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Australia's Sheffield Resources gets nod for $98 mn funding by Chinese firm

Australia's Sheffield Resources said it had received regulatory approval for an $98 million investment by a Chinese firm in the miner's flagship mineral sands project at home

Scott Morrison says China would breach WTO rules if it bans Australian coal

Australia's prime minister said Tuesday that China would be in breach of World Trade Organization rules as well as a bilateral free trade agreement if it banned Australian coal. Prime Minister Scott Morrison was responding to a report in the Chinese state-owned Global Times newspaper that the Chinese National Development and Reform Commission had given power plants approval to import coal without restrictions except for Australian coal. Morrison said he was treating the report as media speculation because the Chinese government had yet to clarify its position. If that were the case, then that would obviously be in breach of WTO rules, Morrison told reporters. It would be obviously in breach of our on free trade agreement and so we would hope that's certainly not the case." Coal and iron ore are Australia's most lucrative exports. But Australian exports appear to have suffered due to deteriorating bilateral relations since Australia called for an independent inquiry into the ...

Will pursue all avenues to defend businesses: Australia on China coal curbs

Australia's Trade Minister Simon Birmingham said he would pursue all avenues to defend the rights of the country's businesses after Chinese media reported China had banned imports of Australian coal

Data leak shows members of China's Communist Party working in global firms

They have also 'infiltrated' consulates of US, Australia and UK, says a report

Australian state says work from home over, but employees still shun office

New South Wales (NSW) state, home to the country's biggest city Sydney, said it was going ahead with a plan to lift the public health order that has been in place most of the year

World Coronavirus Dispatch: The dangerous race for vaccine approval

Reopening borders tough for Australia, Covid deals a huge blow to Italian tradition, software developer's app is key to Uruguay's Covid success, and other pandemic-related news around the globe

Google and Facebook risk big fines under draft Australian news law

Facebook has previously warned it might block Australian news content rather than pay for it.

Australia to make Facebook, Google pay news outlets for content

The law amounts to the strongest check of the tech giants' market power globally

Australian government acquires new power to scrap foreign pacts

The law applies to pacts made by lower levels of administration.

Australia pushes laws to make Facebook, Google pay news outlets for content

Australia finalised plans to make Facebook and Google pay its media outlets for news content, a world-first move aimed at protecting independent journalism

Friends of the US ought to help Joe Biden succeed: Bloomberg editors

US partners should coordinate new efforts to strengthen their joint military capabilities, much as Japan has been doing with Australia, India and key Southeast Asian nations

Explainer: What has Japan's Hayabusa2 asteroid mission accomplished?

Launched on Dec 3, 2014, the unmanned Hayabusa2 spacecraft touched down twice on the asteroid Ryugu, more than 300 million kilometres (190 million miles) away from Earth.

Australia reports record-breaking online shopping boom amid the pandemic

Australia has witnessed an unprecedented online shopping boom amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Australia's economy rebounds sharply in third quarter from Covid recession

Australia's economy rebounded sharply in the third quarter from a coronavirus-induced recession as consumer spending surged

Australia a key market, Ola says amid reports of reduced operations

At a time when Covid-19 is pounding the transportation industry, it has been reported that Ola has closed local driver offices in Australia and suspended personal accident insurance for drivers there

As China halts imports, India's craft beer craze may rescue Aussie barley

With India's population growing by 15 million per year, the industry will need to make an additional 2 million hectoliters between 2019-24 -- or 80 Olympic swimming pools worth, Bloomberg Intelligence

China should be ashamed: Australia seeks apology over 'repugnant' tweet

Morrison's calls for an apology further ramps up tensions between the nations, following China's decision to impose crippling anti-dumping duties on its wine over the weekend

Australian PM urges top army officers to share blame for Afghan war crimes

Morrison revealed that he has advised that senior officers face disciplinary action for allowing the "warrior culture" identified by the inquiry to develop in the special forces

China slaps up to 200% tariffs on Australian wine as relations nosedive

The anti-dumping deposits will take effect November 28 and range from 107.1 per cent to 212.1 per cent

Australia says it is 'extremely disappointed' with China's tariffs on wine

China earlier said it would impose temporary anti-dumping measures on wine imported from Australia from Nov. 28