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Fresh pushback on China: Australia to get n-subs in new pact with US and UK

China calls the deal an 'irresponsible' threat to regional stability

Australia irks France with sudden US-UK nuclear submarine deal

France said the new partnership scuppers Australia's 2016 deal with a French shipbuilder Naval Group to build up to 12 submarines

Australia to welcome hundreds of overseas workers, seeks to aid recovery

The exemption will streamline entry requirements to allow the rapid relocation of workers critical to establishing a business in Australia

Sydney Airport sale a step closer after improved $17.4 billion offer

The move sent the airport's shares up 5%, with analysts saying a rival bid appeared unlikely given the scale of the funding needed and foreign ownership rules

India, Australia pitch for 'broad-based and inclusive govt' in Afghanistan

India and Australia have called for a "broad-based and inclusive" government in Afghanistan to ensure long-term peace and stability in the war-torn country

Rajnath Singh holds 'fruitful' talks with Australian counterpart

Describing the discussions as 'fruitful', Mr. Singh said bilateral defence cooperation as well as regional issues figured in the deliberations.

Rajnath Singh holds bilateral meeting with Australian Defence Minister

Rajnath Singh will be holding a bilateral meeting with the Australian Minister for Defence Peter Dutton in New Delhi

Australia's treasurer says economy must diversify from China reliance

Australia must diversify its economy to rely less on China, its largest trading partner, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said on Monday, as he warned businesses to brace for new tensions with Beijing

Australia reports record new Covid-19 cases amid battle against 3rd wave

Australia has reported another record number of 1,477 new cases on Thursday morning as the country continued to battle the third wave of Covid-19 infections

India, Australia aim to announce early harvest trade deal by December

An early harvest agreement will be the way forward for an early conclusion of a bilateral Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) between both countries

First Paralympic gold medal goes to Paige Greco of Australia

Cyclist Paige Greco of Australia claimed the first gold medal of the Tokyo Paralympic Games, winning the 3,000-meter pursuit on Wednesday on the velodrome track

World's biggest miner fired 48 workers in two years for sexual harassment

While harassment is a problem in workplaces around the world, isolated mines can be especially risky for women

Australia's worst day of coronavirus pandemic sees restrictions tighten

Australia's most populous state on Monday reported its worst day of the pandemic with 478 new infections and seven COVID-19 deaths as pandemic restrictions tightened in other parts of the country. The previous record daily tally in New South Wales was 466 new cases reported on Saturday. Two of the dead had received a single dose of a two-shot vaccine. The rest were unvaccinated, New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said. Only 26% of Australians aged 16 and older had been fully vaccinated by Saturday. Australia has one of the slowest vaccine rollouts among wealthy countries, which is making the spread of the delta variant particularly dangerous. The first shipment of 1 million Pfizer doses that Australia bought from Poland arrived in Sydney overnight. Residents aged 16-to-39 in Sydney's worst-effected suburbs will be given 530,000 of the new doses, the government said. This age group was responsible for most of the virus spread. Berejiklian blamed Sydney residents' failure t

Covid World Dispatch: Australia's capital to enter one-week lockdown

Canberra will enter a snap seven-day lockdown on Thursday, China partly shut the world's third-busiest container port after a worker became infected with Covid

FM invites Aussie investors to tap opportunities in infrastructure sector

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday invited Australian investors to tap opportunities in India's infrastructure sector which needs funding to the tune of Rs 111 lakh crore over five years. Australia is an important partner of India as a strong liberal democracy with shared diaspora and bilateral trade and investment. The bilateral trade has been growing steadily since past decade and there exists immense potential for the two countries to enhance it further in light of the wide spectrum of complementarities and strengths in the post-COVID period, Sitharaman said during a meeting with Tony Abbott, Special Envoy of Australian Prime Minister. Abbott complimented India for undertaking comprehensive and sustained reforms programme and said the country has continued to demonstrate robust growth despite the disruptive impact of the pandemic, a finance ministry statement said. Sitharaman further highlighted recent economic reforms and easing of FDI norms in India, which provide

Tokyo Olympics: Australia faces US in bid for first women's soccer medal

Australia's women's soccer team has already made team history at the Tokyo Games

Australia's Qantas furloughs 2,500 staff amid as Sydney lockdown extends

Australia's Qantas Group says it expects Sydney's Covid-19 lockdown to last for at least another two months and it will furlough 2,500 staff due to an associated downturn in domestic flights.

Twitter's Dorsey leads $29 bn buyout of Australian BNPL giant Afterpay

The all-stock buyout would value the shares at A$126.21 ($92.65), the companies said in a joint statement

Australian cricket great Shane Warne tests positive for coronavirus

Cricket great Shane Warne was absent from London Spirit's clash with Southern Brave in The Hundred competition after testing positive for COVID-19.

Australia's Jessica Fox wins first Olympic women's canoe slalom gold

Australia's Jessica Fox has made Olympic history at the Tokyo Games as the first gold medalist in women's canoe slalom