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Australia’s opposition parties on track to return to coalition
Published on 25/05/2025
» Australia’s two centre-right opposition parties appear to be on track to return to the Coalition, a longstanding alliance between the pair that suffered a surprise split last week in the wake of a disastrous election showing.
US subsidiary of meat-packing giant JBS hit by cyberattack
AFP, Published on 01/06/2021
» WASHINGTON: The American subsidiary of the world's largest meat processing companies said Monday it had been hacked, paralyzing some of its operations and impacting thousands of workers in Australia.
Australia's 'Big Wet' eases, but thousands still isolated
AFP, Published on 24/03/2021
» WINDSOR (AUSTRALIA) - Rescue teams raced emergency supplies to flood-hit Australians Wednesday, as trapped residents waited for still-swollen rivers to ebb, so the long, hard clean-up can begin.
Food ferried to isolated Australians as flood threat lingers
AFP, Published on 24/03/2021
» SYDNEY: Rescue teams delivered food and emergency supplies to Australians isolated by floodwaters on Wednesday as authorities warned that swollen rivers posed an ongoing threat despite blue skies over the east coast following days of torrential rain.
China imposes anti-dumping measures on Australian wine
AFP, Published on 27/11/2020
» BEIJING - China on Friday said it would impose anti-dumping measures on Australian wine, in a further souring of relations between Beijing and Canberra.
Last major Aussie bank ditches coal, in fresh blow to sector
AFP, Published on 29/10/2020
» SYDNEY - Australia's ANZ became the country's last major bank to walk away from thermal coal investments Thursday, delivering a fresh blow to a sector facing export market upheaval and widespread public hostility.
China launches anti-dumping investigation into Australian wine
AFP, Published on 18/08/2020
» BEIJING: China on Tuesday ramped up tensions with Australia after it launched a probe into wine imports from the country, the latest salvo in an increasingly bitter row between the trade partners.
Australia restricts live sheep exports after shocking treatment
AFP, Published on 17/05/2018
» SYDNEY - Horrific footage of dead and dying sheep on ships bound for the Middle East has prompted sweeping reforms to Australia's live export trade, but Canberra stopped short of an outright ban Thursday.
Australian deputy PM pressured to resign over affair
Associated Press, Published on 14/02/2018
» CANBERRA, Australia: Australia’s deputy prime minister was under mounting pressure Wednesday to resign as his party’s leader over revelations of a relationship with a former staffer.
Risky behaviour starts young on web: survey
AFP Relax News, Published on 23/05/2013
» Australian children are accessing social media websites at an increasingly younger age, a new survey suggests, with one in five "tweens" admitting they have chatted to someone online they do not know.