The African Union (AU) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are working closely to address the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus which has killed more than 1, 000 people since earlier this year.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye will be a guest of honor at the 22nd African Union (AU) summit to be held at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa
Australia will contribute an additional 10 million AU dollars (8.92 million U.S. dollars) in humanitarian aid to help people affected by the conflict in Syria and 2 million AU dollars (1.78 million U.S. dollars) to support efforts to destroy Syria's chemical weapons, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop confirmed on Thursday.
Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey has announced its Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) in Canberra on Tuesday, forecasting a 47 billion AU dollars (almost 42.06 billion U.S. dollars) deficit in 2013-14, and 123 billion AU dollars worth of cumulative deficits over the forward estimates.
The African Union (AU), the South African Embassy and the Ethiopian government on Sunday held memorial services for the late anti-apartheid leader and former South African president, Nelson Mandela, at the AU headquarters in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.
Australia's largest airline Qantas on Thursday announced it will cut at least 1,000 jobs in the coming 12 months to achieve total coast savings of 2 billion AU dollars (1.81 billion U.S. dollars) over the next three years.
Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma is shocked and saddened by the latest acts of violence in Tripoli, which resulted in the death of dozens of people, said an AU statement on Sunday. The chairperson is deeply concerned at the increasing violence and lawlessness in the country, including a series of similar incidents in Benghazi and other cities in recent weeks, said the statement.
Murray Goulburn, Australia's largest dairy food company, on Wednesday announced an increased takeover offer for rival company Warrnambool Cheese and Butter.
Australia's trade deficit narrowed to 284 million AU dollars (270 million U.S. dollars) in September, according to data released on Wednesday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
Australia's Westpac Banking Corporation on Monday posted a 14 percent increase in its full- year net profit, driven by a strong performance across all its operating division.
Australia's economic growth is "no guarantee of rising riches for Australian families," as the latest official data on average household wealth has broken a decade of expansion by going into reverse from 2009, local media reported on Thursday.
An association for Australian migration service providers said Monday that new charges for visa applications may be a disincentive for people hoping to migrate to Australia, hitting families' wallets particularly hard.
Australia's trade balance returned to surplus in March, figures released on Tuesday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed.
Median house price in Perth has reached a new record high of 510,000 AU dollars in the March quarter, according to data released on Tuesday by the Real Estate Institute of WA (REIWA).
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