SYDNEY (Reuters) -China’s foreign minister is expected to visit Australia in July as diplomatic relations between the two trading partners stabilise, the South China Morning …
SYDNEY (Reuters) -The privacy regulators for Australia and New Zealand said on Wednesday they had begun a joint investigation into the personal information handling practices …
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian retail sales volumes during the first quarter of 2023 fell for a second straight quarter, a sign that rising interest rates …
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia is set to deliver its first budget surplus in 15 years on Tuesday, as its coffers bulge with tax windfalls from …
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian business conditions remained sturdy in April, supported by robust sales and labour market strength despite high inflation and rising interest rates, …
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s government is set to cut its forecasts for inflation while also predicting lower unemployment for longer in 2023/24 budget next week, …
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia has lowered its forecast for the cost of servicing government debt over the next three years, though the …
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s central bank said on Wednesday that a rapid recovery in population growth was a big surprise for the bank’s economic forecasts, …
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian retail sales grew at their slowest annual pace in 14 months in March in a warning sign for consumption that will …
By Byron Kaye and Archishma Iyer (Reuters) – Top Australian grocer Woolworths Group Ltd posted a bigger than expected rise in third-quarter sales as shoppers …
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s Labor government is set to reveal a vast improvement in the budget bottom line next week as its …
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s Treasurer on Monday said he was close to announcing details of a wide-ranging review into the country’s central bank which would …
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The state of Western Australia will allocate land to a battery metal processing facility proposed by IGO Ltd and Wyloo Metals, which …
By Stella Qiu SYDNEY (Reuters) – National Australia Bank said on Thursday it expects Australian interest rates to peak at 3.85%, down from a previous …
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers said on Thursday some recommendations from an independent review of the Australian central bank’s monetary policy decision-making and …
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian retail sales eked out a meagre gain in February after wild swings around year-end holidays, indicating shoppers are reining in spending …
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Central banks in the U.S. and Australia are close to pausing rate increases as they strike a balance between financial stability and …
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian law would not allow regulators to wipe out AT1 tier credit holders while shareholders received some compensation as occurred during the …
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) – A top Australian share trading technology firm backed a government proposal to break stock market operator ASX Ltd’s effective …
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia’s revenue potential from developing a battery industry has doubled to A$16.9 billion ($11.28 billion) by 2030 in less than two years, …
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s prudential regulator has started asking the country’s banks to declare their exposure to startups and crypto-focused ventures following the collapse of …
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s Productivity Commission called on the federal government on Friday to improve tax and migration systems, remove import tariffs and secure net-zero …
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia is closely monitoring the current global financial turmoil, including the situation at Swiss lender Credit Suisse and some banks in the …
By Sameer Manekar and Mehr Bedi (Reuters) – Australia’s economic health will be its central bank’s compass for plotting the course of rate hikes, as …
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian business conditions remained resilient in February with sales and employment strong, even as confidence took a turn for the worse amid …
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian consumer sentiment stayed stuck at historically depressed levels in March amid concerns over inflation and interest rates, a survey showed on …
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 …
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India and Australia aim to expand trade in critical mineral to help them achieve their goals on reducing carbon emissions, as …
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, …
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The South Australia state government said Friday that the first nuclear submarines under the AUKUS pact between the United States, Britain and …
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 …
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 …
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 …
By Vivek Mishra and Devayani Sathyan BENGALURU (Reuters) – Expectations for a 16% fall in Australian home prices from their peak have held steady despite …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian business conditions rebounded sharply in January after three months of slowdown while cost pressures picked up again, a surprising sign of …
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 …
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian retail sales volumes fell for the first time in a year last quarter as shoppers trimmed spending on goods, a sign …
By Stella Qiu SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian retail sales recorded the biggest drop in more than two years in December, as rising borrowing costs and …
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Parts of Western Australia were under a radiation alert on Saturday after authorities said a radioactive capsule used in mining was lost …
(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 …
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia confirmed on Wednesday it would buy 40 Black Hawk military helicopters from the United States for an estimated …
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A measure of Australian consumer sentiment rose in January for the second straight month, as a break in a painful cycle of …
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia and Papua New Guinea agreed to conclude negotiations over a comprehensive security agreement by April with hopes of …
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 …
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 …
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 …