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WA is Australia's top economic performer despite weak growth
Western Australia has again secured the top gong as Australia's best performing economy according to a new report by the Commonwealth Bank, despite recording the country's second weakest economic growth. The mining state has led the national...
‘Stand up’ for Australians against foreign companies: Dick Smith’s demand to Albanese
Veteran businessman Dick Smith has called on the government to support locally made products to ensure a prosperous future for the next generation of Australians. Multiple Australian companies, including Sky News Australia and its owner News Corp,...
Australia Skilled Jobs 2025 – Full PR Occupation List for Immigration Applicants
Australia continues to strengthen its position as one of the most desirable destinations for skilled migrants in 2025. The federal government consistently updates the Skilled Occupation List (SOL) to align the migration intake with the evolving...
World News | Hopeful QUAD Leaders Will Meet in First Quarter of 2026, Says Australia PM Albanese
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], October 27 (ANI): Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday said that the Quad leaders' summit, involving Australia, the United States, Japan, and India, will be held in the first quarter of 2026, after...
'Answer is yes': Dew wants head coach job, but not yet
Port Adelaide's new senior assistant coach Stuart Dew still harbours desire to land another head coaching gig. But Dew says he hasn't returned to Port to further his ambitions, but to help Josh Carr remodel the Power. "Short answer is yes," Dew...
Voyages celebrates with young Indigenous Australians after Training Academy graduations
Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia celebrated a major milestone for the National Indigenous Training Academy (NITA), with 28 young Indigenous Australians graduating from the program at Ayers Rock Resort over the weekend – bringing the total...
Nominations now open for 5-Star Employers of Choice 2026
This highly anticipated report recognises organisations across Australia and New Zealand that are setting the standard for workplace excellence. Companies with at least 10 employees are invited to put themselves forward by completing a short entry...
Backing Australian companies to expand into Southeast Asia
Prime Minister The Albanese Government has today announced two milestone investments to boost Australia’s economic engagement with Southeast Asia, supporting new opportunities for Australian investors and businesses. The Government will invest...
BREAKING: Ex-Virgin CEO takes top Fiji Airways job
Fiji Airways has announced Paul Scurrah as the incoming managing director and chief executive officer of Fiji Airways, effective 1 November 2025. Scurrah brings to the role more than two decades of executive experience across aviation, transport,...
General : Australia Eyes AU$20 Bln Investment Opportunities In Southeast Asia
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 (Bernama) -- Australia has identified an AU$20 billion (AU$1 = RM2.76) investment pipeline across Southeast Asia as Canberra moves into a new phase of its regional economic cooperation, signalling a stronger commitment toward...
News Australia Debuts Campaign Uniting Consumers & Businesses To Build A Better Aussie Future
News Australia has launched ‘Back Australia: It’s Good For All Of Us’, a national campaign to unite consumers and businesses to build a better future for Australia. Through authentic and compelling storytelling, Back Australia will empower...
The ACT is 'bottom of the table' on unemployment nationally: economic report
"The economic performances of Australian states and territories are being supported by a combination of slowing inflation, a reduction in borrowing costs, rising real wages, increasing home prices, robust government spending, a pickup in housing...
Cloudflare names Pat Breen Area Vice President for Australia NZ
Cloudflare has appointed Pat Breen as Area Vice President for Australia and New Zealand. Breen joins Cloudflare with more than 25 years of experience in sales and pre-sales roles, having previously led teams at global technology companies in the...
Australia acted on own intel, Burke says, as Israel names alleged Iranian attack plotter
Home affairs minister Tony Burke has said the Australian government acted on its own intelligence assessments, as Israel's intelligence agency named an alleged Iranian official behind antisemitic attacks in Australia. Mossad and the office of...
Great Barrier Reef valued at $95bn and supports 77,000 jobs, report finds
Dept of Climate Change, Energy, Environment & Water Senator the Hon Murray Watt, Minister for the Environment and Water Senator The Hon Nita Green, Assistant Minister for Tourism and Northern Australia Matt Smith MP, Member for Leichhardt Source &...
5 charts that show how young Australians are getting screwed
Australia is becoming increasingly unequal. The story is unmissably generational: young Australians today face a tougher reality than their parents and grandparents. Despite having greater access to education and information, they are more...
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s plan to make Australia a strong manufacturing nation again
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has vowed to make Australia a manufacturing powerhouse again amid warnings from business leaders that local industry is “dying” and calls for a new tzar to slash red tape across every level of government. The move...
Team Samoa Wrestling Makes Waves at Australian International Super Series
Team Samoa Wrestling has made waves at the Australian International Super Series Tournament in Sydney Australia, coming away with an outstanding overall result of three gold medals, two silver medals and two bronze medals. Shane Palemia won one...
$300,000 TAFE Investment Ensures More Sparkies On Job
Investment expands North Metropolitan TAFE’s Capstone testing capacity to deliver more licensed electricians $300,000 investment follows $51.1 million to create Construction Skills Innovation Hub at Balga campus Electrical trades qualifications...
Inside Australia’s home-grown visitor economy
Hosts are not just accommodation providers; they become part of local supply chains, employers of services, and contributors to community resilience. Source: Adobe New research by The Oxford Economics report shows how domestic Airbnb use flows...