Australia is in the final stages of agreeing to an 860- million-U.S.-dollar deal with China which could eventually involve the export of nearly 1 million Australian cattle each year.
Chinese property buyers have spent a record 462 million Australian dollars (400 million U.S. dollars) on Queensland real estate last financial year, a 43 percent increase than a year earlier, a report said on Monday.
Members of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) joined Australian and United States troops on Tuesday in the the first joint military exercise to be staged in Australia.
The chief executives of Australia' s top-listed companies earned an average total pay of 4.84 million Australian dollars (4.34 million U.S. dollars) in 2013 - 63 times an average worker's earnings, according to a new report released on Thursday.
More than 200 billion Australian dollars (181 billion U.S. dollars) of Australian infrastructure is under threat by sea-level rises over the next century, a new report released on Wednesday has found.
The Australian government will sell the nation's biggest health fund, Medibank Private, through an Initial Public Offering (IPO) later this year that could raise 4 billion Australian dollars (3.74 billion U.S. dollars), Finance Minister Mathias Cormann announced on Friday.
Australian oil and gas producer Santos announced a 24- percent drop in first-half net profit to 206 million Australian dollars (191 million U.S. dollars) on Friday despite a major boost in revenue.
The Australian share market on Thursday pushed again to continue its six-year high passing its previous high reached on July 31, 2008 after the global financial crisis.
Overseas-born Australian residents can expect to live longer than those born in Australia, according to a new research released Thursday.
Australian politician Clive Palmer' s comment labeling Chinese "bastards" and "mongrels", which has embarrassed and drawn widespread criticism from the Australian political and business circles as well as the general public, is out of personal interests and by no means represents the mainstream voice of Australia.
Australian PM to discuss new anti-terror laws with local Islamic leaders
Huawei launched four new products for the Australian market at Huawei's "Better Connected" information and communications technology (ICT) Roadshow in Sydney on Tuesday.
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop joined her Dutch counterpart Frans Timmermans on Thursday to meet with the Ukraine leadership in Kiev to discuss the means of implementing the UN Security Council Resolution to secure the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.
The former Australian defense force official who led the international search for the wreckage of missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 arrived in Kiev on Monday to lead a 45-man Australian team, which will inspect the MH17 crash site.
One of Australia's richest men announced on Tuesday the formation of a 200 million Australian dollar (187 million U.S. dollars) charity fund, the biggest corporate philanthropic foundation in Australian history, local media reported.
Australia's immigration minister will arrive in Sri Lanka on Wednesday for top-level talks after the Australian government controversially decided to return 41 asylum seekers in a move condemned by the United Nations (UN) on Tuesday.
Around 400 people, most of whom with Chinese or Korean ancestry, gathered in front of the Australian Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday, protesting against Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for his re- interpretation of Japan's pacifist constitution.
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