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China opens espionage trial of Chinese Australian journalist

The trial of Chinese Australian journalist Cheng Lei on espionage charges began Thursday in Beijing

Covid cases surge in most populous Australian states of Victoria, NSW

Daily Covid-19 cases in the Australian states of Victoria and New South Wales (NSW) surged as the highly transmissible Omicron BA.2 sub-variant continues to spread.

Relentless rains submerge Australian towns for second time in a month

Heavy rains deluged Australia's east coast on Wednesday, submerging roads and bridges, while tens of thousands fled their homes for the second time within weeks

Australia PM Morrison seeks to sell voters $6.46 bn of budget giveaways

Trailing in the polls, Australia's Liberal National government on Wednesday sought to sell A$8.6 billion ($6.46 billion) of budget giveaways as necessary to meet a cost of living emergency

India's share of 23% highest among foreign students in Australia

Slew of measures taken by govt Down Under to get back international students

Australia's New South Wales issues fresh flood warnings, evacuation orders

Just as flood waters from record rainfall in Australia's eastern states began to recede, a return of extreme weather has renewed warnings for recovering residents.

Australia's retail sales beat forecasts, rise 1.8% to $24.76 bn in February

Australian retail sales beat forecasts again in February as shoppers defied storms and Omicron waves to return to cafes and department stores for the second-best month ever of spending

Australia, New Zealand worried by China deal with Solomon Islands

The Australian and New Zealand prime ministers on Monday voiced concerns about the potential for a Chinese military presence on the Solomon Islands.

Australia flags move on high fuel prices as it goes to polls in May

As global oil prices soar due to the boarder impact of war in Ukraine, petrol recently hit A$2.20 a litre in several Australian cities

Australia dismisses Pakistan in final session to win test match series

Lyon bowled an unchanged marathon spell of 28 overs on the last day

Australia imposes sanctions on Lukashenko, says Belarus supporting Russia

Citing Belarus' continuous strategic support to Russia and its military forces, Australia has placed sanctions on Belarusian President and members of his family along with 22 Russians

Amid Russia-Ukraine war, wheat farmers look to alter planting patterns

Countries like Australia and India have responded with increased grain exports, but there's little room for others to immediately do the same, mainly due to recurrent drought, experts have said

India likely to offer lower import tariffs on premium Australian wine

This will be part of an early harvest agreement; officials hope to finalise the interim trade pact by end of this month

In a bid to boost relations, Australia to invest over $280 million in India

The Australian govt will provide additional investment worth $16.6 mn to strengthen linkages with India's key policy and finance institutions and $8.9 mn to support enhanced business engagement

India somewhat 'shaky' in dealing with Russia: US President Joe Biden

Biden said that India is being somewhat shaky in terms of showing support against the Russian Ukraine war as he claimed that Japan, Australia have a united front while dealing with Putin's aggression

ManpowerGroup's hiring outlook for Q2CY2022 declines by 11 pps QoQ

ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey: The dip in hiring outlook over the previous two quarters is being attributed to geopolitical instability coupled with rising inflation

Modi, Morrison call for immediate end to hostilities in Ukraine

Expressing concern over the Russia-Ukraine conflict, India and Australia have underlined the need for an immediate cessation of hostilities

Australia to invest over $280 mn to boost economic cooperation with India

In 2020, India was Australia's seventh-largest trading partner, with two-way trade valued at $24.3 billion, and the sixth-largest goods and services export market, valued at $16.9 billion

Russia must be held accountable for loss of lives in Ukraine: Australian PM

In his remarks, Morrison referred to the 'distressing' and terrible situation in Europe which he said must 'never happen in our own region'

PM Modi inspects 29 antiquities repatriated to India by Australia

These antiquities come from different time periods, with the earliest dating to 9-10 century CE