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KPMG Australia to Cut 5% of Workforce Amid Scandal

KPMG Australia said on Monday it would cut about 5% of its workforce, affecting 27 partners and around 360 employees, as the accounting firm faces the fallout from a scandal involving the misuse of...

New Zealand Moves to Ban Social Media for Under-16s

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said on Monday that his party will introduce legislation seeking to ban children under 16 from using social media, with platforms facing fines of up to 10% of...

Australia Tightens Rules on Tech Giants Over News Content

Australia has passed legislation requiring major technology companies to strike commercial agreements with local news publishers or face a levy of 2.5% of their advertising revenues. The News Bargaining Incentive is aimed at ensuring...

Domino’s Faces Wage Underpayment Ruling

Domino’s Pizza Enterprises is considering an appeal after Australia’s Federal Court ruled that the company made misleading representations regarding the application of certain enterprise agreements covering its workers. The case was brought by a...

Australia Signs Record $1.7 Billion Radar Technology Deal with Canada

Australia has secured its largest-ever defence export agreement, signing a A$2.5 billion (US$1.75 billion) deal to provide Canada with advanced Over-the-Horizon Radar (OTHR) technology. The announcement was made on June 22, with Australian Prime...

Australian top court overturns trial court’s verdict against Cardinal George Pell

The Australian top court has overturned the trial court verdict that found Cardinal George Pell guilty of some sexual abuse charges filed against him, saying that the jury had not rightly considered all the...

Australian PM in US for holiday while his country struggling with bushfire

Scott Morrison, the Australian Prime Minister, who reached the United States to celebrate a vacation when his country was struggling due to the outbreak of bushfire, has received wide criticism for his action. Several...

Australian dual citizenship issue likely to trigger political turmoil

As the hearing over the dual citizenship issue has begun in the Australian court, the speculation that the issue is likely to trigger a huge political turmoil in the country has resulted to several...

India inks six crucial agreements with Australia  

    In a move which is likely to give worries to the Chinese government, strengthening the Indo-Australian bilateral relations, the Indian government has signed six crucial agreements with its Australian counterpart. It is...

Independents to decide Australia’s future

  As the Australian general election is slowly marching towards a political deadlock, the top political parties have approached independent members to ascertain support in their race to grab power. As per reports, the Labour...