Erik Pineda

Singapore-based Tiger Airways is quickly picking up from the close to six-week ban on its Australian operations as it tapped former Virgin Blue CEO Andrew David to run the airline following the scheduled departure of chief executive Tony Davis on Nov. 1.

Samantha Stosur wrote sports history when on Sunday, she displayed composure in a tense final match with American Serena Williams to pull off a stunning 6-2 6-3 upset at the 2011 U.S. Open, which ended Australia’s decade-long title drought in any Grand Slam event.

There will be one less space junk hovering above Earth come late September or early October, this according to U.S. space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as it revealed on Thursday the impending return of a research satellite that lost its steam in 2005.

A new report has belied federal authorities’ perennial harping that the spirited rise of the resources sector keeps the local economy afloat amidst global declines and pressures from within.

She may own the biggest purse in Australia but mining billionaire seemed unable to quell the restiveness within the family as Gina Rinehart found out on Thursday that her daughter, Hope Rinehart Welker had filed a lawsuit against her.

As humans assimilate gadgets into their daily lives, threats of online crimes further increases, this according to internet security specialist Symantec, and latest estimates indicate that incidence of cybercrimes have reached a staggering cost of $4.6 billion in 2010 alone.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard won some form of political reprieve on Thursday as the New South Wales state police declared that it will cease further probe on a Labour MP who accused of contracting the services of prostitutes using union finances.

There is no solid ground to launch a deeper look on Foster’s Group’s financial report, according to a decision handed down on Thursday by the Takeover Panel, which rebuffed a plea by global beverage firm SABMiller to probe the Australian brewer’s financial standing.

Forcing carbon pricing to an economic environment still reeling from the residues of the global financial crisis will only hamper recovery efforts, according to Rio Tinto managing director David Peever.

Gadgets were made to simplify our lives, and in the case of smartphones, they help us stay connected and perform fair amount of works while we are on the go.

Australia had a barrelling finish on the second quarter, thanks much on soaring economic activities fuelled by the mining sector, according to the latest report issued by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Wednesday.

Qantas Airways was not out of line on its existing arrangements with Jetconnect pilots employed by its New Zealand subsidiary, according to a decision reached late Tuesday by Fair Work Australia.

More good news will be generated by the resources industry but these could be drowned out by continuing pressures seen outside of Australia and the country’s strong dollar is not helping the domestic situation at all, these according to Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Glenn Stevens.

Australia triumphantly continues its campaign for a slot on the 2014 World Cup as the Socceroos trumped Saudi Arabia 3-1 on Tuesday to chalk up its second consecutive win in the ongoing Asian qualifying leg of the tournament.

Facebook is facing another lawsuit and in Northern Ireland this time as a father sued the globally popular social networking site for its lack of security measures that reportedly allowed the man’s young daughter to display her racy images on the website.

Construction of the telecommunication infrastructures required in the full roll out of the National Broadband Network (NBN) is now in full swing, with NBN Co. announcing on Tuesday that initial works are set to commence on Geraldton, Western Australia on October

Bent on chipping away at Qantas' dominance in Australian business travel, Virgin Australia said Tuesday it will provide media streaming as well as wireless Internet access.

The federal government wanted it the easy way but Australians in general will have to pay the painful price for such monumental blunder, this according to banking stalwart Don Argus, who also warned on Monday that retreating local production, would in the long run hurt the economy.

Local carmakers are bearing the brunt of the continued onslaught of imported vehicles that flood the domestic market, according to the latest statistics released by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) on Monday.

There is no immediate possibility that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will face prosecution in Australia despite his site’s recent leaks of U.S. diplomatic cables that compromised sensitive information about the country’s intelligence activities.

Economic contractions in recent months, controversial tax proposals and a rebuff from the Australian High Court on her government’s immigration policy proved damaging on the popularity of Prime Minister Julia Gillard, whose support from the public steadily dwindled according to a latest newspaper poll.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott is confident that the country’s Migration Act would be far more effective through introduction of amendments that would legally allow the processing of asylum seekers by use of a well-defined partnership from a foreign country.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard got significant boosts on her carbon pricing campaign as leading European figures lauded Canberra for its responsible move that will introduce taxes on industries tagged as contributors to air pollution.

Ahead of the official employment data release this week, it appears that the Australian economy may be in for rough sailing in the months and quarters ahead as a new survey indicated that job openings have declined during the past two months.

The resources sector has been paying its dues and contributes huge amount of money to the federal coffers, basing on the new data furnished on Monday by finance services firm Deloitte Access Economics.

The roller-coaster movement of share market values over the past 10 years were generally unpredictable for investors but such is not the case for most of Australia’s chief executives, who according to a new report were largely shielded by solid pays and bonuses notwithstanding the overall economic condition.

Surfers at the Bunker Bay in Western Australia had the shock of their lives when a bronze whaler fin mingled with them and attack a bodyboarder on Sunday, instantly killing the victim described only by police as a 21-year-old man from Sydney.

Giant global beverage company SABMiller scored Foster’s Group on Friday as it claimed that the Australian brewer utilised questionable information on its latest financial figures to likely thwart the takeover proposal lodged by the UK-based firm.

Telstra Corporation is far from being alarmed over the assessment issued this week by the country’s consumer watchdog, stating that the present form of its structural separation undertaking (SSU) leaves more room for improvements.