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Australia reports PwC tax document leak to police.

Australian Treasury Secretary Steven Kennedy announced that the Australian Treasury had referred a confidential document leak scandal involving professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to police. PwC Australia’s client, the Australian…

By News Team May 24, 2023

Australia and India to cooperate on critical minerals and economic ties

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met Narendra Modi in Sydney on Wednesday to discuss regional security and economic ties, as well as to sign a migration agreement to increase Indian…

By News Team May 24, 2023

Australia and India to cooperate on critical minerals and economic ties

Australian journalist nears 1,000 days in detention over Chinese state secrets charge

As the trade partners’ diplomatic ties strengthen, legislators, businesses, and friends of Australian journalist Cheng Lei, who will remain in Beijing for 1,000 days on Wednesday, have pushed for a…

By News Team May 9, 2023

China detains Australian journalist for 1,000 days on state secrets allegation

Anti-submarine base protests in Australia draw thousands.

Thousands of people rallied at Port Kembla, eastern Australia, on Saturday to protest the A$368 billion ($244.1 billion) AUKUS military pact with the United States and the United Kingdom, as…

By News Team May 6, 2023

Anti-submarine base protests in Australia draw thousands.

Australia’s e-cigarette crackdown bans recreational vaping

In an attempt to combat an alarming spike in teenage vaping, Australia said on Tuesday that it will criminalize recreational vaping and tighten other aspects of e-cigarette regulations. This is…

By News Team May 2, 2023