Aussie shares slump on bank, tech rout
A sharp sell-off in banking and tech stocks pushed the Australian sharemarket into the red on Tuesday, even as the heavyweight mining sector soared.
China Ties
China, Russia … Israel: Wong on affront foot
Jewish leaders have accused Penny Wong of waging a ‘deeply cynical’ and obsessive campaign against Israel after she compared the actions of Benjamin Netanyahu’s democratic government with those of dictators Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping.
Penfolds to create new ‘China home’ after $27m winery deal
Australia’s iconic Penfolds wine will have a new Chinese home after Treasury Wine bought a controlling stake in a 43-hectare luxury winemaker in China.
ASX trims losses after dovish pivot by RBA
Michele Bullock rejects commentary the RBA has misread the weakness in the economy and should have already moved to cut interest rates. ASX fell on tech, banks and property. But miners up on China stimulus hopes. 480 Mosaic jobs to go; Katies to shutter. Business confidence falls. Perpetual hit on ATO ruling on KKR deal.
Australia joins exclusive club with long-range missiles
The navy has taken a massive leap forward in its long-range strike capability, firing a Tomahawk cruise missile for the first time.
Navy fires ‘gamechanger’ missile
Australian has become just the third country in the world to successfully test fire a new long-range, subsonic missile. See the moment it makes impact.
Navy fires ‘gamechanger’ missile
Australia has become just the third country in the world to successfully test fire a new long-range, subsonic missile. See the moment it makes impact.
Security veto in Nauru treaty sidelines China
Australia will be able to block visits by Chinese warships to Nauru and get a veto over the country’s future security, banking and telecommunications relationships.
Billionaire’s warning on Chinese immigrants
One of Australia’s richest people says he believes the solution to the housing crisis is increasing immigration levels to include ‘various types’.
NY hedge funds snap up excess Goodman Group stock
A group of hedge funds out of New York are believed to have been the buyers of shares in Goodman Group worth at least $813m that were sold by investment bank Citi late last week.
Albo deals fresh blow to Beijing’s influence
Anthony Albanese has signed a new deal with a key Pacific Islands nation to counter China’s ambitions in the strategically important region.
Morrison’s AUKUS message a timely warning on China
Scott Morrison’s warning that Labor must promote AUKUS as a military deterrent against Beijing,is a timely attempt at jolting Canberra into the risks of normalising ties with China.
Growing China-Trump rift a test for Labor on AUKUS pact: Morrison
Scott Morrison says Labor must embrace AUKUS as a military deterrent against China, warning that the stabilisation of ties with Beijing must not obscure strategic intent behind the landmark agreement
TikTok ban upheld by US court, arguments dismissed
Beijing-based ByteDance must sell the video-sharing app by early next year after the ruling that safeguarding national security does not hurt free speech.
Think things are bad now? The world is giving us a hefty pay cut
A nasty US-China trade war and a plunge in our export earnings will make it much harder to fund social services – and fix the budget.
Albanese’s $1.65bn rare earths deal has ‘no-China’ clause
The federal government has stumped up $400m more to help Iluka Resources build the nation’s first fully-integrated rare earths refinery.
Cloud cover adds to hotter days
Heatwaves baked the Mediterranean, China and the US last year. And scientists think they might have found the reason: fewer clouds.
Xi’s military purges a test of power and paranoia
Xi Jinping has showered his People’s Liberation Army with massive amounts of new kit over the past decade. But the PLA lacks a quality that simply can’t be bought: Xi’s trust.
‘Strategic case’ made for Japanese frigate
Former Japanese ambassador Shingo Yamagami has urged Anthony Albanese to prioritise the nations’ ‘quasi alliance’ by choosing his country’s Mogami frigate.
Improve ties with Phnom Penh or risk Chinese spy outpost; warns Lowy
A new Lowy Institute report urges Australia and the US to understand Cambodia’s embrace of Chinese military assistance as a reaction to its “acute sense of vulnerability towards Thailand and Vietnam”, and not just through the prism of US–China competition.
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