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China tops the list of countries that imports iron ore and lithium from Australia. Iron ore was exempted from the banned commodities when China prohibited exports from Australia, three years ago

RBA board pointed out that revisions to consumption and saving rate may not mitigate the upside, adding that recent data have reinforced the need to remain vigilant to upside risks to inflation.

Under the new pay scale, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will receive an annual pay of AU$607,471 and Opposition leader Peter Dutton will earn AU$432,239.

Voters ranked the leaders on the issues of economy and defense. While 40% voters backed Dutton and the Coalition on economy management, only 24% voted for Labor. On national security, as 42% preferred Dutton and the Coalition, 23% voted for Albanese and Labor. 

On March 7, Katter's Australian MPs, Robbie Katter and Nick Dametto, confronted pro-Palestine protestors outside Queensland Parliament with a poster that read "condemn Hamas."

As winter sets in, diseases and viruses such as COVID-19, the flu and RSV are weighing on the health systems across Australia, Health ministers stated.

The annual study, conducted by Chapman University's Frontier Centre for Public Policy's Demographia, compared housing markets in 94 cities across eight countries.

The board banned the practice in 2019 after a social media video went viral showing a Melbourne chiropractor manipulating the back, hips and collarbone of a two-week-old baby.

The fall in unemployement rate was consistent with the economists' predictions and Reserve Bank of Australia's expectations. As full-time jobs have risen to 41,700 in May, part-time work has reduced by 2,100.

Trade relations between the two countries collapsed when Australia demanded a probe in Wuhan, considered to be the epicenter of the Covid breakout.

The leak was exposed in 2023, when a PwC partner hired by Australian Treasury to improve tax laws, was found to be leaking confidential tax plans to PwC. The data, including loopholes on how to avoid paying tax, was shared by PwC with multinationals, including Google.

While Liberal MP Bridget Archer called Dutton's stance on reducing the target of emission levels as "regressive," some called the party's discussion on the topic "nonsense" and "messy."

Australia business conditions index dropped by 1 point to +6, just below its long-run average and business confidence index fell 5 points to -3, National Australia Bank revealed.

"I think this is a political decision, this is a shame for those who took such a decision ... I should attend the game, I should be with our team," Rajoub said.

As there was no decision about liquidating the company, the sacked employees will not have access to Fair Entitlements Guarantee (FEG) for unpaid wages and redundancy payouts.

Environments groups have warned that if Australia breached the climate agreement, it could affect trade negotiations and harm international relations in the Pacific.

Australia will support the diplomatic efforts to end the war in the region and address the humanitarian crisis.

The consulate building was spray-painted with two inverted red triangles -- a symbol reportedly used by pro-Palestinian activists.

As confrontation with the opposition intensified, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese asked business leaders to explore the "big opportunities" in net-zero economy.

The previous Coalition government launched the website for Australians to view and compare the costs for general practitioners (GPs) and medical services across the country.

The new Direction 110 gives clarity on deportation of non-citizens with a history of family or sexual violence, even if they have lived most of their lives in Australia.

Health experts said the infection was due to FLiRT, the Omicron subvariant, which was less severe, but warned people against being complacent.

Equality Australia chief executive, Anna Brown, said these laws created a climate of fear and prejudice that LGBTQIA+ community still grapples with in 2024

"I want to be very clear that these [six] new export permits are for items used by Australian defense and law enforcement and will return to Australia," Labor senator Jenny McAllister, representing the defense minister at the hearing, said,.

The three Tourism Australia staff members were fired after the tourism agency found out they spent AU$137,441 on personal holiday and invoiced the amount to the tourism board.

While tabling the Holding on to Our Future report in the South Australia parliament, Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People April Lawrie pointed to the "institutional racism" practiced by the state in separating Aboriginal children from their families and communities.

A parliamentary inquiry into mental health care across NSW has also recommended improved mental health training for police officers and exploring options of them to become second responders in such health crises.

US, UK, Canada and New Zealand nationals who are permanent residents of Australia will be eligible for recruitment.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has ordered five companies to sell their shares totaling 10.4% of rare earth miner Northern Minerals Limited on suspicions of share trading among Chinese shareholders.