MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia’s South-eastern state of Victoria’s government mental health tax is set to become law. State Taxation and Mental Health Acts Amendment Bill 2021 passed the…
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CANBERRA, Australia — Approval has been given for the first phase of the AU$500 million ($387 million) redevelopments of the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. The National…
SYDNEY — National Australia Bank and three casino operators may need to pay hefty fines or overhaul their operations after a blitz by the financial crimes watchdog.…
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — New Zealand’s nurses have walked off the job and onto the streets in their thousands, protesting a pay offer from Jacinda Ardern’s government. For…
After a disappointing April jobs report last month, the U.S. labor market rebounded in May. Economists said there is still ample room for growth before returning…
SYDNEY — Defense Minister Peter Dutton has defended overruling senior officials and allowing special forces troops to keep their meritorious unit citations from Afghanistan despite credible allegations…
CANBERRA, Australia — Most Australians would find “darkly humorous” a campaign pitting energy giant AGL‘s logo next to the tagline “Australia’s greatest liability”, a judge says. But…
BRISBANE, Australia — Dozens of Queensland’s most dangerous criminals have been charged and others are running scared after the biggest organized crime bust in Australian history. Police…
ADELAIDE, Australia — A brazen plot to gun down a man leaving a restaurant in Adelaide last year was foiled by Operation Ironside, the international sting on…
NAIROBI, Kenya — A Kenyan innovator, Kenneth Guantai, who has developed electric tuk-tuk (auto-rickshaws) and handcarts, hopes to mass-produce them in December 2021, after receiving orders from…