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    • Friday, 12 August, 2022
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      The Qantas chief who brought a new travel disruption term to Australian vernacular

      To be ‘Joyced’ is a word now in use to describe being severely inconvenienced at an airport by luggage delays or flight problems

    • Tuesday, 9 August, 2022
      News Corp
      News Corp profits almost double as subscriptions drive recovery from pandemic losses

      Growth at Rupert Murdoch’s media company underpinned by revenue rises at news operations

    • Monday, 8 August, 2022
      Inside BusinessAustralia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd
      ANZ once more bets on an acquisition to spur growth

      After pulling back internationally, Australian bank turns to regional deal to preserve declining mortgage market share

    • Monday, 8 August, 2022
      BHP Group Ltd
      Oz Minerals rebuffs BHP’s $5.8bn offer

      Board says mining group’s bid ‘significantly’ undervalues Australian company

    • Thursday, 4 August, 2022
      Climate change
      Australia enters ‘new era’ on climate change as greenhouse gas bill passes

      Coal mine near Great Barrier Reef is blocked as government secures its environmental policy

    • Monday, 1 August, 2022
      Chinese economy
      India could surpass China as world’s biggest minerals buyer, says economist

      Dambisa Moyo warns Beijing’s debt and population challenges will affect resources companies

    • Wednesday, 27 July, 2022
      Australia
      Australia’s ‘avo-lanche’ forces farmers to look to Asia and UK for sales

      Avocado is now being used as a cheaper substitute in salads as a glut of the fruit sends prices tumbling

    • Saturday, 23 July, 2022
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      Australia set to give its 69mn sheep IDs as foot and mouth fears rise

      Biosecurity procedures put to the test as Indonesian outbreak of livestock disease spreads

    • Wednesday, 20 July, 2022
      Reserve Bank of Australia
      Australia launches review of ‘embarrassing’ central bank

      RBA was criticised for maintaining low interest rates as inflation climbed

    • Tuesday, 19 July, 2022
      BHP Group PLC
      BHP warns of slowing global growth as monetary policy tightens

      Falling prices and mounting recession fears take toll on world’s biggest miners

    • Tuesday, 19 July, 2022
      News in-depthAustralia
      Labour shortage threatens Australia’s post-pandemic resurgence

      Unemployment has hit a near 50-year low but companies are struggling to find workers

    • Monday, 18 July, 2022
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      The track has been adopted and adapted globally — and revisited by the band in a fiery Sydney Olympics performance

    • Monday, 18 July, 2022
      Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd
      Australia’s ANZ to acquire insurer Suncorp’s banking unit for $3.3bn

      Deal will allow one of the country’s biggest lenders to expand its mortgage book

    • Thursday, 14 July, 2022
      Australia
      Australia’s near-record low unemployment stokes staffing crisis

      Labor government discusses work visas with Pacific Island leaders to alleviate worker shortage

    • Wednesday, 13 July, 2022
      US-China relations
      US employs ‘tuna politics’ to resist China’s Pacific push

      Kamala Harris warns island nations of ‘bad actors’ after promising more aid to the region

    • Tuesday, 12 July, 2022
      Oceania
      US woos Pacific island nations in effort to push back against China

      Vice-president Kamala Harris to give virtual address to regional forum

    • Thursday, 7 July, 2022
      New Zealand
      Ardern warns against ‘self-fulfilling prophesy’ of war in Pacific

      New Zealand’s prime minister says China should not be alienated as it has a ‘crucial role to play’

    • Wednesday, 6 July, 2022
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      New Zealand sends medical team to help two doctors serving a population of 1,600

    • Sunday, 3 July, 2022
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      North Atlantic alliance to expand co-operation with Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand

    • Friday, 1 July, 2022
      Aerospace & Defence
      US Coast Guard’s $3.3bn deal boosts Australian shipbuilder Austal

      Contract lifts shares by 25% despite controversy over design faults in boats to counter China in Pacific

    • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
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      Canadian investment group’s move prompts speculation it is preparing another takeover bid

    • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
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      Apiaries subject to Covid-style restrictions to save pollinators crucial to agricultural sector

    • Friday, 24 June, 2022
      Australian politics
      China’s ambassador to Australia heckled as he calls for closer ties

      Relations were strained by Canberra’s ban on Huawei and calls for an investigation into Covid’s origins

    • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
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      Industry has not done enough to stamp out ‘appalling’ behaviour, says state government report

    • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
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