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The Australian Federal Police said on Sunday they were investigating a cybersecurity incident that forced ports operator DP World Australia to suspend operations at ports in several states. "We've commenced an investigation into the incident and we're not commenting further as it's an ongoing investigation," an Australian Federal Police spokesperson said. DP World Australia told Reuters on Saturday that operations at impacted ports were not yet restored.

Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Sunday that a security and migration pact signed with Tuvalu showed Australia was a "genuine, reliable" regional partner, as it seeks to counter China's influence in the Pacific. Australia announced on Friday the security guarantee to the tiny Pacific Islands nation to respond to military aggression, protect it from climate change and boost migration. Australia, a United States ally, has been working to shore up its Pacific st...

Australias Treasurer Jim Chalmers said on Sunday he planned to name a new Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor in the next month, after Michele Bullock vacated the role to take the reins as... -November 04, 2023 at 08:18 pm EDT - MarketScreener

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A light plane crashed in a remote area of Australia's Queensland state on Saturday, killing three firefighters who were on board, police said late on Saturday.

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday that he would travel to China from Nov. 4 to 7 to meet with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang, with the aim of ensuring a "stable and productive" relationship between the two countries. Albanese, who took office in 2022 at the head of government intent on patching up relations with Australia's biggest trading partner, said he would visit Beijing and Shanghai on the visit, the first by an Australian...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday he would travel to China from Nov. 4 to 7 to meet with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang in a bid to stabilise relations between the... -October 21, 2023 at 07:54 pm EDT - MarketScreener

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Thousands of people attended pro-Palestinian rallies in Australian state capitals on Sunday despite police threats to curb them, amid tensions after the bloody Hamas incursion into Israel eight days ago. One of the largest rallies was in Sydney, the capital of the country's most populous state of New South Wales, where protest organiser, the Palestine Action Group, said around 5,000 attended. Many rally-goers waved Palestine flags and chanted "Free, free Palestine&quo...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday he remained hopeful a referendum to recognise the country's Indigenous p...

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday he remained hopeful a referendum to recognise the country's Indigenous people in the constitution would succeed, even as the measure lags in opinion polls less than a week from the vote. "I'm optimistic," Albanese told the Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC) on Sunday morning, according to a transcript. "Whether it be Shepperton or Sydney or Brisbane, Melbourne, the places I've been, Hobart, Adelaide i...

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has tested positive for COVID-19 and will work remotely while isolating, his office said on Sunday, two weeks out from a general election. Hipkins has cold and flu symptoms that began on Saturday and would isolate for five days or until he returned a negative test, the prime minister's office said in a statement. The positive test will keep Hipkins temporarily on the campaign sidelines ahead of the Oct. 14 general election, as his struggling incumb...