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Australia Shares Set to Build on Week-Opening Gains
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 looks set to edge higher at the open, building on its week-opening gains following a positive lead by U.S. equities.The Wall Street Journal - World - Australia -
Australia hints it could recognise Palestinian state
Foreign Minister Penny Wong says the global community is frustrated by a lack of progress on peace.BBC News - Top stories - Australia -
Australia's Labor Market Remains Strong
The Australian unemployment rate edged up in March, but a jump in the number of people in full-time work will continue to feed risk that the country’s central bank may sit this year out before cutting interest rates.The Wall Street Journal - World - Australia -
Eye Opener: Australia beachgoers save whales washed up on shore
Beachgoers in Australia helped save a pod of whales that washed up on shore, with more than 100 volunteers helping out. Meanwhile, campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war are spreading internationally. All that and all that matters in today’s ...CBS News - Top stories - Australia -
Australia’s Watch Fans Are Invited to a Fair
Seven local brands are registered to exhibit in Melbourne at what the organizer says will be the country’s first watch event.The New York Times - Lifestyle - Australia -
NFL to open academy in Australia to identify and develop young prospects
The NFL will expand its international search for talent by opening an academy in rugby-mad Australia to develop promising teenagers in the Asia-Pacific region into college and pro prospectsABC News - Sports - Australia -
In Australia, ‘Cats Are Just Catastrophic’
Feral cats take a heavy toll on the world’s wildlife, especially Down Under. The solution? Smarter traps, sharpshooters, survival camp for prey species, and the “Felixer.”The New York Times - Science - Australia -
Fearing Trump’s tariffs, one bank has ratcheted up rate forecasts — in Australia
In the world of finance everything’s connected, including the likelihood of President Donald Trump returning to office and Australian interest rates.MarketWatch - Business - Australia -
Australian Low-Cost Carrier Bonza Goes Into Administration
Bonza, a startup low-cost carrier in Australia that competed with local heavyweights Qantas and Virgin Australia on some routes, has gone into administration, a process similar to U.S. bankruptcy.The Wall Street Journal - Business - Australia -
Australia expelled two Indian intelligence operatives in 2020 as part of ‘nest of spies’, reports claim
Asio director general Mike Burgess had referred to expulsion of foreign operatives in 2021 speech but did not name country behind threat . Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or ...The Guardian - World - Australia -
Australian Inflation Stays Strong in March Quarter
Australian consumer prices rose 3.6% annually in the latest quarter, illustrating the challenge facing the country’s central bank to bring inflation back within its target band and adding to uncertainty around the timing of interest-rate cuts.The Wall Street Journal - World - Australia -
Pro-Palestinian protesters set up encampments at universities in Australia
Pro-Palestinian protesters are camped on university campuses across Australia, with some scuffling with pro-Israel protesters in Sydney, mirroring similar events in the United StatesABC News - World - Australia -
Parliament rape claim was true, judge rules in case that gripped Australia
Defamation trial judge satisfied, on balance of probabilities, that Bruce Lehrmann raped colleague Brittany Higgins in 2019. For years, the Australian public has been fascinated by a rape allegation in Parliament House that embroiled government ...The Guardian - World - Australia -
US, Britain, Australia eye security pact expansion
The U.S., Britain and Australia are considering a possible expansion of their alliance, known as AUKUS, which has been hailed as a landmark coalition designed to counter Chinese influence in the Indo-Pacific region. AUKUS defense leaders said in a ...The Hill - Politics - Australia -
Australia to Boost Defense Spending Amid U.S.-China Tensions
Australia is boosting its defense budget and rethinking its defense plans as strategic competition between the U.S. and China heats up in the Indo-Pacific region.The Wall Street Journal - World - Australia -
Australia's Manufacturing PMI Shows Signs of Recovery
Activity across Australia’s manufacturing sector improved strongly in April but it is too soon to call an end to a cyclical downswing in the sector seen over the last year.The Wall Street Journal - World - Australia -
Australia to Toughen Merger Rules
Australia plans to toughen its corporate merger rules amid regulators’ and public concerns that market concentration is restricting competition in key industries and adding to inflation.The Wall Street Journal - Business - Australia -
Australia to Toughen Merger Rules
Australia plans to toughen its corporate merger rules amid regulators’ and public concerns that market concentration is restricting competition in key industries and adding to inflation.The Wall Street Journal - World - Australia -
An attack on women that has devastated Australia
The stabbing rampage at a busy Sydney shopping centre has left many - particularly women - fearful.BBC News - Top stories - Australia -
How Australia Struggled to Get Elon Musk's X to Remove Video of a Terrorist Attack
Musk argues that agreeing to hide footage of the stabbing of a bishop from users worldwide would risk allowing any country to control the entire internet.The Wall Street Journal - Tech - Australia -
Australia Asks U.S. Justice Department to Reach Plea Deal With Assange
The request for a felony plea deal by the WikiLeaks founder’s home country comes after the case has dragged on for years.The Wall Street Journal - World - Australia -
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Australian judge finds staffer raped colleague in Parliament office
A former government adviser raped a colleague in a Parliament House office, an Australian judge found, dismissing a defamation suit in a case that has gripped the nation.NBC News - Top stories - Australia -
Police in Australia identify the Sydney stabbing attacker who killed 6 people
Police have identified the assailant who stabbed and killed six people at a busy Sydney shopping center before a police officer fatally shot himABC News - World - Australia -
More than 100 pilot whales are rescued after being stranded in Western Australia
More than 100 long-finned pilot whales that beached on the western Australian coast have returned to sea, while 31 died on the shore, a whale researcher said.NBC News - Top stories - Australia -
U.S. surfer accompanied by dolphins as she wins world championship event in Australia
Hawaiian surfer Gabriela Bryan shared a wave with a pod of dolphins as she won her first world championship tour event over Californian rookie Sawyer Lindblad in pumping surf at the Western Australia Margaret River Pro on Sunday.NBC News - Top stories - Australia -
Indigenous deaths in custody haunt Australia
Last year saw the most Indigenous people on record die in police custody - and families want answers.BBC News - Top stories - Australia -
Australia's Grace Kim opens 4-stroke lead in LPGA Tour’s JM Eagle LA Championship
Grace Kim opened a four-stroke lead Friday in the LPGA Tour’s JM Eagle LA Championship, shooting a 5-under 66 in tricky afternoon conditions at Wilshire Country ClubABC News - Sports - Australia -
Aboriginal spears snatched by British in 1770 to return to Australia
Four spears taken from Australia by British explorer James Cook in 1770 were returned by Cambridge University to descendants of the indigenous community.NBC News - Top stories - Australia -
Australia and Papua New Guinea leaders trek toward WWII South Pacific battleground
Australia and Papua New Guinea’s prime ministers have begun trekking into the South Pacific island nation’s mountainous interior to commemorate a pivotal World War II campaign and to underscore their current security alliance, which faces ...ABC News - World - Australia -
U.S., Japan, Australia to create new joint air defense system
The U.S., along with Japan and Australia, will create a new joint air defense system in response to the growing aggression from China across the Indo-Pacific. The Japanese prime minister plans to address Congress Thursday.CBS News - World - Australia -
Australia tightens ‘hit and miss’ merger rules amid fears of reduced competition
Treasurer Jim Chalmers warns economy is not ‘competitive enough as it stands’Financial Times - World - Australia -
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Rare blind and hairy mole spotted in Australia
The palm-sized creatures have silky golden locks, no eyes, a stumpy tail and flipper-like hands.BBC News - Top stories - Australia -
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Formula 1: 2025 season to begin in Australia for first time since 2019
The 2025 season will encompass 24 races and begin two weeks later than the 2024 season did.Yahoo Sports - Sports - Australia -
Sextortion arrests follow Australian boy's suicide
Two people in Nigeria threatened to send explicit photos to the teenager's family, police say.BBC News - Top stories - Australia -
Hero who confronted stabber promised Australia visa
The prime minister has told "Bollard Man" Damien Guerot he can stay in the country as long as he likes.BBC News - Top stories - Australia -
Judge finds Australia parliament rape reports were true
Bruce Lehrmann sued a TV network for airing Brittany Higgins' claims she was raped inside Parliament House.BBC News - Top stories - Australia -
'She is a hero': Australia PM hails cop who shot attacker
Inspector Amy Scott singlehandedly pursued and killed a man in Sydney after he fatally stabbed six people.BBC News - Top stories - Australia -
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Pro-Palestinian Student Protests Spread to Australia, France, U.K. and Elsewhere
Student activists in Australia, Britain, France and elsewhere are challenging their universities’ stances on the war in Gaza and ties to Israel.The New York Times - World - United Kingdom