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  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Private equity
    Brambles opens talks with CVC over A$20bn takeover

    Australian stalwart says other strategic options are possible as M&A boom continues

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Australian politics
    Scott Morrison makes last-minute plea for votes with housing pledge

    Australian PM unveils plan to let buyers use retirement funds for deposits days before election

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Food security
    Wheat prices rise almost 6% as India export ban shakes markets

    Chicago futures hit limit after New Delhi curbed shipments to combat surging food prices

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    Asia maritime tensions
    Australia accuses China of ‘act of aggression’ as spy ship hugs coast

    Intelligence vessel’s path close to naval communications centre interpreted as a sign of Beijing’s growing assertiveness

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    Special ReportAsia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers
    Australia’s bank probe spurs digital mission

    Lawyers master tech tools to help disgraced banking clients handle information quickly

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    News in-depthAustralian politics
    Albanese edges closer to becoming Australia’s PM after tricky campaign

    Labor leader maintains lead in polls over incumbent Scott Morrison two weeks before general election

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    The Big Read
    The climate champions hoping to play kingmaker in Australia’s election

    The pro-business, pro-environment ‘teal independents’ could help to usher in a greener government in the May 21 vote

  • Tuesday, 3 May, 2022
    Australia
    Australia raises interest rates to tame inflation ahead of general election

    RBA increases cash rate 25 basis points as cost of living concerns dominate campaigning

  • Monday, 2 May, 2022
    Qantas Airways Ltd
    Qantas signs Airbus order for world’s longest direct flights from Australia

    Airline acquires 12 aircraft to operate 20-hour flights to London and New York by 2025

  • Tuesday, 12 April, 2022
    Australian politics
    Australian minister flies to Solomon Islands for urgent talks on China pact

    Mid-election trip to Honiara highlights western alarm at draft security deal with Beijing

  • Tuesday, 12 April, 2022
    News in-depthAustralian politics
    Morrison’s party turns on prime minister in run-up to Australian election

    Leaked messages from Liberal colleagues describe leader as a ‘complete psycho’ and ‘hypocrite’

  • Monday, 11 April, 2022
    FT CollectionsGreensill Capital
    Credit Suisse angers investors with five-year ‘hard grind’ on Greensill losses

    Investors, insurers, debtors and the Swiss bank are in a war of attrition

  • Sunday, 10 April, 2022
    Australian politics
    Scott Morrison calls election in Australia on May 21

    Ruling Liberal party have six weeks to reverse Labor’s lead in opinion polls

  • Thursday, 7 April, 2022
    Special ReportFT High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific
    Australian app finds a market for spider-catchers

    Online marketplace Airtasker connects people with ‘taskers’ to get odd jobs done

  • Tuesday, 5 April, 2022
    Aukus
    Biden announces US, UK and Australia co-operation on hypersonic weapons

    Expansion of trilateral security pact is response to rapid expansion of Chinese military

  • Monday, 4 April, 2022
    Gambling industry
    Australian casino inquiry puts spotlight on Chinese money laundering

    Probe into Star Entertainment’s Sydney venue is latest hit to country’s gambling industry

  • Friday, 1 April, 2022
    Telecoms
    Australian pension fund and Singtel buy mobile tower group for $2.7bn

    Acquisition of Axicom from investment bank Macquarie follows funds buying up infrastructure assets

  • Thursday, 31 March, 2022
    Press freedom
    Chinese trial of detained Australia journalist defers verdict

    Cheng Lei was arrested in 2020 but diplomats were denied entry to closed-door trial

  • Thursday, 31 March, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Putin ‘massively misjudged’ Ukraine war, says UK spy chief

    GCHQ head says Russian soldiers are sabotaging their equipment and have accidentally shot down their own aircraft

  • Wednesday, 30 March, 2022
    Cyber warfare
    Australia to pass cyber laws to protect critical networks against foreign attacks

    Fears that dormant malicious threat has already been embedded drives defensive push

  • Tuesday, 29 March, 2022
    Australian politics
    Australia delivers giveaway budget as general election looms

    Treasurer cuts taxes and increases spending on defence as ruling coalition struggles in polls

  • Monday, 28 March, 2022
    Inside BusinessAGL Energy Ltd
    Coal wins out in bid tussle over Australian energy group AGL

    Failed takeover pitch by Brookfield and software billionaire was aimed at accelerating green transition

  • Sunday, 27 March, 2022
    UK trade
    UK-Australia free trade deal risks being held ‘hostage’ by farmers

    British agriculture sector must not slow progress on first post-Brexit agreement, industry body warns

  • Thursday, 24 March, 2022
    Chinese military
    Beijing closes in on security pact that would allow Chinese troops in Solomon Islands

    Leaked draft raises prospect of People’s Liberation Army building naval base in South Pacific

  • Wednesday, 23 March, 2022
    Tennis
    World’s top women’s tennis player Ashleigh Barty quits, saying she is ‘spent’

    Australian retires at 25, just two months after winning her third Grand Slam single’s title

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