Australia hails vaccine deal as virus surge abates
SYDNEY/MELBOURNE – A fresh outbreak of infections in Australia’s coronavirus hot zone of Victoria has eased further, while the country agreed a deal to secure a potential COVID-19 vaccine that…
China launches anti-dumping probe into wine imports from Australia
BEIJING/SYDNEY – China says that it has begun an anti-dumping probe into imports of Australian wine in a move that will likely worsen tensions between the two countries and knocked…
Australian COVID-19 infections set to hit one-month low
SYDNEY – Australia is on track to record its lowest one-day rise in new COVID-19 infections in a month, buoying hopes that a stringent lockdown in the country’s second-most populous…
Australian state premier apologises for cruise ship failures after COVID-19 spike
SYDNEY – The leader of Australia’s New South Wales state has apologised for failing to stop people carrying the novel coronavirus from disembarking from a cruise ship in Sydney in…
Google says Australian antitrust law would hit small content creators
SYDNEY – Alphabet Inc’s Google has said a proposed antitrust law in Australia forcing tech firms to pay for news that appears on their social media websites would adversely impact…
Australia awaits findings on cruise ship coronavirus outbreak
MELBOURNE – The findings of a public inquiry into how passengers infected with the novel coronavirus were allowed to disembark a cruise ship in Sydney in March, triggering a major…
Australia on course for lowest one-day rise in COVID-19 cases in more than 3 weeks
SYDNEY – Australia is poised to post its lowest one-day rise in new COVID-19 cases in more than three weeks today, stoking hopes that a second wave of new infections…
Coronavirus infections stabilise in Australia’s virus epicentre
MELBOURNE – Australia’s second-most populous state has reported only a small rise in new COVID-19 infections, boosting hopes that case numbers are stabilising after a second wave forced authorities to put…
Australia’s c.bank cuts GDP outlook as virus returns to Melbourne
MELBOURNE – Australia’s central bank has downgraded its outlook for the national economy and warns unemployment would stay high for several years as a second wave of coronavirus infections sent…
Australia says 1.5 million workers in Victoria state to get wage subsidy
MELBOURNE – Nearly half the workers at private companies in the state of Victoria will receive a federal wage subsidy as a surge of coronavirus cases forces a near total lockdown…
