Australian PM says Israel’s explanation for aid worker deaths unsatisfactory
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Israel is yet to provide a satisfactory explanation for the death of seven aid workers last week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday as Australia…
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 of resilience in consumption that might add…
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 on the government to make the building…
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 in Afghanistan, said he was devastated by…
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 repercussion to hit the firm after its…
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 in Australia, sending its shares as much…
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 murder of six Afghans while on deployment,…
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 killed prisoners and civilians in Afghanistan may…
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 gallantry” during a 2010 attack on two…
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 on Thursday, as the premier of the…
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 it was too early to say whether…
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. Media said police had tazered the great-grandmother,…
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 political dispute with Canberra are dropped, its…
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 businesses will not worsen inflationary pressures 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 cost of living relief for families and…
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 around $1.5 billion to build two more…
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 acknowledging economic uncertainty was making investors and…
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 the March quarter as supply chain blockages…
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 said accused him of complicity in the…
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 two Jetstar Asian-based joint ventures – Jetstar…
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 pressures remained nationwide. Australian inflation slowed to…
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 a 36-year-old man on Thursday with abducting…
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, greatly lessening the risk of a jump…
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 Queensland state that would convert agricultural by-products…
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 levels in a sign of a still…
‘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 Islanders recognition in the constitution and, for…
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