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According to the survey, at least 45% of the small business owners have contemplated shutting their doors, while the figures rose to a staggering 57% in the places outside metros.

At RIMPAC 2024, the Australian Navy successfully tested the Naval Strike Missile, boosting its capacity for maritime defense and regional security.

According to latest Newspoll survey, only 28% voters nominated Albanese or Dutton ahead of five other chosen candidates.

Iran is capable of producing fissile material for use in a nuclear weapon within "one or two weeks," US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday.

The police executed search warrants at businesses across Hay street, Haymarket, and homes in Amos Street, Westmead, and Shepherd Street, Cherrybrook.

The investigation came after it was discovered that a French delivery rider had more than 200 demerit points in May.

Dominic Perrottet ends his 13-year political career to lead BHP's corporate and external affairs in Washington DC.

Germany-based Foundation will reimburse majority of the cost, Australia's tax payers will have to pay about AU$100,000 for travel expenses of U.S. and U.K. ambassadors.

A fire that tore through a shopping centre in southwestern China has killed 16 people, state media reported Thursday.

According to this data, there were over 11,000 farms within 80 kilometers, or around 50 miles, of these locations.

Grays has agreed to compensate the impacted customers as part of the court-enforceable obligation, apart from paying a part of the ACCC's legal costs.

Due to dysfunction, Liverpool City Council is being suspended and subject to an inquiry; the mayor rejects the results as being driven by politics.

The Fair Work Ombudsman has stated it will investigate the allegations against the trade union including corruption and coercion claims regarding contracts.

The allegations about Reynolds came after Higgins said she was raped by her former colleague Bruce Lehrmann in 2019.

Following the outages, NSW failed to access low-priced electricity from southern NSW and neighboring regions. These factors enabled some of the market participants to maximize their profits.

Federal energy minister Chris Bowen said: "It's a tactic to divert, delay and avoid action on climate. It's a ploy to keep coal running longer and at massive costs to reliability and emissions."

Work Relations Minister Tony Burke said the government will not deregister the union, but will implement legislation if the union opposed the appointment of independent administrators.

Speaking at a memorial event in Canberra on July 17, which marked the 10th anniversary of the event, Penny Wong expressed her unwavering opposition to Russia and her solidarity with those impacted by the catastrophe.

The British Crown Prosecution Service has been tasked by the court with reviewing allegations of forgery and perjury.

Only 11% Australians marked they were "very satisfied" with the way democracy was working in their country, while 26% were "satisfied," 18% were "dissatisfied" and 12% were "very dissatisfied."

Even with a month of data still to be included, the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) analysis shows that net permanent and long-term arrivals -- a predictor of net overseas migration -- have surpassed the government's objective of 395,000 for the most recent financial year, and reached 445,510.

While tech entrepreneur John-Paul Thorbjornsen was the largest single donor to CLP with AU$125,000, construction firm Ray Bail Investments Pty Ltd donated AU$204,500.

While NAB was the largest lender in 2023 with AU$1.4 billion, ANZ topped the list with a total of AU$20 billion in the first quarter of 2024.

According to an independent analysis, Sydney's tolls may go down if there were two-way harbor crossing fees and a state-owned organization in charge of pricing.

Israel hammered the Gaza Strip from the air, sea and land Monday as the war in the Palestinian territory showed no sign of abating, with Hamas saying it was pulling out of truce talks.

The Kremlin on Saturday warned that the deployment of US missiles in Germany could make European capitals targets for Russian missiles in a repeat of Cold War-style confrontation.

Refund requests poured in when the audit revealed that these clients were placed in high-fee accounts by ANZ, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, and Westpac, even though they were eligible for low-fee accounts due to government payment support.

Apart from requesting Victorian Labor Party's construction section be suspended immediately, Jacinta Allan said she emailed the state secretary of Labor, requesting that donations from the division be prohibited during this suspension.

"This report demonstrates how our community was let down by those in charge. Our community has borne the brunt of the fallout from this disastrous project, and we received none of the supposed benefits that were promised," said Kobi Shetty, MP for Balmain.