Australia Urges Its Citizens To Leave Lebanon Immediately Amid Rising Tensions In The Region
"Some airlines have postponed or cancelled some flights. Further flight cancellations and disruptions could occur with little or no notice," the government-run Smartraveller has warned.
Australian Government Assures Rex Airlines Of Contingency Plan Amid Financial Crisis
Transport Minister Catherine King said the Australian government has readied a contingency plan to support the airline to continue its services; however, she did not promise a bailout package.
Tony Burke Takes Over Home Affairs And Immigration Portfolios In Albanese's Pre-Election Cabinet Overhaul
Criticism against the government's approach to immigration may not subside, as the opposition members echoed doubts about Burke's ability to enact change.
Australia Commits AU$18 Million To Improve Maritime Safety In Indo-Pacific Region
At the Quad Foreign Ministers meeting, Foreign Minister Penny Wong announced setting up a new cable connectivity and resilience center, which will be staffed by Australian public servants and work with individual Pacific nations.
Albanese Urges Coalition To Dismiss MP Barnaby Joyce Over Comments Linking Ballot Paper To Bullets
Speaking at an anti-renewables rally in Sydney, Joyce compared the ballot paper to bullets, and asked the crowd to load the magazine and vote against Albanese and Energy Minister Chris Bowen.
Australia's Health Sector Braces For Potential IV Fluid Shortage
A TGA spokesperson said the three Australia's sponsors -- Baxter Healthcare, B. Braun and Fresenius Kabi -- have indicated the short supply would remain throughout 2024 due to disruption in global manufacturing and increase in demand.
Jabiluka Uranium Mine Lease Will Not Be Renewed, Northern Territory Government Announces
Energy Resources Australia (ERA) had leased the Jabiluka uranium mine for 42 years, and had sought renewal for another 10 years, which was rejected by the NT government on Friday.
Australian Tribunal Awards AU$3.2 Million To Ex-Coal Miner Suffering From Terminal Lung Disease
Craig Keogh's medical conditions included pneumoconiosis or black lung, silicosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and emphysema.
Albanese To Announce New Ministers On Sunday As Burney, O'Connor Step Down
Paying tribute to the outgoing ministers, Prime Minister Albanese said, "I am proud to call them my friends. I'm proud to have witnessed firsthand their passion for this nation, their determination to leave the country better for their contribution as members of parliament and as ministers."
Australia Hits 7 Israeli Settlers And Youth Group With Sanctions Over West Bank Violence
Foreign minister Penny Wong said, "The individuals sanctioned today have been involved in violent attacks on Palestinians. This includes beatings, sexual assault and torture of Palestinians resulting in serious injury and in some cases, death."
Queensland Premier Condemns AI-Generated Video Of Him, Calls It 'Dangerous Turning Point'
The Electoral Commission of Queensland stated there was no regulation that addressed the use of AI, but does "regulate the publication of any false statements of fact regarding the personal character or conduct of a candidate."
South Australia Health Seizes 700 Drinks With Double Legal Caffeine Levels From 100 Retailers
SA Health revealed that the most caffeinated beverage contained 300 milligrams of caffeine in each 473ml can, which was equivalent to the caffeine content in nine cans of Coca Cola.
Stage 3 Tax Cuts Could Ease Mortgage Stress For 1.6 Million Australians: Report
"Although interest rate increases would normally lead to a higher level of mortgage stress, the stage 3 income tax cuts delivered to millions of Australians in early July are set to have a larger impact in driving down mortgage stress over the next few months," Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine said.
NAB Cuts 3-Year Fixed Mortgage Rate To 5.99%
"This is a strategic move from NAB in a bid to test whether there's any appetite among borrowers to revert back to fixing. A big bank fixed rate that starts with a '5' is likely to turn at least a few heads, particularly among those worried about the prospect of further cash rate hikes," financial expert Sally Tindall stated.
Damage From Global IT Outage May Exceed AU$1 Billion: Experts
Australia's Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neill said the impact caused by the outage could last "one to two weeks."
Albanese, Dutton Lose Favor With Australians
According to latest Newspoll survey, only 28% voters nominated Albanese or Dutton ahead of five other chosen candidates.
American Express Australia Fined AU$8 Million For Breach Of Credit Card Rules
The court found that Amex breached the DDO as a credit card issuer as it distributed two of its credit cards at the stores of the luxury brand between May 25 and July 5, 2022, without determining the target market.
Massive IT Outage Hits Australia's Airlines, Banks And Businesses
NAB, Westpac, ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, Bendigo Bank and Suncorp stated their functioning was impacted by the outage.
Julian Assange's Trip Back Cost AU$883,958
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.
Massive MediSecure Hack Exposes Data Of 12.9 Million Australians
Identifying each customer and informing them of the hack was not financially viable for the company, MediSecure stated, adding that 6.5 terabytes of data was stolen.
Australia's Unemployment Rate In June Rises To 4.1%
The uptick has made economists expect a rise in interest rate by the Reserve Bank Of Australia (RBA), when it meets in August.
Labor Blocks Donations, Severs Ties With CFMEU's Construction Wing
The Fair Work Ombudsman has stated it will investigate the allegations against the trade union including corruption and coercion claims regarding contracts.
Consumers Face Rise In Power Prices As Companies Exploit Outages To Boost Profit, AER Report Says
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.
Fortescue Will Axe 700 Senior Corporate Roles As Mining, Energy Divisions Merge
Addressing the 16,000 staff on Wednesday, executive chairman Andrew Forrest said 700 persons from Fortescue's global operations will be offered redundancies, which was expected to be finalized by July end.
Federal Government To Back Appointment Of Independent Administrator For CFMEU
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.
75% Of Australians Believe Politicians Serve Their Own Interests, New Poll Reveals
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."
Northern Territory Election Funds: CLP Receives Double The Contributions Compared To Labor
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.
Australia's 4 Major Banks Accused Of AU$61 Billion Fossil Fuel Financing Since 2015
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.
Labor Faces Backlash For Promoting FMIA Using Logo Similar To Australian Made's Trademark
The logo is similar to the Australia Made logo that features a green triangle with a jumping kangaroo in the middle.
Australia Unveils AU$250 Million Military Aid Package For Ukraine: 'Will Not Be The Last'
"I'm very pleased to see the Australian government is stepping up assistance to Ukraine. I think this is also a reaction to what Russia is doing here in the region, what Russia is doing with North Korea after the signing of the security agreement," Ukrainian ambassador to Australia said.