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Cricket Australia appoints Longstaff as 1st independent ethics commissioner

In a first, Cricket Australia appointed Simon Longstaff as an independent ethics commissioner, who will advise the national sport's governing body.

Zimbabwe edge Australia in third ODI thriller to seal historic win

Zimbabwe defeated Australia by three wickets to win the third ODI in a famous victory at the Riverway Stadium in Queensland

Australia increases permanent immigration intake by 35,000 to 195,000

The Australian government announced on Friday it will increase its permanent immigration intake by 35,000 to 195,000 in the current fiscal year as the nation grapples with skills and labour shortages. Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil announced the increase for the year ending June 30, 2023, during a two-day summit of 140 representatives of governments, trade unions, businesses and industry to address skills shortages exacerbated by the pandemic. O'Neill said Australian nurses have been working double and triple shifts for the past two years, flights were being cancelled because of a lack of ground staff and fruit was being left to rot on trees because there was no one to pick it. Our focus is always Australian jobs first, and that's why so much of the summit has focused on training and on the participation of women and other marginalized groups, O'Neill said. But the impact of COVID has been so severe that even if we exhaust every other possibility, we will still be many thousand

Australia, NZ dollars hit six-week lows, domestic data a mixed bag

The Aussie slipped 0.4% to $0.6811, having breached chart support around $0.6840 to hit a low of $0.6805. The next major bear target is its July trough of $0.6683

Australian shoppers shift to cheaper goods amid multi-decade high inflation

Woolworths' biggest competitor, Coles, painted a similar picture in their end-of-year results

Australian state to invest $83 mn against infectious livestock diseases

"We need to be prepared to fight and eradicate any exotic pest and disease that arrives on our shores," said NSW Agriculture Minister Dugald Saunders

South China Sea conflict threatens 90% of Australia's fuel imports: Study

Conflict in the South China Sea threatens 90% of Australia's fuel imports: study

IAF sends 4 Sukhois, 2 C-17 aircraft for Pitch Black exercise in Australia

Four Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jets and two C-17 heavy-lift aircraft of the Indian Air Force on Friday joined a 17-nation air combat exercise in Australia. The three-week 'Pitch Black' exercise, being hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), is taking place amid the conflict in Ukraine and China's military muscle-flexing in the Taiwan Strait following US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taipei. Over 100 aircraft and 2,500 personnel from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Indonesia, India, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Republic of Korea, the UAE, Singapore, Thailand, the US and the UK are participating in the exercise in Australia's Northern Territory. The RAAF considers the biennial exercise as its "capstone" international engagement activity with the air forces from strategic partners and allies. "An Indian Air Force contingent has reached Australia for participating in exercise Pitch Black 2022 scheduled to be held from August 19 to September 8

Singapore will pip Oz to be Asia's millionaire capital by 2030: HSBC

The financial hub is expected to top the list in Asia-Pacific followed by Australia, Hong Kong and Taiwan, the bank wrote in a report Tuesday

1% of India's adult population likely to be millionaires by 2030: Report

According to HSBC Holdings Plc. report in Bloomberg, Singapore will take over Australia and have Asia's highest share of millionaires in the adult population by 2030

Indian venture debt platform 8vdX expands to UK, Singapore and Australia

An Indian technology-enabled venture debt platform for early stage start-ups on Wednesday announced its expansion to the UK market. 8vdX said its aim is to offer cross-border venture debt, or a type of finance, to start-ups through local entities in the new geography. By 2024, 8vdX said it aims to fund 100 start-ups with assets under management (AUM) of USD 200 million and also has plans to expand to other countries such as Singapore and Australia. We are delighted to announce the expansion of our operations in key markets like Singapore, UK and Australia within just eight months of launching 8vdX, said Ravi Chachra, Co-Founder of 8vdX. We aim to offer a cross-border venture debt solution to the start-ups in these countries so that founders can spend more time on their businesses and less time on chasing small ticket investors. Start-ups do not require the flip' process in order to raise cash. "We are working to solve a significant problem that start-ups and rapidly expanding ...

Men's FTP '23-'27: India to play 38 Tests, 42 ODIs; no series vs Pakistan

India expectedly has a choc-a-bloc calender but as usual there won't be any bilateral cricket series with Pakistan due to obvious political reasons.

How real is fake meat? Know the ingredients and health implications

The popularity of plant-based proteins,has increased in recent years as consumers look to eat fewer animal products leading to a projected growth of $3 billion in Australian market by 2030

Australian PM Albanese lauds India's achievements on Independence Day

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese wished India on its 75th Independence Day and lauded its achievements

Australian party to introduce bill to close state coal plants by 2030

Australia's environmentally forward political party, the Greens, is set to introduce a bill that would close the three remaining coal plants in the state of Victoria by 2030

Google fined $40 mn for misleading users on Android location tracking

Federal Court in Australia ordered Google to pay over $40 million in penalties for misleading to consumers about the collection and use of their personal location data on Android

Linktree sacks 17% of employees in latest round of tech pink slips

With a reported 300-strong workforce, the mass layoff amounts to about 50 staff members

CWG 2022: Indian men's team loses 7-0 to Australia in hockey final

This is India's third defeat in the Commonwealth Games men's hockey final but an improvement for the team as it had failed to win a medal in the previous edition at Gold Coast in Australia in 2018.

Mining projects may attract bank financing as Great Barrier Reef recovers

Environmentalists had cited these events to lobby against the coal mining projects in Australia and foreign banks had stopped financing these projects

US, Australia, Japan urge China to cease military exercises around Taiwan

The countries have urged China to "immediately" cease its military exercises launched following Pelosi's visit to Taipei, as they reaffirmed their commitment to maintaining peace and stability