CDE News - The Dispatch

Australia’s trade surplus jumps to record high

SYDNEY, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Australia's trade surplus climbed to a fresh record high in June thanks to strength in gold and iron ore exports that looks set to deliver a significant…

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Australia PM says Indigenous voice details to follow referendum

SYDNEY, July 31 (Reuters) - Details for giving Australia's Indigenous people a voice in parliament will follow a national referendum on the question, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday. Albanese's centre-left…

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Australia makes monkeypox a disease of national significance

SYDNEY, July 28 (Reuters) - Australia said on Thursday the spread of monkeypox was now a "communicable disease incident of national significance" to allow for a more coordinated response, following…

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Australia’s COVID hospital admissions, deaths rise as variant surges

Hospital admissions for COVID-19 in Australia have reached a new high for a second straight day, data showed on Tuesday, while the daily death toll rose to its second-highest as…

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Australia battles fresh Omicron outbreak as COVID deaths rise

SYDNEY, July 21 (Reuters) - Australia reported one of its highest daily death tolls from the novel coronavirus on Thursday while hospital admissions hovered near record levels, as authorities struggle…

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Australia raises guard against foot and mouth disease after Indonesia cases

SYDNEY, July 20 (Reuters) - Australia on Wednesday said it has stepped up protection against foot and mouth disease at its international airports following an outbreak of the disease in Indonesia. Travellers…

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Australia reinstates COVID quarantine pay amid fresh Omicron wave

SYDNEY, July 16 (Reuters) - Australia will reinstate support payments for casual workers who have to quarantine due to COVID-19, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday, as a fresh wave of…

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Australia gov’t faces pressure to reinstate COVID quarantine pay amid fresh wave

SYDNEY, July 15 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called a snap meeting of federal and state leaders next week as he faces pressure to reinstate compensation pay for casual…

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Australia unemployment dives to 48-year low as jobs boom

SYDNEY, July 14 (Reuters) - Australia's unemployment rate dived to a 48-year low in June as hiring outstripped all expectations, while record vacancies suggested the labour market was set to tighten yet further and perhaps justify even…

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Thousands more evacuate in Sydney even though heavy rains ease

SYDNEY, July 6 (Reuters) - A wild storm system that has pounded several parts of Sydney with torrential rain for four days has moved away from the city, satellite images showed on…

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Australia floods worsen as thousands more flee Sydney homes

SYDNEY, July 5 (Reuters) - Torrential rains kept battering Australia's east coast on Tuesday, intensifying the flood crisis in Sydney as thousands more residents were ordered to leave their homes after rivers…

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EXPLAINER-Why Australia is battling floods again

MELBOURNE, July 4 (Reuters) - Torrential rain is lashing Australia's southeast coast, forcing thousands of people from their homes because of the danger of floods and landslides in a region battered by…

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Australia job ads up 1.4% in June as labour market tightens

SYDNEY, July 4 (Reuters) - Australian job advertisements rose to their highest since 2008 in June as demand for labour showed no sign of stalling, suggesting unemployment is likely to fall to…

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More heavy rains set to drench Sydney as thousands evacuate

SYDNEY, July 4 (Reuters) - Fresh evacuation orders were issued for tens of thousands of Sydney residents on Monday after relentless rains flooded several suburbs in Australia's largest city, with officials warning…

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Australia’s Victoria state looks to wean households off gas

MELBOURNE, July 2 (Reuters) - Australia's Victoria government released a plan on Saturday aiming to wean the country's biggest gas-consuming state off the fossil fuel, halve carbon emissions by 2030 and drive…

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Australia job vacancies surge as firms struggle to find staff

SYDNEY, June 30 (Reuters) - Job vacancies in Australia surged to all-time highs in the May quarter as firms struggled to find staff amid a tightening labour market, another sign interest rates…

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Photo Story: Australian soap opera ‘Neighbours’ farewell

Cast members of TV show 'Neighbours' pose for a photograph at the Neighbours Studios in Melbourne, Australia, 29 June 2022. The Australian soap 'Neighbours' first aired in 1985 will ceases…

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Australia power crisis forces manufacturers to eye offshore moves, production cuts

SYDNEY, June 20 (Reuters) - Australia's biggest building materials manufacturers are cutting back operations, hiking prices and considering moving production offshore to manage a spike in power and gas bills, adding to pressure on…

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Australian power crisis eases as coal-fired plants crank up

MELBOURNE, June 17 (Reuters) - Blackout risks eased in eastern Australia on Friday as about a third of the coal-fired generation that had been offline in recent weeks returned to service, but…

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Australia PM to attend NATO summit

SYDNEY, June 17 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday said he would attend "an important" NATO meeting in Madrid at the end of the month as the…

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Australian employment jumps 60,600 in May, jobless holds at 3.9%

SYDNEY, June 16 (Reuters) - Australian employment rebounded strongly in May while the jobless rate held at 50-year lows as more people went looking for work, an encouraging sign the economy can…

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Australians urged to save electricity to ease power crunch

Australia's energy minister urged households in Sydney to switch off lights in the evening to avert blackouts, as the country's power market remained suspended with more than a quarter of…

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Australia’s minimum wage to rise 5.2%

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's independent wage-setting body on Wednesday raised the national minimum wage by 5.2%, largely in line with inflation, as families tackle soaring living costs. The lowest-paid employees will receive…

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Australia edge Peru on penalties to claim World Cup spot

Australia's dancing substitute goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne saved the last penalty to clinch a place at this year's World Cup in Qatar as they edged Peru 5-4 in a shootout following a 0-0 draw…

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Photo Story: OZ Comic-Con 2022 in Melbourne

A cosplayer poses for a photograph at the OZ Comic-Con 2022 in Melbourne, Australia. The event came to an end on Sunday 12 June. Via EPA-EFE/Joel Carrett

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Australia one game away from reaching FIFA World Cup

Australia will take on Peru next week for a place at November's World Cup finals after beating the United Arab Emirates 2-1 on Tuesday in Asia's final eliminator for Qatar 2022.…

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Australia accuses Airbnb of misleading customers on price

June 8 (Reuters) - Australia's antitrust regulator has filed a lawsuit against Airbnb Inc ABNB.O, accusing the accommodation-sharing website of misleading users into paying more than advertised for their stays, widening its scrutiny…

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Australian PM in Indonesia for talks on investment, climate change

JAKARTA, June 6 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was in Indonesia on Monday to meet its President Joko Widodo and shore-up relations between the two neighbours, in his first bilateral…

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Australia PM honours Queen Elizabeth amid renewed republican debate

SYDNEY, June 4 (Reuters) - Australia's new prime minister honoured Queen Elizabeth in Canberra on Saturday amid celebrations for her 70 years on the throne and renewed debate about Australia…

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Australia’s new PM backs wage hike to ease inflation pain

SYDNEY, June 3 (Reuters) - Australia's new centre-left Labor government on Friday proposed raising the minimum wage to ease the financial burden on families hit by soaring energy prices and a spike…

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Australia, NZ hail Queen Elizabeth as republican question returns

SYDNEY, June 3 (Reuters) - Australia's new prime minister joined more than 50 Commonwealth leaders in paying tribute to Queen Elizabeth amid celebrations of her 70 years on the throne but added…

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Australia set for 3rd year of bumper wheat harvests, easing world supply woes

SINGAPORE, June 2 (Reuters) - Australia is poised for a third year of near-record wheat production in 2022 as good weather boosts planting across its grain belt, easing concerns over tight global…

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UPDATED: Australia PM Albanese appoints record number of women to diverse cabinet

SYDNEY, June 1 (Reuters) - Australia's new federal ministry was sworn into office on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese appointing a record number of women to a diverse cabinet team that…

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How Canada, Australia, UK changed laws after mass shootings

A shooting at a Texas elementary school that killed 19 children and two teachers has revived a push for new gun safety laws in the United States, which has more…

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Photo Story: Opening of Vivid Sydney 2022 festival

Projections illuminate the Sydney Opera House during the opening of the Vivid Sydney 2022 festival, in Sydney, Australia, 27 May 2022. Vivid Sydney is an annual festival of light, music…

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Australia’s new PM Albanese sworn in

SYDNEY, May 23 (Reuters) - Australia's Labor Party leader, Anthony Albanese, was sworn in as the country's 31st prime minister on Monday, promising to bring the country together after a fractious election campaign…

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UPDATED: Australia ousts conservatives after nine years, PM Morrison concede

SYDNEY, May 21 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison conceded defeat in an election on Saturday and the opposition Labor Party was set to end almost a decade of conservative rule,…

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Australia election: What you need to know

SYDNEY, May 21 (Reuters) - Voting in most Australian states has closed on Saturday with opinion polls showing the opposition Labor Party narrowly ahead of Prime Minister Scott Morrison's conservative…

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FACTBOX-Australian democracy at a glance

SYDNEY, May 20 (Reuters) - Australians will vote in a general election on Saturday. The two main groups are the ruling conservative Liberal-National coalition and the opposition Labor Party, and there is…

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Cost of living in focus as Australia’s election race hits final stretch

SYDNEY, May 20 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison criss-crossed the country in a final day of campaigning, insisting he could still win Saturday's election despite polls pointing to a change…

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UPDATED: Italy reports first case of monkeypox infection, Australia reports first case

Italy has diagnosed its first case of the monkeypox infection at the Spallanzani hospital in Rome, the hospital said, adding that the person, who arrived from a stay on the…

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Australian election on Saturday: What you need to know

Australians vote on Saturday in a national election, with the conservative Liberal-National coalition seeking a fourth straight term and the Labor Party seeking a return to power after nine years…

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Australian election polls show race tightening in final campaign stretch

SYDNEY, May 18 (Reuters) - Australia's national election has become too close to call, polls out on Wednesday showed, as the ruling conservative coalition narrowed the gap with the main opposition Labor…

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Australia PM, trailing in election polls, announces housing policy

May 15 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a housing policy on Sunday aimed at boosting home ownership and curbing high prices, as his government lags the opposition Labor Party…

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Analysis: Hero to hindrance: Australia PM Morrison hurts party’s election hopes

SYDNEY(Reuters) - Three years ago, Scott Morrison's ebullient personality as the little known and newly installed leader of Australia's Liberal Party was a big factor in its unexpected election victory.…

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Australia’s Morrison vows more empathy if re-elected PM

SYDNEY, May 14 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison promised on Saturday to be more empathetic if he wins re-election, as his government continues to trail the opposition Labor Party a…

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Australian defence minister says Chinese spy ship in waters ‘an act of aggression’

SYDNEY, May 13 (Reuters) - Australia's defence minister, Peter Dutton, said a Chinese intelligence ship had been tracked off the West Australian coast, describing it as an "act of aggression" by Beijing.…

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Early voting begins in Australia election with opposition ahead in polls

Early voting began in Australia on Monday two weeks ahead of election day, with surveys showing the opposition centre-left Labor Party extending its lead and Prime Minister Scott Morrison suffering…

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Opposition leader offers Australia ‘a better future’ in campaign launch

SYDNEY, May 1 (Reuters) - Australian opposition leader Anthony Albanese on Sunday promised the country a "better future" in a campaign launch that was light on controversial reforms but drenched in unity…

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Australia targets Putin’s daughters, Russian senators in fresh sanctions

SYDNEY, April 22 (Reuters) - The Australian government has imposed sanctions and travel bans on two daughters of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's daughter, it said…

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New Zealand welcomes Australian visitors as border restrictions ease

WELLINGTON, April 13 (Reuters) - Australians started arriving in New Zealand on Wednesday after it opened its borders to travellers from its neighbouring nation for the first time since mid-2021. New Zealand…

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Australian election campaign kicks off with opposition ahead in polls

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's government could lose the federal election to be held on May 21, according to polls on Monday, even as they showed him consolidating his position as the country's…

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Australian prime minister calls national election for May 21

MELBOURNE/SYDNEY, April 10 (Reuters) - Australia will hold a general election on May 21, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday, triggering a campaign expected to be fought over cost-of-living pressures, climate change,…

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Leclerc wins Australian Grand Prix for Ferrari

MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Charles Leclerc claimed his second win of the Formula One season for Ferrari with a pole-to-flag victory at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday as Red Bull's world…

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Leclerc puts Ferrari on pole at Australian Grand Prix

MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Charles Leclerc took pole position for Ferrari in crash-laden qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix on Saturday, pipping Red Bull’s world champion Max Verstappen on the upgraded Albert…

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Rising rivers force more Sydney flood evacuations as rain eases

SYDNEY, April 8 (Reuters) - Hundreds more Sydney residents were ordered to leave their homes on Friday, some for the second time in a month, as rivers burst their banks even as…

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Russia imposes sanctions on Australian and New Zealand citizens

Russia has imposed sanctions on Australian and New Zealand citizens, including their prime ministers, the Russian foreign ministry announced. Entry bans have been imposed on 228 Australian government members and…

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