SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian consumer sentiment stayed stuck at historically depressed levels in March amid concerns over inflation and interest rates, a survey showed on Tuesday, with the appetite for…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Australia will buy three Virginia class nuclear-powered submarines with the option to buy two more, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Monday. U.S. President…
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India and Australia aim to expand trade in critical mineral to help them achieve their goals on reducing carbon emissions, as they seek a broad trade…
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian nuclear submarines are key to defending the country’s 36,000 kilometres of coastline and maintaining an edge against China, whose growing military presence means…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The South Australia state government said Friday that the first nuclear submarines under the AUKUS pact between the United States, Britain and Australia may be built overseas,…
By Krishn Kaushik and Kirsty Needham NEW DELHI/SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrives in India on Wednesday seeking to strengthen the new momentum in ties between the…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The United Kingdom is set to ratify a controversial free-trade agreement with Australia as soon as this month, the country’s High Commissioner to Australia said on Wednesday.…
By David Brunnstrom and Kirsty Needham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Australia has assured Washington that U.S. technology will be safe under a plan to supply it with nuclear-powered submarines in a…
By Vivek Mishra and Devayani Sathyan BENGALURU (Reuters) – Expectations for a 16% fall in Australian home prices from their peak have held steady despite growing expectations over the past…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The Australian government said on Tuesday it would limit tax breaks for members with pension balances of more than A$3 million ($2 million) in the face of…
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s centre-left government said on Thursday it would push ahead with plans to change superannuation rules, including restricting early access to funds until retirement…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s government is advertising a job on the policy-setting board of the Reserve Bank of Australia, the first time the powerful position has been thrown open to…
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) – Payments giant PayPal Holdings Inc wants buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) loans subjected to consumer protection law, it said in a submission to the Australian government, adding…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian business conditions rebounded sharply in January after three months of slowdown while cost pressures picked up again, a surprising sign of strength that could add to…
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s central bank said it renewed on Monday a currency swap agreement with its Australian counterpart, valued at 9.6 trillion won or A$12 billion, for five…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian retail sales volumes fell for the first time in a year last quarter as shoppers trimmed spending on goods, a sign higher borrowing costs are finally…
By Stella Qiu SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian retail sales recorded the biggest drop in more than two years in December, as rising borrowing costs and sky-high inflation finally sank spending,…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Parts of Western Australia were under a radiation alert on Saturday after authorities said a radioactive capsule used in mining was lost en-route to the state’s capital,…
(Reuters) – Australia’s competition regulator said on Friday it was seeking market views on the proposed sale of MBCC Group’s assets in the country by Swiss chemicals maker Sika AG.…
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia confirmed on Wednesday it would buy 40 Black Hawk military helicopters from the United States for an estimated A$2.8 billion ($1.96 billion), finalising…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A measure of Australian consumer sentiment rose in January for the second straight month, as a break in a painful cycle of interest rate rises likely provided…
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia and Papua New Guinea agreed to conclude negotiations over a comprehensive security agreement by April with hopes of a treaty signing by June…
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen chaired a meeting of finance ministers from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, Britain’s finance ministry said in a statement…
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – The lawyer for former U.S. Marine Corps pilot Daniel Duggan said he was “singled out” for extradition to the United States to face charges…
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Military helicopters airlifted hundreds of people from communities cut off by “once in a century” floods in Australia’s northwest, an official leading relief efforts said on Sunday, noting…