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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp said it may sell Australian cable TV and streaming unit Foxtel after receiving an approach for the business

News Corp eyes sale of Australia pay TV & streaming unit

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp said it may sell Australian cable TV and streaming unit Foxtel after receiving an approach, a deal that would end its involvement in a high-overhead asset that has struggled to adapt to the Netflix era.

Business • 09 Aug 24

The Pacific Islands region is experiencing worsening cyclones and extreme weather

Pacific Islands to build climate disaster warehouses

Australia and New Zealand have said they would provide A$42.6 million (€25.7 million) for Pacific Island countries, which span millions of kilometres of ocean, to store humanitarian aid in the region to prepare for increasing climate disasters.

World • 09 Aug 24

Qantas is cutting its former CEO Alan Joyce's exit bonuses by A$9.3m

Qantas cuts former CEO's exit pay after governance report

Australia's Qantas said it was cutting its former CEO's exit bonuses by A$9.3m after an external review found him responsible for measures alienating travellers, employees and shareholders in the COVID era and beyond.

Business • 08 Aug 24

Blue was one of last year's most streamed TV shows in the US

Aussie warehouse worker arrested over 'Bluey' coin theft

An Australian man is set to appear in court after being arrested for the alleged theft of more than A$600,000 worth of commemorative coins linked to the popular children's television show "Bluey", police said.

World • 07 Aug 24

The Reserve Bank of Australia has kept rates at a 12-year high of 4.35% and said policy would have to be sufficiently restrictive to ensure inflation returned to target

Australia's central bank holds interest rates steady

Australia's central bank held interest rates steady today as expected, while reiterating that it was not ruling anything in or out to control inflation, a result that led markets to slightly pare back the chance of a November rate cut.

Business • 06 Aug 24

Police and emergency services arrived within a few minutes of being alerted and were able to see the pram under the train (File image)

Girl and father killed after pram hit by train in Sydney

A pram carrying twin two-year-old girls rolled into the path of an oncoming train in Sydney, police have said, in an accident that killed one of the children and the "heroic" father who dashed to their rescue.

World • 21 Jul 24

A global tech outage was affecting operations internationally in multiple industries

Travel chaos around the globe following IT outages

A global tech outage was disrupting operations in multiple industries, with airlines halting flights, some broadcasters off-air and everything from banking to healthcare hit by system problems.

World • 20 Jul 24

Regulator is pushing for new laws making all participating industries accountable

Australia to bring in anti-scam law targeting tech giants

Australia plans to introduce a law by the end of the year forcing internet companies to proactively stop hosting scams or face hefty fines, the top consumer regulator said on Friday, potentially setting up another showdown with Big Tech.

Business • 12 Jul 24

Kangaroos can be shot and killed in most jurisdictions but government permission is needed (File image)

Australia probes killing of 65 kangaroos

Australian authorities have said they are investigating the illegal killing of at least 65 kangaroos found shot or apparently rammed by a vehicle.

World • 11 Jul 24

Two boys, aged two and six, and a five-month-old girl, were killed in the fire

Murder charge after three children die in Sydney fire

Police in Australia have charged a 28-year-old man with murder following a house fire in Sydney that killed three children, including a five-month-old girl.

World • 11 Jul 24

Footage showed four people dressed in dark clothes on the roof of the building

Protesters arrested for climbing on Australian parliament

Four pro-Palestine protesters have been arrested for climbing the roof of Australia's Parliament House in a security breach condemned by politicians, on the same day a ruling party senator quit over the government's stance on Palestine.

World • 04 Jul 24

People take in the view of Sydney's landmarks, Harbour Bridge and Opera House

Australia doubles international student visa fee

Australia has said it has more than doubled the visa fee for international students, the latest move by the government to rein in record migration that has intensified pressure on an already tight housing market.

World • 01 Jul 24

Julian Assange seen on board a flight to Bangkok after his release from prison in London

Assange freed after pleading guilty in US espionage case

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is due to plead guilty tomorrow to violating US espionage law, in a deal that will set him free after a 14-year British legal odyssey and allow his return home to Australia.

World • 26 Jun 24

Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Michele Bullock

Australia's central bank holds rates steady

Australia's central bank held interest rates steady today as expected but warned there were still reasons to be vigilant against inflation risks, leading markets to pare back the chance of a rate cut this year.

Business • 18 Jun 24

There are an estimated 1,860 giant pandas left in the wild

China to replace Australia's popular giant pandas

China will loan Australia new giant pandas to replace a popular pair that failed to produce offspring in more than a decade together, visiting Chinese Premier Li Qiang has announced.

World • 16 Jun 24

People observe the floodwaters along the Hawkesbury River

Evacuation orders in Sydney as heavy rain sparks flooding

Heavy rain has brought flash flooding to Australia's largest city, Sydney, prompting rescues and evacuation orders for several low-lying suburbs.

Australia • 08 Jun 24

Australia's real gross domestic product rose 0.1% in the first quarter, just under market forecasts of 0.2%

Australia's economy slows to a crawl in first quarter

Australia's economy slowed to a crawl in the March quarter as high borrowing costs and still-elevated inflation put the brakes on consumer spending, even as the prospect of relief on interest rates remains a distant one.

Business • 05 Jun 24

Erin Patterson was charged in November with three counts of murder and five of attempted murder (File image)

First hearing in Australian mushroom deaths trial

An Australian woman, accused of murdering three elderly people after they allegedly consumed poisonous mushrooms at a lunch hosted by her, has faced her first hearing in court.

World • 23 May 24

Ardonagh said it intends to merge PSC's Australia and New Zealand operations with its Envest operations down under

Ardonagh buys Australia's PSC Insurance Group

Ardonagh Group has today agreed a deal to buy Australia's PSC Insurance Group Limited for A$6.19 in cash per PSC share.

Business • 08 May 24

Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil said warning letters had been sent to 34 education providers

Australia raises minimum savings for student visa

Australia said it would raise the amount of savings international students will need to get a visa and warned several colleges of fraudulent student recruitment practices, as part of efforts to rein in record migration.

World • 08 May 24

The Reserve Bank of Australia kept rates at a 12-year high of 4.35% today

Australia's RBA says sees no need to hike rates

Australia's central bank chief said today that interest rates were at the right level after holding steady for a sixth month, but cautioned that inflation risks were on the upside in a sign policy was unlikely to be eased anytime soon.

Business • 07 May 24

Erin Patterson is charged with three counts of murder and five of attempted murder (File image)

Woman pleads not guilty over Australia mushroom deaths

An Australian woman has pleaded not guilty to the murders of three elderly people who died after allegedly consuming a lunch she prepared which contained poisonous mushrooms.

World • 07 May 24

Qantas was sued last August by the ACCC, which had alleged that in some cases, the airline's flights were on sale for several weeks after cancellation

Qantas to pay $66 million in flight cancellation case

Australian airline Qantas Airways has said that it had agreed to pay a penalty of A$100 million (€61m) to settle a lawsuit that accused it of illegally selling thousands of tickets for flights that had already been cancelled.

World • 06 May 24

Marine police retrieved the body of a man mid-morning, about 6.5 hours after the man overboard alarm was raised

Body found after cruise passenger falls overboard

Australian police said they had recovered a body after a man fell into the water off Sydney from the 2,600-passenger P&O cruise ship Pacific Adventure

World • 06 May 24

Rescue workers, forensics, and prosecutors preparing to enter a waterhole where human remains were found near La Bocana Beach

Bodies of Australian and US tourists found in Mexico

Family members of three tourists who went missing in northern Mexico last month have identified their bodies, the state prosecutor's office in Baja California said in a statement.

World • 07 May 24