Australian winemakers urge PM to mend fences with China
SYDNEY – Australian winemakers will hold an emergency meeting with the government today as frustration grows that Canberra is unable to break an impasse with China over trade restrictions triggered…
Bali Nine member Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen dies in Indonesia
Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen, a member of the infamous Bali Nine, has died in Indonesia. The Indonesian Corrections Office confirmed the Vietnamese Australian died in hospital in East Java. He…
Australia says China unduly pressured Qantas into website change on Taiwan
SYDNEY – Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has criticised China for pressuring national flag carrier Qantas Airways Ltd to change its website to refer to Taiwan as a Chinese territory,…
CommBank accepts record penalty in money-laundering case
SYDNEY – Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has agreed to a record penalty of $700 million to settle explosive money laundering charges brought by Australia‘s financial intelligence agency. The fine is almost double…
Pope names administrator for Australian diocese after child sex abuse case
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has nominated a special administrator to the Australian archdiocese of Adelaide after its head was found guilty last month of concealing child sex abuse by…
Airlines take aim at Australia’s airport privatisation model
SYDNEY – As more countries look to privatise airports two conflicting narratives have taken wing: airlines point to Australia’s big city airports as a cautionary tale of light regulation, while…
Former Australian deputy PM criticised for paid interview on love affair
SYDNEY – Australia’s scandal-hit former deputy prime minister was widely criticised on Tuesday for agreeing to a paid tell-all television interview about an extramarital affair, threatening further disharmony in Prime…
Netherlands, Australia hold Russia responsible in MH17 downing
THE HAGUE – The Netherlands told Moscow on Friday it will hold the Russian state legally responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in July 2014, after investigators…
Australia’s bank note printers heed wage call – and strike
Australia has stopped printing bank notes for the first time in a century after workers employed by a unit of the central bank took a lead from the bank’s governor…
Catholic archbishop convicted in Australia of concealing child sex abuse
MELBOURNE – An Australian archbishop has been found guilty of concealing child sex abuse by a priest, which local media said made him the most senior Catholic in the world to be…
