Australia
Australia eyes tougher gun laws after Hanukkah attack in Sydney
The suspected shooters were a 50-year-old and a 24-year-old from the city’s western suburbs
16 killed in Bondi Beach Hanukkah terror attack; shooters were father-son duo, police say
The incident is Australia’s deadliest mass shooting since a gunman killed 35 people at Port Arthur in Tasmania on Apr 28, 1996
Australia to enforce new food pricing rules in crackdown on Coles and Woolworths
Both companies have said they have absorbed rising supplier costs and offered discounts to ease pressure on customers
Australia flags A$20 billion savings as budget strains grow
The budget faces ‘about A$35 billion’ in extra costs
Sembcorp’s Alinta Energy buy: One step forward on earnings, two steps back on emissions?
Sembcorp says the acquisition is driven by Alinta’s renewables pivot, not its Loy Yang B coal-fired power station
Reddit files lawsuit against Australia’s social media ban
[SYDNEY] Message board website Reddit on Friday filed a lawsuit asking the High Court to overturn Australia’s social media ban for people under 16 as well as its inclusion in it, calling the law an in...
Sembcorp to acquire Australian power company Alinta Energy in A$6.5 billion deal
The asset is country’s fourth-largest utilities provider with around 1.1 million customers
Australia’s November jobs fall most in nine months, unemployment rate steady
[SYDNEY] Australian employment fell in November by the most in nine months, while annual jobs growth slowed sharply from earlier this year, a sign the labour market is cooling and could ease pressure ...
World watches first teen social media ban kick off in Australia
Policymakers in Indonesia, Denmark, Brazil and other nations are also moving to rein in Big Tech
Australia social media ban set to take effect, sparking a global crackdown
It begins a live experiment studied by lawmakers frustrated by the slow enforcement of harm-minimisation efforts
