Rhode Island Man Admits to Shipping Fentanyl to Australia
Felix Suarez, 25, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl; two counts of attempt to distribute a controlled substance; unlawful export of a controlled substance;…
Factbox-A history of violent crimes in Australia
By Praveen Menon SYDNEY (Reuters) – An attacker who fatally knifed six people in a Sydney mall on Saturday before being shot dead by police in Sydney’s beachside suburb of Bondi. Such…
US, Japan, Australia and Philippines to hold South China Sea exercises
By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) -Defence forces of the U.S., Japan, Australia and the Philippines will conduct “maritime cooperative activity” on April 7 to support a free and open Indo-Pacific, the…
Ex-Marine facing extradition in Australia says wasn’t US citizen at time of offence
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – A former U.S. Marine Corps pilot facing extradition to the United States from Australia will argue he was no longer a U.S. citizen at the time…
Australia, Britain call out China for Hong Kong, South China Sea and Russia support
By Alasdair Pal SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia and Britain criticised China on Friday for its actions in Hong Kong, the South China Sea and its support of Russia, after a meeting in which…
Australia defends its US ambassador, Kevin Rudd, after Trump attack
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s government backed its ambassador to Washington, the former prime minister Kevin Rudd, after U.S. presidential contender Donald Trump called the key diplomat “a little bit nasty” in a…
AUKUS submarine base protests in Australia highlight challenges for security pact
By Lewis Jackson CANBERRA (Reuters) – Fierce resistance mounted by Australian unions against plans for a new submarine base shows the challenge facing the high-stakes defence project with the United States and…
Chinese man arrested in Australia faces extradition to US in North Korea smuggling case
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A Chinese man arrested in Australia is awaiting extradition to the United States for alleged involvement in a North Korean scheme to generate revenue by selling counterfeit cigarettes, Australian…
US ‘very confident’ Australia and Britain will be eligible for AUKUS exemptions
By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top U.S. official for arms control said on Wednesday she is “very confident” the United States will certify Australia and Britain as eligible for exemptions…
Australia regulator scrutinises pension funds over unlisted asset pricing
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s prudential regulator said on Wednesday it will review how sections of the A$2.5 trillion ($1.7 trillion) pension fund sector value unlisted assets and that it…
Australia launches competition, pricing review into supermarket sector
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia on Thursday launched a wide-ranging review into pricing and competition in its supermarket sector as the government unveils a series of policies to improve household…
Australia names media exec Kim Williams chair of national broadcaster ABC
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The Australian government on Wednesday named longstanding media executive Kim Williams the next chairperson of the country’s national broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Williams is currently chair of…
Australia, US, UK sanction Russian hacker over Medibank breach
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia, the United States and Britain on Tuesday imposed cyber sanctions on a Russian man for his role in the breach at insurer Medibank, one of the…
Australia set to harvest bigger crops after rains defy El Nino
By Peter Hobson CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australia is poised to produce much more wheat and other crops this year than previously thought after rainfall confounded expectations that an El Nino weather pattern…
Australia Dec business conditions ease, price pressures cool
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian business conditions continued to soften in December as manufacturing and construction lost ground, a survey showed on Tuesday, while price pressures eased markedly in a promising sign for…
China’s Country Garden nears full exit from Australia with residential project sale
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Indebted Chinese developer Country Garden has agreed to sell a stake in an Australian residential project, the latest in a series of sales which bring it…
Australia jobs engine slows as labour market loosens
By Stella Qiu SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian employment fell sharply in December after two months of surprisingly strong growth, while the jobless rate stayed at a 1-1/2 year high, adding to the…
Australia employment dives 65,100 in Dec, jobless steady
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian employment fell sharply in December after two months of surprisingly strong growth, while the jobless rate held steady as fewer people went looking for work. Figures from the…
Residents in Western Australia urged to flee as wildfire rages
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Residents in the state of Western Australia were urged to evacuate their homes on Saturday, as a bushfire burned out of control near the state’s capital Perth, amid soaring…
Australia job vacancies dip in Nov qtr, labour still in demand
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Job vacancies in Australia fell only slightly in the three months to end-November, suggesting demand for workers remained strong even if the labour market was loosening a little overall.…
Australia struggles to ditch SUV habit even as electric vehicle sales hit record
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Electric vehicle (EV) sales in Australia hit an all-time high in 2023, according to the country’s automotive association, however light vehicle sales remained dominated by emissions-intensive…
Australia central bank considered hiking again in Dec, paused for more data
SYDNEY, Dec 19 (Reuters) – Australia’s central bank considered hiking interest rates for a second straight month in December, but decided there were enough encouraging signs on inflation to pause for more…
Australia swelters through heat wave as firefighters battle bushfires
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Large parts of Australia on Saturday sweltered under heat wave conditions that prompted the nation’s weather forecaster to issue bush fire warnings in several states. In New South Wales, Australia’s…
Australia central bank to get power to take over distressed clearing and settlement providers
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia will give its central bank new powers to take over and if necessary, wind up, clearing and settlement providers at risk of failure, according to…
Australia tourist towns brace for floods in aftermath of cyclone Jasper
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) – Residents of tourist towns in Australia’s northeast on Thursday braced for flash flooding after Tropical Cyclone Jasper tore through the region, uprooting trees, leaving tens of…
Virgin Australia averts strikes with cabin crew pay deal
(Reuters) – Virgin Australia has reached a cabin crew pay deal with unions that had called for strikes ahead of the busy end-of-year travel season, the airline said on Thursday. The in-principle…
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