PwC asked to name companies it pitched on basis of leaked Australian tax plans
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Two lawmakers on Thursday called on PwC Australia to name all the companies it sought to advise on the …
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Australian broker Openmarkets fined $3 million for ‘market integrity’ violations
(Reuters) – Openmarkets Australia Ltd was fined a record A$4.5 million ($2.99 million) after a panel found the retail broker in violation of numerous market …
Australian watchdog urges banks to move Indigenous clients into low-fee accounts
(Reuters) -Australia’s corporate regulator on Wednesday asked the country’s banks to disclose data on fees charged to Indigenous consumers after a review found they were …
Australian home prices climb for fourth month in June
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian home prices rose for a fourth consecutive month in June as a sustained squeeze on housing supply helped lift values nationwide, …
Australian shoppers tempted by special offers in May
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian retail spending rebounded in May as consumers were tempted by online sales events and promotional discounting, a sign …
Australian senator alleges assault in parliament house; calls for safer workplace
SYDNEY (Reuters) – An Australian senator on Thursday said she was followed, aggressively propositioned and inappropriately touched by another senator in parliament house, and called …
Australian war hero found complicit in Afghan murders says devastated by ruling, but will not apologise
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s most decorated war veteran, found by a civil court to have played a part in the murder of four Afghans while serving …
Australian state bans PwC from new tax contracts for three months
SYDNEY (Reuters) – An Australian state on Thursday imposed a three-month ban on PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (PwC) local unit from receiving new tax-related contracts – the latest …
Domino’s Pizza to shut 27 stores in Denmark, Australian construction and supply arm
By Navya Mittal (Reuters) – Australia’s Domino’s Pizza Enterprises said on Tuesday it would shut 27 stores in Denmark, and its construction and supply arm …
Former Australian SAS veteran loses defamation case over reports of Afghan execution
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) -One of Australia’s most decorated soldiers lost a defamation lawsuit against three newspapers that accused him of involvement in the …
Allegations of Afghanistan war crimes led to U.S. warning – Australian defence chief
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s defence chief said on Wednesday the United States warned him in 2021 that allegations Australian special forces soldiers …
In Australian defamation court, a proxy ‘war crimes trial’ nears judgement
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian special forces soldier Ben Roberts-Smith was lauded as a hero and awarded Australia’s highest military honour for “conspicuous …
Family pays tribute to Australian woman, 95, who died after police taser
By Alasdair Pal SYDNEY (Reuters) – The family of a 95-year-old woman who died after being tasered by police in Australia paid tribute to her …
Australian police hold fire on charging officer who tasered 95-yr-old grandmother
SYDNEY (Reuters) – An internal investigation was underway over an Australian police officer who tasered a 95-year-old grandmother, leaving her in a critical condition, and …
Australian police tazered 95-year-old woman at care home – media
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian police have launched an investigation after a 95-year-old woman was injured during an “interaction” with police at an old people’s home. …
Australian luxury wine to China will take years to rebuild – Treasury
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Chinese wine sales will not return to the same level for Australia’s Treasury Wine Estate even if high tariffs imposed during a …
Australian government rejects concerns budget may worsen inflation
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s Labor government said on Wednesday the billions in cost-of-living relief unveiled in the federal budget for families and …
Australian govt pledges $10 billion in budget to ease cost of living
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s centre-left Labor government said on Monday it would include A$14.6 billion ($9.84 billion) over four years in the federal budget for …
Albemarle agrees $1.5 billion plan to double Australian lithium hydroxide output
MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Albemarle has agreed to double the capacity at its lithium hydroxide processing operations in Western Australia to 100,000 tonnes by 2026 and spend …
Australian landlords push back on property valuation doomsday
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s biggest landlords and developers played down concerns about inflated commercial property valuations at a conference on Tuesday, while …
Australian grocer Coles sees Q3 inflation ease, but pressure remains
By Byron Kaye and Roushni Nair SYDNEY/BENGALURU (Reuters) – Australian No. 2 supermarket chain Coles Group Ltd on Friday said store price inflation eased in …
Lachlan Murdoch drops defamation lawsuit against Australian news website
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) – Fox Corp CEO Lachlan Murdoch dropped a defamation lawsuit against an Australian news site over an opinion piece he …
Australian regulator re-authorises 5-year coordination between Jetstar’s Asian brands
(Reuters) – Australia’s competition regulator on Wednesday re-authorised Qantas Airways Ltd and its budget arm Jetstar Airways Pty Ltd for a five-year continued coordination for …
Australian PM says inflation numbers ‘pleasing’ amid cost of living pressures
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday he was pleased to see inflation retreating in Australia, but cautioned that cost of living …
Australian man charged over girl taken from outback camp
SYDNEY, 2021 (Reuters) – (This Nov. 4, 2021 story has been updated to comply with an Australian court order to the media.) Australian police charged …
Australian housing may have found a floor, defying crash predictions
By Stella Qiu SYDNEY (Reuters) – A year-long slide in Australian home prices is showing signs of bottoming out far earlier than anyone thought possible, …
Qantas, Airbus to invest in Australian biofuel refinery
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Qantas Airways Ltd and Airbus SE will jointly invest A$2 million ($1.34 million) in a biofuel refinery being set up in Australia’s …
Australian job vacancies fall 1.5% in Feb quarter, still high historically
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Job vacancies in Australia eased in the three months to February, the third straight quarter of decline, but still far above pre-pandemic …
‘If not now, when?’: Emotional Australian PM advances Indigenous referendum
By Renju Jose and Praveen Menon SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia took a step on Thursday towards a historical referendum to give Aboriginal and Torres Strait …
Australian regulator considers greenwashing complaint against Etihad
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s competition watchdog will consider a greenwashing complaint made against Etihad by a local environmental group that accused the …
Global turmoil makes Australian banks’ refinancing mountain a harder climb
By Lewis Jackson and Scott Murdoch SYDNEY (Reuters) – An A$300 billion ($201.21 billion) refinancing task for Australia’s biggest banks is about to get harder, …
Australian regulator accepts PayPal unit’s undertaking for money laundering laws
(Reuters) – Australia’s financial crime regulator said on Friday it accepted an enforceable undertaking from payments giant PayPal Holdings’ local unit to ensure its compliance …
Australian court fines ANZ Group $6.6 million for breaching consumer protection laws
(Reuters) – An Australian court has fined ANZ Group Holdings A$10 million ($6.6 million) in penalties for non-compliance with consumer credit protection laws in a …
Australian food inflation rate falling, but slowly – country’s top grocer
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s top grocer said on Tuesday that while the food inflation rate was beginning to decline, prices were taking longer than expected …
Australian regulator grants interim authorisation to Jetstar’s Asian operations
(Reuters) – Australia’s competition regulator on Friday granted interim authorisation to Qantas Airways and its budget arm Jetstar for a continued coordination of two Jetstar …
Record retail theft puts pressure on Australian supermarket giants
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) – Retail theft has hit record levels in Australia, government statistics show, putting pressure on grocery giants Woolworths Group Ltd …
More work needed on AUKUS technology sharing – British, Australian officials
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More work is needed to break down bureaucratic barriers to technology sharing in the second pillar of a trilateral defense agreement between …
Australian monthly consumer prices up less than expected in Jan
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A measure of Australian consumer prices rose by less than expected in January thanks to a drop in the cost of travel, …
VIDEO RELEASE: AMO Agents Rescue an Australian National from Freezing Conditions in Mountains
TUCSON, Ariz — A stranded hiker was rescued Friday, by an aircrew from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). CBP’s Air and Marine Operations (AMO) …
Australian pallets maker Brambles hikes annual profit outlook; shares jump
By Harish Sridharan (Reuters) -Australian logistics company Brambles Ltd raised its annual earnings outlook on Friday as it offset cost pressures with product price hikes, …
China boosts Australian coal imports on hopes for more easing of curbs -traders, data
By Muyu Xu and Chen Aizhu SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Chinese utilities and traders have stepped up purchases of Australian coal in February, encouraged by signs of …
Rescue operation for Australian professor, others taken hostage in Papua New Guinea -police
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -A police operation is underway to rescue an Australian university professor and three researchers taken hostage in the remote highlands …
Australian consumers shell-shocked as interest rates climb
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian consumer sentiment took a dark turn last week after the country’s central bank raised interest rates to a decade high and …
Fortescue Metals preparing to cut up to 1,000 jobs – The Australian
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Fortescue Metals Group is looking to cut up to 1,000 jobs across its back office and clean energy unit as part of …
Australian bank performance ‘as good as it gets’ as economy starts to cool
By Scott Murdoch and Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – A run of strong earnings and stock market outperformance at Australia’s “big four” banking giants is …
Rio Tinto apologises for loss of tiny radioactive capsule in Australian outback
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Rio Tinto Ltd apologised on Monday for the loss of a tiny radioactive capsule that has sparked a radiation alert across parts …
Australian park rangers say ‘Toadzilla’ could be world’s biggest toad
By James Redmayne and Joseph Campbell SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian park rangers believe they have stumbled upon a record-breaking giant toad deep in a rainforest. …
Senior Australian official asks China to remove trade impediments
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s Assistant Minister for Trade Tim Ayres called for the removal of China’s “trade impediments” on Australian exports in a meeting with his …
Upcoming Chinese holiday, high coal stocks keeping lid on Australian trade
By Muyu Xu and Melanie Burton SINGAPORE/MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Chinese interest in Australian coal has been limited by the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday and …
Australian CPI inflation rebounds to annual 7.3% in Nov
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian inflation re-accelerated in November as strong demand drove holiday costs higher and flooding pushed up vegetable prices, a sign inflationary pressures …