Australia's economy grew 0.6 percent in the third-quarter, as business investment lifted despite weak household spending, reflecting the divergence between the two segments, official data showed Wednesday.
The quarterly expansion took the annual rate of growth to a healthy 2.8 percent, slightly below expectations but broadly in line with the central bank's forecasts, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures showed. Read more
Canberra Tuesday welcomed as "very touching" the scrapping of a planned French wind farm on the site of a World War I battlefield where thousands of Australian soldiers died.
French energy company Engie Green had planned to erect turbines on the grounds of the former Bullecourt killing fields in northern France, where some 10,000 Australians were killed or wounded inRead more
Australia's High Court on Thursday threw out two challenges to a same-sex marriage postal vote planned by the government, paving the way for a national survey on whether such unions should be legalised.
The decision came just days before ballot papers for the voluntary postal vote were due to be sent out to some 15 million people.
The case againstRead more
Australia's High Court on Thursday threw out two challenges to a same-sex marriage postal vote planned by the government, paving the way for a national survey on whether such unions should be legalised.
The decision came just days before ballot papers for the voluntary postal vote were due to be sent out to some 15 million people.
The case againstRead more
Australia's High Court on Thursday threw out two challenges to a same-sex marriage postal vote planned by the government, paving the way for a national survey on whether such unions should be legalised.
The decision came just days before ballot papers for the voluntary postal vote were due to be sent out to some 15 million people.
The case againstRead more
Ancient whales had extremely sharp predator teeth similar to lions, Australian scientists said Wednesday in a discovery they believe debunks theories the mammals used their teeth to filter feed like today's gentle giants.
There are two major groups of whales -- toothed creatures such as killer whales, and baleen, which filter plankton and small fish from the ocean for foodRead more
The police chief in Minneapolis resigned Friday amid an uproar over the death of an Australian woman who had called to report a possible sexual assault and was shot by a responding officer.
Chief Janee Harteau faced criticism over her handling of the incident last Saturday night, which ignited an international outcry. She did not appear before TV cameras untilRead more
The Chargé d'Affaires of the Saudi Embassy in Australia Mishaal bin Hamdan Al-Rooqi has met with Australian Minister for Multiculturalism in New South Wales State, Ray Williams.
During the meeting, they discussed the development of bilateral relations between the two countries.
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Dr. Obaid Al Hairi Salem Al Ketbi, UAE Ambassador to Australia, and Christopher Pyne, Australian Minister for Defence Industry, have met at the Australian parliament to discuss bilateral and military relations between their two countries, with a focus on ways of promoting these relations in the area of defence industries.
They explored coordination and cooperation between the UAE and AustraliaRead more
The "time has come" for Australia to officially recognize Palestine, Australian former Prime Minister and respected diplomat Kevin Rudd said Monday.
He said he feared a "death of an independent Palestine state" would only further inflame tensions in the Middle East.
Rudd made the remarks Following indications from U.S. President Donald Trump that the United States would support a "one-stateRead more