The plan for a ‘Trans-Tasman bubble’ to allow Australians and New Zealanders to travel between the two countries could be presented to both governments as early as next week, and could be operational by September, the expert working group behind the proposal has said.
Canberra and Wellington …
Who owns Australia? You’d be surprised to learn that the billion dollar barons of our farmland are a Canadian government worker super fund, a New York teacher insurance fund and an Australian pastoral giant backed by a Dutch pension fund.
These three groups, the Canadian PSP Investments, the Ne…
Smoke from the Australian bushfires of the 2019-20 summer caused an estimated 445 deaths and put more than 4,000 people in hospital, a royal commission has heard.
Eighty per cent of the Australian population was affected by smoke from the fires, which burned in six states across six months.
As…
With news last Friday that the centrepiece of Australia’s coronavirus stimulus package, jobkeeper, will cost $60bn less than forecast, the federal government has an opportunity to rethink its approach to address what economists are referring to as “the cliff”.
The cliff, or “gap”, refers to…
Tourism centres of NSW and Victoria may be opened to travellers from New Zealand before visitors from Queensland as the federal government steps up talks to create a "travel bubble" across the Tasman.
In a new warning to Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, the Morrison government said it wo…
The Australian government has again played down suggestions the coronavirus escaped from a Chinese lab.
Relations between Beijing and Canberra have deteriorated badly since Australia called for an international, independent inquiry into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Today, in a development…
Sport Australia received the final list of projects to be given grants from the former sports minister Bridget McKenzie 17 minutes after the government entered the caretaker period and one day after it was sent to the prime minister’s office.
Sport Australia officials revealed at a Senate inqui…
Australia’s T20 World Cup preparations continue to go from strength to strength after David Warner and Steve Smith enjoyed a triumphant return to Cape Town, piloting the tourists to a 2-1 series victory over South Africa.
Returning to the scene of the ball tampering scandal, Warner (57 off 37 b…
Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) has seen its revenue decrease by 3%, mobile customer base shrink by 5%, and its net loss blow out from AU$124 million last year to AU$279 million for its 2019 full year.
On the positive side, the company grew its fixed-line broadband customers to 114,000 and pos…
Holden was Australia's car and the death of the brand has punctuated the end of mass car manufacturing in Australia a couple of years ago.
But if you think Australia is completely out of the automotive business, then you are very much mistaken.
According to industry analysts IBISWorld, Austral…
Samsung has announced that its Onyx Cinema LED screen has made its entry to the Australian market through its partnership with HOYTS Cinemas. The first such screen has been installed at HOYTS Entertainment Quarter in Moore Park, Sydney. More more Onyx screen will be installed at HOYTS Highpoint in M…
Some 43% of projects funded under the controversial $100m sports grant program overseen by Bridget McKenzie – 290 in total – were ineligible when agreements were signed, according to officials from the Australian National Audit Office.
The evidence from the ANAO to the Senate inquiry on Thurs…
Relations between the Federal Government and the French company designing Australia's future submarines have hit a new low, with the Defence Minister declaring she will hold the group to account on its local industry commitments.
The Minister's blistering attack followed comments from France-base…
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe has warned Australia is already paying the economic price of climate change, while calling for more policy certainty that would allow the nation to exploit "fantastic" renewable energy opportunities.
Speaking in Melbourne at the Australia-Canada econ…
Tropical Cyclone Damien made landfall in Western Australia over the weekend and lashed north-western parts of Australia with heavy rain and damaging winds. Unrelated to the cyclone, eastern Australia also recently had some substantial rainfall totals. While rain came as welcome relief after the seve…
Australia’s co-working market will undergo consolidation from next year, as players push for scale in the growing industry to meet increasing demand and to negotiate better deals with landlords, Hub Australia founder and chief executive Brad Krauskopf says.
Consolidation will not be immediate, …
Parts of Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales have experienced some of the worst flooding in years as severe rain downpours washed over eastern Australia.
For states that have battled through months to years of intense drought, high temperatures and the recent bushfire crisis, the inundation ha…
As the number of people dying from coronavirus rockets well ahead of those killed by SARS, experts say the disease's spread is now at a critical stage.
Nine weeks after the novel coronavirus was first discovered, Australian infectious disease experts are only beginning to understand its severity,…
Australia started the series with a record-breaking victory over India but the hosts finished it with the trophy, getting home at a canter in the decider.
There were some big positives to take out of the series for Australia. Marnus Labuschagne took his fine form from the Test arena to one-day cric…
Businesses damaged by bushfires will be eligible for additional grants of up to $50,000 in the latest pledge from the Morrison government’s $2bn disaster relief package.
Businesses will also be able to access concessional loans of up to $500,000 if they have suffered significant loss of revenue…
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