Senate passes voting reforms, paves way for early election
CANBERRA – The Senate has passed voting reforms after a marathon session lasting over 28 hours, clearing the way for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to dissolve both houses of parliament…
FIRB to have oversight of state asset sales: Treasurer
CANBERRA – The Foreign Investment Review Board will be given oversight of the proposed sale by state governments of critical infrastructure assets to foreign firms, Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison says.…
Telstra’s second massive outage in two months; CEO apologises
Telstra Chief executive Andy Penn has publicly apologised for the latest nationwide interruption to the company’s mobile services that affected about eight million customers for up to four hours. Reports…
Early election looms as PM seeks to reform hostile Senate
CANBERRA – Federal parliament began a bitter final sitting day before a May budget, with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull considering dissolving both houses of parliament and calling an early election…
Australian submarines should be built entirely at home: Germany’s TKMS
SYDNEY – Australia’s new $50 billion submarine fleet should be built entirely within Australia, ThyssenKrupp AG’s shipbuilding unit said, making the German firm the first bidder to publicly endorse domestic…
Trump phenomenon ‘terrifying’: Christopher Pyne
SYDNEY – Federal Industry Minister Christopher Pyne has called Donald Trump’s campaign for the United States presidency “terrifying” and warned it risked casting the Republican Party into the wilderness if…
Australia, Indonesia renew push for trade deal amid warming ties
SYDNEY – Australia and Indonesia on Wednesday said they would formally resume long-stalled negotiations aimed at sealing a bilateral trade agreement between the often uneasy neighbours within 18 months. Australian…
Turnbull backs tough competition laws opposed by business lobby
SYDNEY – Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says he will back a controversial change to the country’s competition laws that would reduce the power of big businesses to monopolise markets…
Madonna says was playing character, not drunk, in Australia show
Madonna has hit back at claims that she was drunk on stage in Australia last week, saying she was merely playing a character during a performance in which she dressed…
Australia to introduce tax incentives to encourage startup investment
SYDNEY – Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Tuesday his government will this week introduce legislation to stimulate greater investment in startups – as Australia looks to transition its…
