, a largely ceremonial role representing the British monarch as the nation’s head of state
July 01, 2024
Australia said on Monday it had more than doubled the visa fee for international students, the latest move by the government to rein in record migration that has
July 01, 2024
Australian job advertisements fell for a fifth straight month in June, data showed on Monday, as labour demand continued to ease in the face of high interest rates and a slowing
July 01, 2024
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he had told China's Premier Li Qiang that an incident at parliament house, where Chinese officials tried to
June 30, 2024
Australian home prices rose in June for a seventeenth straight month, as tight supply outweighed demand-side pressures of high interest rates, a cost of living squeeze and tight
June 30, 2024
Australia's central bank debated whether to raise interest rates at a policy meeting on Tuesday given there were upside risks to inflation, but decided
June 30, 2024
Australia's Treasurer Jim Chalmers said on Sunday he was confident cuts to income taxes from Monday would not exacerbate price rises, as the nation suffers a cost-of-living squeeze
June 30, 2024
Australia's central bank held interest rates steady on Tuesday as expected, while reiterating that it was not ruling out further increases if needed to control inflation.
June 29, 2024
Chinese Premier Li Qiang arrived in Australia on Saturday, saying relations were "back on track" as he started the first visit by a Chinese premier to the major
June 28, 2024
China Premier Li Qiang made a low-key start on Sunday to a four-day trip to Australia with visits to a South Australian winery and Adelaide Zoo, where he announced Beijing would provide two
June 28, 2024
Australian writer Yang Hengjun's suspended death sentence has been upheld by Beijing's High People's Court, with the decision relayed to Australian officials two
June 28, 2024
Singapore-based investment firm Temasek Holdings will invest up to A$300 million ($198.4 million) in Australian exchange-traded fund manager Betashares, the company said on Monday.
June 28, 2024
The Australian government should be required to disclose every consulting contract worth over A$2 million ($1.33 million) and contracts should include a requirement that providers
June 28, 2024
Australian employment outpaced expectations in May as firms took on more full-time workers, while the jobless rate dipped in a sign the labour market remains resilient even as the
June 28, 2024
Australia's Qantas Airways said on Thursday it will acquire the remaining 49% stake in online travel business TripADeal for A$211 million ($140.6 million) as the airline seeks to capitalize
June 28, 2024
Facebook owner Meta is considering blocking news content from the platform in Australia if the government makes it pay licensing fees, a company representative told a parliamentary
June 28, 2024
Australia on Friday gave the go-ahead for ANZ Group's A$4.9 billion ($3.26 billion) buyout of Suncorp's banking business, clearing the deal to proceed after almost two years of
June 27, 2024
Regional security concerns will overshadow lucrative trade ties when China's Premier Li Qiang visits New Zealand and Australia this
June 27, 2024
Australian wine makers shipped wine worth A$86 million ($57 million) to China in the month after Beijing lifted tariffs and should be confident of bumper sales going forward, the
June 27, 2024
Prosecutors in Indonesia have demanded an eight-month medical rehabilitation for an Australian man charged with possessing methamphetamine on the tourist island of Bali, after his earlier charge of drug trafficking was dropped which would have carried the death penalty
June 27, 2024
Julian Assange spent his first night in 14 years as a free man back at home in Australia as the conservative opposition on Thursday cautioned the
June 26, 2024
China's Li Qiang will arrive in Australia on Saturday, the first visit by a Chinese premier since 2017, in a sign of improving ties, Australian Prime Minister
June 26, 2024
Having overcome a heart condition and an eating disorder, Australian swimmer Lani Pallister struggled to keep her emotions in check after qualifying for her first Olympics on the
June 26, 2024
Private equity firm Bain Capital has offered to buy Australia's Bapcor in a A$1.83 billion ($1.21 billion) deal, which analysts said could draw
June 26, 2024
Qatar Airways is in talks to buy up to a 20% stake in Bain Capital-owned Virgin Australia, the Australian Financial Review (AFR) reported on Wednesday, as carriers fight for more market
June 26, 2024
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has returned to his homeland Australia after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing U.S. military secrets
June 26, 2024
After being released from a UK prison as a part of a plea deal with the US, Julian Assange is flying to Saipan, an island near Australia, where he will appear in a US court on June 26.
June 26, 2024
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele met Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese in Canberra on Wednesday to discuss security and
June 25, 2024
BHP Group's operational carbon emissions are set for a "small increase" this financial year, an executive revealed on Wednesday, as the miner said its "non
June 25, 2024
Australia's central bank said on Wednesday that monetary policy was restrictive with the current cash rate causing financial pain for many households, but it could not rule out
June 25, 2024
Australia's Star Entertainment has appointed Steve McCann as its group CEO and managing director to lead the embattled casino operator out of a regulator inquiry into its
June 25, 2024
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange landed to an ecstatic welcome in Australia on Wednesday after pleading guilty to violating U.S. espionage law in
June 25, 2024
Alex Sarr was born in France and spent last season playing in Australia
June 25, 2024
Australian broadcaster Nine Entertainment Co Holdings Ltd said its chairman Peter Costello resigned on Saturday and has been replaced by non executive deputy chair Catherine West.
June 25, 2024
Australian Prime Minster Anthony Albanese on Monday condemned vandalism of the U.S. consulate in Sydney after the building was defaced in what local media said appeared to be a pro-
June 25, 2024
Australian leaders are cautiously welcoming an expected plea agreement that could set free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
June 25, 2024
Better known for its sandy beaches and Second World War wrecks, the tropical Pacific island of Saipan will soon host the final act of Julian Assange's 14-year legal
June 25, 2024
Australia plans to outlaw the sale of vapes outside pharmacies from next week under some of the world’s toughest restrictions on electronic cigarettes
June 24, 2024
Australia could impose billion dollar fines on big supermarket chains that fail to comply with an industry code of conduct, the federal government said on Monday as it
June 24, 2024
New Caledonia’s public prosecutor says a pro-independence leader in the French Pacific territory has been transferred to a jail in mainland France to await trial for his alleged role in a recent deadly unrest
June 23, 2024
Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Canberra wanted deeper ties with its Pacific neighbour Solomon Islands and a region where decisions are made "without
June 23, 2024
Australia's cyber safety regulator on Wednesday decided to drop a legal challenge against Elon Musk-owned X over the removal of videos of the stabbing of an Assyrian
June 22, 2024
China and Australia will provide each other's citizens with multiple-entry visas of up to five years for tourism and business from Friday, the Chinese foreign ministry said, in
June 21, 2024
Australia's economy slowed to a crawl in the March quarter as high borrowing costs and still-elevated inflation put the brakes on consumer spending, even as the
June 21, 2024
The Australian government on Wednesday introduced legislation that would require buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) firms to run credit checks on borrowers, aiming to regulate
June 21, 2024
Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles said on Friday that his country wants to restart annual dialogue with China's chief of defence to reduce
June 21, 2024
Australian airline Qantas on Tuesday backed Boeing to bounce back from an unprecedented crisis that has led to an overhaul of the American planemaker's management and drawn scrutiny
June 20, 2024
Australian government spending rose in the March quarter to make a much needed contribution to economic growth, data showed on Tuesday, helping offset a steep drag from net exports.
June 20, 2024
Australia will provide a further $1.3 million to support reconstruction efforts in Papua New Guinea after last month's deadly landslide
June 20, 2024
Australia’s main opposition party says it plans to build Australia’s first nuclear power plants as early as 2035, arguing the government’s policies for decarbonizing the economy with renewable energy will not work
June 19, 2024
Australia's independent wage-setting body on Monday raised the national minimum wage by 3.75%, largely in line with inflation, as families tackle soaring living costs.
June 18, 2024
Australia has asked for military talks with China and is comfortable growing closer to the Philippines, Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said on Sunday at
June 18, 2024
Australia, Britain, Malaysia, New Zealand and Singapore have agreed to stage more complex military drills in the region this year involving drones, fifth-generation fighter planes
June 17, 2024
Chinese Premier Li Qiang says he has agreed with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to properly manage their nations’ differences as they emerge from a hostile era in which minister-to-minister contacts were banned and trade barriers cost Australian exporters up to $13 billion a year
June 16, 2024
Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s visit to Australia has focused on positive aspects of the bilateral relationship including shared giant pandas and a rebounding wine trade after he urged both countries to shelve their differences
June 16, 2024
Chinese Premier Li Qiang has arrived in Australia on a relations-mending mission
June 15, 2024
China has lifted its import bans on five major Australian beef producers effective immediately, the Australian government said on Thursday, in the latest sign of improving relations
June 14, 2024
Most of Australia's main cropping regions are likely to endure a dry June but should grow significantly wetter from July, the country's weather bureau said on Thursday.
June 13, 2024
Australian retail sales crept higher in April as shoppers stayed frugal in the face of high borrowing costs and rising rents, another sign household spending will add
June 12, 2024
Ariarne Titmus has set a world record in the women’s 200-meter freestyle at Australia’s Olympic swimming trials
June 12, 2024
Australia's top trade official is predicting China will lift a ban on Australian lobster imports after Chinese Premier Li Qiang visits the country
June 12, 2024
Top Australian miners Rio Tinto and BHP Group will work together for testing large battery-operated electric haul truck technology in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, Rio Tinto
June 12, 2024
The U.S. has imposed import curbs on certain poultry and byproducts from Victoria, Australia after determining highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, in domestic birds.
June 11, 2024
Police in New Zealand offered an 80,000 New Zealand dollar reward and immunity from prosecution on Tuesday to anyone who could help them secure the safe return of three children missing since December 2021
June 11, 2024
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has urged activists on both sides of the Israel-Palestinian debate to “turn the heat down” after the U.S. Consulate in Sydney was vandalized
June 10, 2024
Defending champion England has charged at Australia’s tournament-best 201 total and come up 36 runs short in a one-sided Twenty20 World Cup contest in Barbados
June 08, 2024
Shell expects its Australian supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to help meet demand from emerging markets in south and southeast Asia, which are tipped
June 06, 2024
New South Wales has become the last Australian state to apologize for laws criminalizing homosexual acts, 40 years after decriminalization
June 06, 2024
Australia's Defence Minister Richard Marles said on Tuesday Solomon Islands' newly elected Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele had told him the Pacific Island nation is
June 05, 2024
Australia’s online safety watchdog has dropped her Federal Court case aimed at forcing X Corp. to take down a video of a Sydney bishop being stabbed
June 05, 2024
Australian employment rose by more than expected in April, data showed on Thursday, but the jobless rate still climbed to a three-month top as the growth in workforce
May 31, 2024
Donald Trump gave the AUKUS defence pact a "warm reception", during a meeting with former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, the latter said, one of the few
May 31, 2024
Two more players could be involved in the Australian soccer match-fixing case that has already resulted in three Macarthur FC players being charged
May 30, 2024
Australian wage growth unexpectedly slowed from 15-year highs in the first quarter, data showed on Wednesday, likely marking the peak for this cycle and another sign
May 30, 2024
Australian mining giant BHP Group has pledged to invest in South Africa's economy as it seeks support for a 38.6 billion pound ($49.3 billion) bid to acquire Anglo American, which was founded in the country more than a century ago and remains one of its biggest employers
May 29, 2024
Australia's government plans to spend billions to cut energy bills and rent, hoping to lower headline inflation and provide relief for voters grumbling
May 29, 2024
Qantas Airways said on Tuesday it will suspend flights to Shanghai starting on July 28, citing low demand, nine months after the Australian flag carrier resumed service from Sydney on
May 28, 2024
Australia's government will boast a second consecutive budget surplus on Tuesday, courtesy of strong employment and high commodity prices, giving it cash to afford more cost of
May 28, 2024
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