Australia

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday his government was ready to provide whatever support was needed to residents of Western Australia state as record-breaking floods …

By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) – An Australian regulator, after using new powers to make the tech giants share information about their methods, accused Apple Inc and Microsoft Corp not …

SYDNEY (Reuters) – A measure of Australian consumer sentiment bounced from near record lows in December as borrowers sensed a painful cycle of interest rate rises was nearing an end, …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military will increase the rotation presence of its forces in Australia, including bomber forces, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Tuesday after talks with …

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s current account fell into deficit for the first time in three years last quarter as robust domestic demand sucked in imports and miners …

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian government spending dipped 0.6% in the September quarter due to a pullback in investment, an unexpected drag on economic growth in the quarter. Spending on operational …

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian inflation slowed in October as prices for fruit and vegetables fell sharply and holidays costs took a surprise dip, an unexpected turn that …

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Chevron Corp on Tuesday said nearly half its workers in Australia had been bullied in the past five years and nearly a third had experienced sexual harassment, …

By Byron Kaye and Sonali Paul SYDNEY/MELBOURNE (Reuters) – After a decade of making up to A$200,000 a year (about US$135,000) on oil and gas rigs as a fitter and …

By Vivek Mishra BENGALURU (Reuters) – Australian housing prices that are on a steep decline will likely fall further next year, according to a Reuters poll of analysts who forecast …

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India expects total bilateral trade with Australia of around $45 billion to $50 billion over the next 5 years, a trade ministry official said on Tuesday. …

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s jobless rate matched five-decade lows in October as employment climbed by double market forecasts, a sign it will take further increases in interest rates …

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian wages boasted the largest rise in a decade last quarter as a super-tight labour market finally made itself felt, though pay still lags far …

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia should continue to tighten monetary and fiscal policy to contain inflation even as its economy is set to slow sharply next year amid a host of …

Australia’s central bank expects to raise interest rates further over the period ahead but stuck with a smaller hike this month partly due to concerns of falling housing prices hurting …

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia on Saturday formalised a new cyber-policing model in a stepped-up effort to “hunt down” cyber criminal syndicates, following recent hacks impacting millions of Australians. Australia’s biggest …

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s central bank on Friday downgraded the outlook for economic growth, warning that more rate hikes will be necessary to bring down sky-high inflation even as it …

By Anshuman Daga and Yantoultra Ngui SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Barclays Plc, which recently made big investments in India and Australia and set up a Taiwan subsidiary in July, is evaluating …

By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Hundreds of Apple workers in Australia are set to strike again after almost two-thirds of employees rejected a pay and benefits deal, the latest …

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian retail sales posted another solid increase in September thanks to spending on food, clothing and eating out with consumption staying surprisingly resilient in the …