SYDNEY – A measure of Australian consumer sentiment took a step back in December as an outbreak of the Omicron variant clouded the outlook for the economy and spending over …
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– Blackstone Inc said on Friday it would buy Singapore wealth fund GIC’s 49% stake in an Australian logistics trust for A$2.1 billion ($1.50 billion), as the U.S. private-equity giant …
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-Australia’s securities regulator said on Thursday it was suing Australia and New Zealand Banking Group for failing to provide over half a million customers with promised benefits, which led to …
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SYDNEY – Australian government officials will not attend the Winter Olympics to be held in Beijing next year, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday, joining the United States with a …
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By Jamie Freed SYDNEY – New budget Australian airline Bonza said on Wednesday it planned to operate up to eight Boeing Co 737 MAX jets in its first year of …
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The health system of Queensland, Australia, could deny patients potentially life-saving treatment if they have not received the COVID-19 vaccine. Queensland Health, the official health agency of Queensland, said in …
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Hayley Hodgson, a 26-year-old Australian woman, recounted her two-week confinement in a COVID-19 quarantine camp in an interview with UnHerd published Thursday. “You feel like you’re in prison. You feel …
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Australian police successfully recaptured three teenagers who escaped from a quarantine facility Wednesday after they had tested negative for COVID-19. The teenagers scaled a fence to break out of the …
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– Coles Group, Australia’s second-biggest grocery chain, is being sued by the country’s industrial relations watchdog for underpaying staff over three years, the parties said in separate announcements on Thursday. …
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By Wayne Cole SYDNEY – Australian retail sales rebounded with a bang in October as the lifting of many stay-at-home restrictions unleashed a wave of pent-up shopping, further evidence the …
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– The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) on Thursday said it would not oppose National Australia Bank’s proposed acquisition of Citigroup’s local consumer banking business. The watchdog’s review, which …
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MELBOURNE – Royal Dutch Shell is facing protests over its takeover of green energy retailer Powershop Australia, with customers threatening to switch to other renewable energy providers to avoid becoming …
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By Paulina Duran SYDNEY – Australia’s corporate watchdog said on Monday it was working with lawmakers to develop rules for digital currencies but warned many crypto assets remained unregulated for …
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MELBOURNE – Lawyers for the Conservation Council of Western Australia have sent letters to Woodside Petroleum and the country’s energy minister seeking to delay, if not stop, the company’s Scarborough …
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MELBOURNE – New Western Australian legislation to better protect Aboriginal heritage fell short of international standards, an investor body said on Thursday, after the proposed changes came under fire from …
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SYDNEY – Australia’s University of Queensland (UQ) on Wednesday said it would recruit Tesla Inc car owners around the world to analyse if the vehicle’s spare battery capacity could support …
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By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE – Australia’s 2030 emissions target is fixed, and the government is committed to beating it, several ministers said on Sunday, without saying whether targets would be …
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By Paulina Duran SYDNEY – An Australian court has given a Commonwealth Bank of Australia shareholder access to confidential documents to check whether the country’s No.1 bank complied with its …
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By Byron Kaye SYDNEY – As closed borders intensify a skills shortage, demand for Australian mergers and acquisitions lawyers is so high that firms are offering sign-on bonuses for the …
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MELBOURNE – The man charged with abducting a four-year-old girl from an outback campsite in Western Australia was flown 600 miles (960 km) to a maximum security prison in Perth …
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BERLIN – Deutsche Telekom announced on Friday a fibre optic joint venture with Australian investor IFM, which will buy a 50% stake in the German telecommunications company’s fibre optic unit …
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BERLIN – Deutsche Telekom’s supervisory board has given its approval to a planned optic fibre joint venture with Australian infrastructure investor IFM involving an investment of up to 6 billion …
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– Australian startup Reejig said on Thursday former Westpac boss Brian Hartzer has joined as chairman, his latest role after a major money-laundering scandal at the lender forced his exit …
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MELBOURNE – Australia’s High Court found that the country’s practice of taxing young working tourists at a higher rate than local Australians for the same work was discriminatory on Wednesday. …
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– France’s world number 47 Benoit Paire says he does not care that unvaccinated players are unlikely to be able to play in the Australian Open in January, and thinks …