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Albanese Wants International Cover Before Australia Recognizes Palestine as a State
Australia’s Anthony Albanese will recall well when another Labor prime minister was feeling the heat over Palestinian status. It was 2012 and then-Prime Minister Julia Gillard was forced into a corner over the stand Australia should take on a...

3 Australian dividend stocks trading at bargain prices
Image source: Getty Images With the latest inflation data making a RBA cash rate cut more likely next month, I think it's a great time to put money to work into some Australian dividend stocks. The share prices of names like Commonwealth Bank of...

Powering Australia’s clean energy future
Australia’s transition to clean energy has reached a critical juncture, with major developments in transmission, distribution and storage emerging as central to the shift away from fossil fuels. The scheduled closure of coal-fired power stations...

Drake Cancels Australia & New Zealand Tour
Drake has announced that he will not be returning to Australia and New Zealand and has cancelled his previous postponed tour in the two countries. Drake played shows in Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane earlier this year and was set to perform...
How Car Transport Works in Australia: Everything You Need to Know
Published 9:03 am Monday, July 28, 2025 If you’re planning to move a vehicle across states in Australia, understanding how car transport works can save you time, money, and stress. Whether you’re relocating, buying a car interstate, or sending a...

Australian airline Skytrans rebrands to SmartLynx Australia
Australian airline Skytrans has rebranded to SmartLynx Australia, in order to align its corporate identity with that of two other carriers of the Avia Solutions Group, SmartLynx Airlines in Europe and Thai SmartLynx in Thailand. While SmartLynx...
No impact on LNG exports, NWS condensate cargoes after earthquake off Russia: sources
Australian LNG exports and North West Shelf condensate cargoes were not seen impacted by the powerful earthquake that struck off Russia’s Far East, according to market participants on July 30. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre added Australia to...

Australian and UK unis given go ahead for new Indian campuses
Australia’s La Trobe University, Victoria University, Western Sydney University, and the UK’s University of Bristol have each been granted LOIs to establish the campuses, on the sidelines of the inaugural Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam 2025, held...

Australian universities get UGC nod to establish campuses in India
New Delhi: Three leading Australian universities have received the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) Letter of Intent (LoI) to establish campuses in India, marking a significant development coinciding with the fifth anniversary of India’s...

Australia’s Skytrans rebrands under SmartLynx name
Wet-lease specialist Avia Solutions Group has rebranded its recently-acquired Skytrans division as SmartLynx Australia. Avia Solutions Group took over the regional turboprop operator last year and has since been expanding its fleet, stepping up to...

Shifting demand, tariffs make APAC container shipping fickle: Dimerco
Container shipping in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region remains volatile due to shifting demand and US tariffs, according to Taiwan-headquartered Dimerco Express Group, which recently said carriers have increased blank sailings on Asia-to-US routes...

Australia’s largest thermal storage project takes important next step
Thermal energy storage technology developed by New South Wales headquartered MGA Thermal is economically competitive with traditional fossil fuel technologies at an industrial scale, according to a recently completed pre-feasibility study. MGA...

APT Hackers Target Maritime and Shipping Industry for Ransomware Attacks
The maritime sector, which facilitates approximately 90% of international trade, is facing an unprecedented surge in sophisticated cyberattacks from advanced persistent threat (APT) groups, ransomware operators, and hacktivists, driven by...

Việt Nam sets 2025 gender targets, deepens peacekeeping ties with Australia
CANBERRA — Việt Nam is stepping up its commitment to United Nations peacekeeping operations, with new goals to increase female participation and deepen ties with key international partners. During an official visit to Australia from July 26 to...

Israel Releases Two Australians After Intercepting Gaza Aid Vessel
(MENAFN) Two Australian citizens detained by Israeli forces while aboard a humanitarian vessel en route to Gaza have been released, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition confirmed Wednesday. The vessel, named Handala, was intercepted by Israeli forces...

How to make $100k of passive income from ASX shares
Making $100,000 a year in passive income is a goal that many Australians dream of achieving. After all, who doesn't want to get paid for doing nothing? While most people think this dream is impossible, I'm going to show you why it isn't with a...
East Coast Car Rentals launches national music platform for emerging artists
Share Tweet Share Email East Coast Car Rentals (ECCR), in partnership with Seven Communications, has launched I’m With the Band, a national campaign turning its fleet into a platform for emerging Australian musicians. Based on the idea that...

India Leads Industrial Growth In Asia-Pacific As Logistics Rents Hold Steady: Report
India’s manufacturing sector has reached a significant milestone, marking its highest growth in 14 months, even as logistics rents across the Asia-Pacific region remained mostly stable in the first half of 2025, according to a report released by...

India's Manufacturing Hits 14-Month High As Asia-Pacific Logistics Rents Stay Flat In H1 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) India's manufacturing sector hit a 14-month high amid logistics rents across Asia-Pacific held nearly flat in the first half of 2025 (H1 2025), dropping 0.4 per cent year-on-year (YoY) despite global trade...

Address to ‘Unlocking value: better use of integrated government data for evidence‑based policy’ Policy Roundtable, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
Australian Treasury I acknowledge the Ngunnawal people, the traditional owners of the lands we are meeting on today. Apologies in advance that parliament is sitting today. I’m afraid that parliamentary pairs are as scarce as a dataset with no...