Australia's lower house of parliament passed a bill on Thursday for the government's biggest overhaul of taxes in decades, curbing tax breaks for property investors to make
June 04, 2026
Australia's balance on goods trade swung back into surplus in April after a surprise deficit the month before, data showed on Thursday, as a rebound in resource exports
June 04, 2026
Three Australian appeals court judges have reserved their decision on whether an activist can prosecute King Charles III for alleged genocide of Australia’s Indigenous people
June 03, 2026
KPMG Australia said its chief operating officer stepped down on Wednesday, as the scandal grew over a whistleblower's allegations that the accounting firm
June 03, 2026
The Solomon Islands will negotiate a comprehensive strategic treaty with Australia and review a security agreement with China, the Pacific country's new
June 03, 2026
The Solomon Islands' new leader says the country will review its secretive security treaty with China
June 03, 2026
Australia's Megaport said on Wednesday it has secured four new AI infrastructure contracts worth A$458.9 million and will raise A$827.3 million ($594 million)
June 03, 2026
Australia's economy slowed in the March quarter as strength in business investment was offset by a drag from trade, data showed on Wednesday, while higher
June 03, 2026
Fatima Yousufi and Mona Amini escaped the Taliban and found refuge in Australia with dreams of playing international soccer
June 02, 2026
Australia's competition watchdog has sent takedown requests to Amazon, eBay, Kogan and Fruugo after finding listings for banned magnetic chess-style toys whose magnets can cause
June 02, 2026
Australia's net trade proved to be a major drag on the economy in the first quarter as imports of data centre equipment boomed and the value of fuel shipments
June 02, 2026
Australia's independent wage-setting body on Tuesday said the country's 2.8 million lower-paid workers will get a 4.75% pay rise from July, a
June 02, 2026
Australian government spending was flat in the first quarter, data showed on Tuesday, offering no impetus to economic growth early in the year after a run of strong outcomes
June 02, 2026
Australia's upcoming wheat harvest will be the smallest in three years, as high fertiliser costs and dry conditions in some areas reduce planting and yields, the
June 02, 2026
Defender Johan Vazquez scored a first-half goal and Mexico beat Australia 1-0 on Saturday night in a warm-up match for the World Cup
May 31, 2026
Police in Brisbane made five arrests on Friday as they cleared a protest camp from the city park where the main stadium for the 2032 Olympics will be built.
May 29, 2026
Australia's struggling opposition Liberal Party installed former Prime Minister Tony Abbott, a pugnacious social conservative and campaigner against
May 29, 2026
Hundreds of BHP electrical workers at Port Hedland in Western Australia will vote on a potential strike action, a union said on Friday,
May 29, 2026
An appeal against an Australian woman's murder conviction for killing three relatives with a meal laced with toxic mushrooms
May 29, 2026
Electrical workers at BHP's Port Hedland bulk export port in Western Australia may take strike action by end of the financial year on June 30, a union group said on Friday.
May 29, 2026
Accounting firm KPMG Australia said on Friday its CEO and head of audit had resigned because of shortcomings in the handling of a
May 29, 2026
Australian household spending fell back sharply in April after a petrol-induced spike the previous month, data showed on Thursday, as consumers scaled back on flights and
May 28, 2026
Australia's government introduced a bill in parliament on Thursday to make the biggest overhaul of tax rules in decades, including scrapping a capital gains
May 28, 2026
A looming slowdown in mortgage lending, higher provisions for souring loans and rising interest rates are darkening the outlook for
May 27, 2026
An Australian government inquiry has heard that a state police force has worked to form a heavily armed rapid response team since the Bondi Beach shooting
May 27, 2026
Pension fund AustralianSuper on Wednesday said if Glencore decides to list shares on the Australian Securities Exchange, it would be "
May 27, 2026
Australian consumer prices increased by less than expected in April thanks to a government tax cut on fuel, data showed on Wednesday, while core inflation ticked up as
May 27, 2026
A coalition of environmentalists and Indigenous Australian activists camping in the city park where the main stadium for the 2032 Olympics will be built is
May 26, 2026
Two planes carrying 19 Australian women and children linked to the Islamic State group in Syria have landed in Melbourne and Sydney
May 26, 2026
The head of an inquiry into antisemitism in Australia has condemned online hatred and bigotry targeting Jewish witnesses
May 26, 2026
Australian state police did not prepare a threat assessment for the event where the Bondi Beach mass shooting occurred and denied a request from the Jewish
May 25, 2026
An Australian spy agency boss has told an inquiry he had pivoted resources away from counterterrorism to espionage a few years before two gunmen massacred 15 people at a Sydney Hanukkah celebration
May 25, 2026
Australian activists detained by Israel while on a flotilla attempting to deliver aid to Gaza have returned home, with organisers alleging
May 25, 2026
Australia’s competition watchdog said on Friday that Coles and dairy firm Brownes Foods Operations each paid A$39,600 ($28,270.44) after receiving infringement notices for
May 22, 2026
A second group of Australian women and children linked to the Islamic State (ISIS) extremist group have departed a refugee camp in northeast Syria and may be returning to
May 22, 2026
The U.S., Japan, Australia and India will hold a meeting of foreign ministers of the 'Quad' grouping in New Delhi on May 26, Japan's foreign ministry said on Friday.
May 22, 2026
Australia's Guzman y Gomez , the Mexican-themed restaurant chain whose global growth plans powered a blockbuster sharemarket listing, said it was
May 22, 2026
Australian employment unexpectedly fell in April while the jobless rate jumped to the highest level since late 2021, a possible sign the labour market might be
May 21, 2026
Arafura Rare Earths said on Thursday it had approved the development of its $1.6 billion Nolans project in Australia's Northern Territory, which is set to be the
May 21, 2026
An Australian judge has fined X Corp. $465,000 for failing to provide information to an online safety watchdog about how it tackled child sexual exploitation content
May 21, 2026
An Australian court upheld a regulator's fine against Elon Musk's social media company X Corp after it admitted violating the law by failing to supply
May 21, 2026
An Australian farmer has found a live frog in a bag of lettuce
May 19, 2026
Australia's consumer sentiment rose in May as the oil shock triggered by the Iran war showed signs of easing slightly, but uncertainty over energy supplies and the third
May 19, 2026
Australia's central bank is worried higher energy costs will feed through to consumer prices quickly given the stretched state of the domestic economy, potentially creating
May 19, 2026
Hancock Prospecting, owned by Australia's richest person, Gina Rinehart, has added defence, gold and rare-earths holdings to its $3.3 billion U.S. portfolio this year,
May 18, 2026
Six passengers from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak have arrived in Australia for a quarantine expected to last at least three weeks
May 15, 2026
Italy's defence minister said on Thursday he had written twice to the Treasury urging a decision on whether to tap a European Union arms-
May 14, 2026
Australia’s Trump Tower plans scrapped as developer says brand has become ‘toxic’
May 13, 2026
Australia's largest lender, Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) lost nearly A$30 billion ($21.7 billion) in value as its shares slid on
May 13, 2026
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s move to wind back tax breaks for property investors has been
May 13, 2026
Australian wages rose at a moderate pace in the first quarter as annual growth in the private sector slowed to the lowest in almost four years, data showed on Wednesday.
May 13, 2026
The Trump Organization said on Wednesday it abandoned a plan to build its first tower in Australia less than three months after signing the deal, citing an Australian
May 13, 2026
Australia's government expects its ambitious reforms to the way it taxes property investments to take some of the immediate heat out of one of the world's least affordable
May 12, 2026
An Australian court on Tuesday ordered miner Fortescue to pay A$150 million ($108 million) in compensation to an Indigenous group for a cultural loss caused by iron ore
May 12, 2026
Australia's centre-left Labor government has rolled out the biggest changes to investment taxes this century to help young people break into the
May 12, 2026
Australian business confidence remained mired in gloom in April, a survey showed on Tuesday, as spiking energy costs from the Middle East war squeezed profit margins and
May 12, 2026
Australia is expected to deliver a smaller than initially forecast budget deficit this week as the government banks revenue windfalls from higher commodity
May 11, 2026
Australia's centre-left Labor government will offer a one-year grace period for planned changes to capital gains tax discounts and negative gearing in the federal budget to
May 11, 2026
Australia's right-wing populist One Nation party, which wants to emulate U.S.
May 10, 2026
Australian far-right populist party Pauline Hanson's One Nation won its first seat in the country's House of Representatives in a byelection on Saturday, a
May 09, 2026
Top Australian investment bank Macquarie Group reported an A$4.85 billion ($3.50 billion) full-year net profit on Friday, its second-largest ever, as the Middle East
May 08, 2026
Three women have been refused bail when they appeared in courts charged with slavery and terrorism offenses after they arrived home from Syria with another 10 Australians who police say are linked to the Islamic State group
May 08, 2026
Australian police on Friday charged two women linked to the Islamic State extremist group with slavery offences after they returned from
May 08, 2026
A few months before Australia's conservative Liberal Party suffered its worst election defeat last May, Sydney stockbroker Angus
May 07, 2026
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele was ousted from power on Thursday after losing a confidence vote in the country's parliament.
May 07, 2026
Mourners on Thursday will gather across Australia to hold vigils for a five-year-old Indigenous girl whose alleged abduction and murder shocked the nation and sparked riots
May 07, 2026
Australia said on Wednesday that 13 members of Australian families in Syria linked to the extremist group Islamic State plan to travel home, but will receive no
May 06, 2026
An Australian inquiry into antisemitism has heard from Jewish Australians who feel increasingly fearful after a massacre at a Hanukkah celebration
May 04, 2026
Australia began public hearings on Monday in an inquiry into the Bondi Beach mass shooting in December, with Jewish Australians giving evidence of their
May 04, 2026
Australia and Japan have beefed up their cooperation around critical minerals amid a state visit by Japan's prime minister, with the countries providing A$1.67 billion ($
May 04, 2026
Police in Australia's Northern Territory said on Sunday they had charged a man with murdering an Indigenous girl, days after the 5-year-old's death sparked
May 03, 2026
Fury over young girl’s killing sparks vigilante justice and violent clashes with police in Australia
May 01, 2026
Hundreds of protesters clashed with Australian emergency services workers in a remote town following the arrest of a man suspected of
May 01, 2026
Hundreds of protesters clashed with Australian emergency services workers in a remote town following the arrest of a man suspected of
May 01, 2026
Australia's Qantas Airways extended its schedule adjustments across its international and domestic networks through September on Friday, citing Middle East tensions, elevated fuel
May 01, 2026
Australia's home prices rose at the slowest pace in over a year in April as higher borrowing costs and war in the Middle East pushed prices in Sydney and Melbourne into
April 30, 2026
Australia's financial system regulator said on Thursday the country's banks were not keeping pace with AI industry developments, warning frontier AI
April 30, 2026
An interim report into last year's Bondi Beach mass shooting on Thursday advised increased security around Jewish public events and further gun reforms among
April 30, 2026
Australian police said on Thursday they have found a body believed to be that of a missing five-year-old Indigenous girl and were
April 30, 2026
A government inquiry into a rise in antisemitism across Australia before two gunmen believed to be inspired by the Islamic State group allegedly killed 15 people at a Sydney Jewish festival in December has recommended that authorities prioritize gun reform
April 30, 2026
Australia's Woolworths warned that fiscal 2026 domestic food segment earnings growth would no longer reach the upper end of the range due to fuel price pressures and customer
April 30, 2026
Australia is proposing to tax digital giants Meta, Google and TikTok on a part of their revenue to pay for news reporters
April 28, 2026
Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong on Sunday said she would visit Japan, China, and South Korea this week for talks on energy security in the face of disruptions
April 26, 2026
After their slogan was outlawed, pro-Palestinian activists turned to a karaoke classic
April 26, 2026
Australian general insurer Suncorp said on Friday it had purchased a five-year aggregate reinsurance cover that will provide up to A$2.4 billion ($1.71 billion) in total
April 24, 2026
Australia is working with software providers including Anthropic over potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities, a spokesperson for Home
April 23, 2026
Australia's internet regulator on Wednesday asked online gaming platforms including Roblox and Microsoft's Minecraft to spell out how they protect children
April 22, 2026
Diversified miner South32 cut its full‑year forecast on Wednesday for its Australia Manganese unit after wet-season rainfall and Tropical Cyclone Narelle disrupted operations, and
April 22, 2026
Australia's Lynas Rare Earths reported a more than twofold jump in third-quarter revenue on Tuesday, helped by stronger prices, while flagging strong market demand as customers
April 21, 2026
Some Asian financial regulators said on Monday they were taking measures to address the risks posed by Anthropic's
April 20, 2026
Australia's most decorated soldier, charged with war crimes related to Afghanistan deployments more than a decade ago, on
April 19, 2026
Britain's Prince Harry and wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, on Friday met survivors of December's Bondi Beach shooting that left 15 dead, on the final day
April 17, 2026
Australia’s most decorated living veteran has walked free on bail from a Sydney prison 10 days after he was charged with committing war crimes in Afghanistan
April 17, 2026
An Australian court ordered bail with travel restrictions on Friday for the country's most decorated soldier, following his arrest on accusations of war crimes while
April 17, 2026
Anthropic said on Wednesday it would sign an agreement to share its economic index data with the Australian government to help track artificial intelligence adoption across
April 01, 2026
Job vacancies in Australia rebounded to their highest in more than a year in the February quarter, data showed on Thursday, led by gains in the construction, retail and
April 02, 2026
A man accused of one of Australia's worst ever mass shootings on Thursday lost a bid to prevent media from reporting the identities of his family.
April 02, 2026
Australia said it would ban gambling advertisements featuring celebrities and limit online gambling advertisements to internet users over
April 02, 2026
Australian farmers are expected to favour less nitrogen-intensive crops such as barley over wheat and canola in the upcoming season, as surging
April 02, 2026
S&P Global Ratings on Thursday lowered its issuer credit rating for the Australian Securities Exchange to "A+/A-1" from "AA-/A-1+", two weeks after a local regulator flagged
April 16, 2026
Britain's Prince Harry on Thursday praised Australia's "epic" leadership on curbing harmful social media use for teens, as his wife Meghan, Duchess of
April 16, 2026
A former U.S.
April 16, 2026
Australia's most decorated soldier was arrested on Tuesday and charged with five counts of war crimes relating to the killing of unarmed civilians while
April 07, 2026
Australia's defense minster says the Iran war had greatly complicated the global strategic landscape and the country is significantly increasing its military spending
April 16, 2026
Australian authorities launch investigation after Ruby Rose accuses Katy Perry of sexual assault
April 16, 2026
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday welcomed a ceasefire in the Middle East struck between the U.S., Israel and Iran, while criticising
April 08, 2026
Australia's most decorated living soldier will remain behind bars after his legal team did not seek bail following his arrest over multiple alleged war
April 08, 2026
Australia on Wednesday said it would raise defence spending to 3% of gross domestic product by 2033 from about 2% currently, in response to the most "
April 15, 2026
(Corrects to remove dated reference to Virgin adjusting airfare in paragraph 1. The company announced those measures on March 20.)
April 15, 2026
A top Australian central banker said on Monday he was not confident that interest rates were at the right level to tame inflation, but policymakers would now also need to monitor
April 14, 2026
Australia's business and consumer confidence crashed as the Iran war unleashed a global oil shock that may tip the local economy into a recession, surveys
April 14, 2026
Singer-songwriter Delta Goodrem, who is representing Australia at this year's Eurovision Song Contest, says she believes in the power of music
April 10, 2026
Australia has agreed to underwrite two companies buying fuel at inflated prices, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese warning of extended supply disruptions even if the Iran ceasefire holds
April 09, 2026
Australia’s most decorated living veteran did not apply for bail when the war crime murder charges against him were listed in a Sydney court Wednesday
April 08, 2026
Australia’s most decorated living veteran, Ben Roberts-Smith, faces war crime charges on allegations that he killed five unarmed Afghans while serving in Afghanistan from 2009 to 2012
April 07, 2026
American sprinters Sha’Carri Richardson and Christian Coleman have won their heats and qualified for Monday’s semifinals of the Stawell Gift, an annual race contested over 120 meters on grass in a small Australian town near Melbourne
April 04, 2026
The 48-team field for FIFA's biggest ever World Cup is complete after a qualifying process that spanned more than two and a half years
April 01, 2026
Two more members of the Iranian women’s soccer team were granted asylum in Australia before their teammates departed, but one later changed her mind and will return to Iran
March 11, 2026
Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano say their meeting on May 16 is the biggest fight that can be made in mixed martial arts, and they’re both thrilled to end their lengthy retirements for the long-awaited showdown
March 11, 2026
An Indonesian court has sentenced three Australian men for the fatal shooting of another Australian
March 09, 2026
Max Verstappen has been cleared by Formula 1’s medical team after X-rays on his hands following his crash in qualifying that will see him start from 20th place on the grid in Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix
March 07, 2026
Formula One appears to have delayed a decision on whether to cancel its races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia in April which have been placed in doubt due to the Iran war
March 07, 2026
Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer and Brice Turang had three hits and four RBIs to lead the United States to a 15-5 win over Brazil in its World Baseball Classic opener
March 06, 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says he supports the strikes on Iran “with some regret” as they represent an extreme example of a rupturing world order
March 04, 2026
Disney, ABC sue US regulator over threats to broadcast licenses
US advisory body says China's data dominance gives it AI advantage
American Airlines to restore seatback screens, add premium seats in profit push
US single-family housing starts slide in July
New tremors jolt Spain's Granada, injuring three and damaging some buildings