(Reuters) – Apple Inc’s workers in Australia initiated a strike Friday afternoon, demanding better working conditions and wages, a workers’ union said, a move that might dent sales of the…
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) – In a Sydney hotel conference room in May, Tim Hogben, the head of securities and payments for ASX Ltd, which runs the Australian stock…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian businesses turned in a pessimistic outlook for the first time this year in November as they worried about inflation and higher interest rates taking a toll…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Australia’s Foreign Minister on Wednesday praised Washington’s commitment to Indo-Pacific security but said its departure from a regional trade pact was still being felt and that enhanced…
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Holdings of Australia’s big banks by domestic fund managers are hovering near record lows on expectations that a combination of high consumer spending and…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia will play a big role in South Korea’s ambition to lead the electric vehicle batteries market and diversify from China for its battery metals needs, a…
(Reuters) – Potential economic downturns caused by climate change could pose risks to the loan books of Australia’s top five banks without resulting in any severe stress to the system…
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s Labor government said it will move a parliamentary censure motion against former Liberal prime minister Scott Morrison this week after an inquiry found…
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia will introduce rules to increase transparency in ministerial appointments after an inquiry into secret ministerial appointments by then Prime Minister Scott Morrison found they…
(Reuters) – Australian securities regulator on Friday directed a unit of asset manager Perpetual Ltd to stop offering or distributing two funds to retail investors on an interim basis due…
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s climate conditions will worsen in the years ahead, two national agencies said on Wednesday, warning of quicker changes in weather patterns and more…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia should sanction Myanmar’s military government and the regime’s bankers, Sean Turnell, the Australian economist and adviser to deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi said in his…
(Reuters) -Australian economist Sean Turnell was freed from prison in Myanmar on Thursday and has arrived in Thailand, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday. Turnell was a former…
By Lewis Jackson and Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) -Two of Australia’s top banks have quietly relaxed some home lending standards, banking and mortgage-broking sources said, despite authorities urging prudence in…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The world’s second-largest fund manager Vanguard launched a pension fund in Australia on Friday, the first new fund licence approved in six years as it bets a…
(Reuters) – Australian grocer Woolworths Group reported a 1.8% rise in first-quarter sales on Thursday, helped by higher product prices. Total group sales for the country’s biggest supermarket chain came…
(Reuters) – Australia’s corporate regulator said it had appealed the Federal Court’s decision to dismiss its petition against the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and its pension unit on allegations of…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The premier of Australia’s biggest state justified on Monday blocking a U.N. torture prevention panel from visiting prisons, saying the state maintained high standards at its jails…
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia’s Federal Court will hear an appeal by Santos Ltd on Nov. 15-16 seeking to resume drilling at its $3.6 billion Barossa gas project off northern Australia…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The Reserve Bank of Australia raised its cash rate by 25 basis points to 2.60% on Tuesday following a monthly policy meeting. The following is a chronology…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Rio Tinto Ltd on Monday said an employee at one of its mines in Western Australia state was sexually assaulted and that police removed the alleged perpetrator…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australians looking to buy a new home could actually benefit from rising interest rates as they lower the price of housing enough to ultimately result in lower…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A measure of Australian business confidence picked up for a second month in August as sales stayed surprisingly strong in the face of rising interest rates and…
(Reuters) – Australia and New Zealand Banking Group joined National Australia Bank in raising its variable home loan interest rates on Friday, passing on the central bank’s 50 basis points…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s trade surplus shrank by more than expected in July as exports of iron ore and coal cooled after a very strong run, while more Australians travelled…