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Australia's Westpac first-half profit slips 1%, misses estimates
Australia's Westpac Banking Corp recorded a marginal 1% drop in its first-half net profit on Monday, as a rise in operating ...
Australia stocks fall after Prime Minister Albanese returns to power amid global trade uncertainty
Australian markets fall following Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's reelection. Taiwan's benchmark Taiex index declined in ...
Australia’s re-elected prime minister says voters chose unity over division
Albanese’s center-left Labor Party won an emphatic victory in elections, the government was on track to win at least 85 seats ...
Australia's Westpac misses profit estimates, flags global trade risks
No.2 Australian mortgage lender Westpac's first-half profit missed expectations on Monday as loan spreads narrowed, and it ...
How the democracy sausage, a polling day snack, became Australia’s election symbol
Many Australians arriving at polling places on Saturday followed their civic duty by eating what’s become known as a ...
Monday Briefing: Inside Australia’s Election
The Interview: Speaking about his new novel, Ocean Vuong reflected on a time he was ready to kill before a moment of grace ...
South Africa's Gold Fields to buy Australia's Gold Road in $2.4 billion deal
South African gold miner Gold Fields will acquire Gold Road Resources in a deal valuing the Australian miner's equity at ...
Australia’s center-left Labor Party retains power in vote seen as test of anti-Trump sentiment
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has secured a second term in office in what appears to be an election wipeout for ...
Australia’s Prime Minister Clinches Second Term in Remarkable Comeback
Heading to the polls amid global uncertainty arising from the Trump administration, voters opted for the known quantity of ...
Peter Dutton, a former police detective who's hawkish on China, is leading Australia's conservatives
Australia’s conservative opposition leader, Peter Dutton, is a former police detective who gained a reputation during his ...
Australia's reelected government says US-China tussle a top priority
Australia's Labor government will prioritise dealing with the "dark shadow" of the U.S.-China trade war following its ...