SYDNEY, Aug 24 - Sales of new motor vehicles in Australia fell 6.9 percent in July from the previous month, pulling back from a strong showing in June when it was driven mainly by tax...
BEIJING, Aug 19 - China urged Australia to heed its stance on the Rio Tinto case and over the restive Xinjiang region but said the two nations should protect their broader ties, a day after...
The Australian government said yesterday that US giant ExxonMobil had inked a deal to sell liquefied natural gas from its share of an LNG project in Australia to PetroChina in a deal worth about A$50 billion ($41.29 billion). Under the deal, PetroChina will buy 2.25 million tons per annum of gas ...
BEIJING, Aug 12 - Chinese oil giant Sinopec Group and Taiwan's Chinese Petroleum Corp (CPC) have agreed to jointly explore an offshore block off northern Australia, companies said on Wednesday. Sinopec Group's international exploration and...
SYDNEY, Aug 12 - Australia wage price index data for the second quarter, issued by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED (% change) Hourly rates of pay Excluding bonuses Q2 Q1 yr/yr...
SYDNEY, Aug 5 - New vehicle sales in Australia sagged in July, a pullback from a very strong June when demand was lifted by financial year-end sales and government tax breaks on new cars for...
SYDNEY, Aug 4 - People arrested by the Australian police on Tuesday were planning to carry out a suicide attack on a defence establishment in Australia, a top Australia police official told a media conference....
SYDNEY, July 29 - Sales of new houses in Australia edged higher in June, setting the seal on a solid pick-up in sales for the first six months of the year, an industry survey showed...
SYDNEY, July 24 (Reuters) - BHP Billiton said on Friday it will boost output at its Mount Arthur thermal coal mine in Australia to 15 million tonnes a year from 11.5 million tonnes ...
SYDNEY, July 23 - Australia will be able to cope with a current account deficit without any difficulties, and has come through the global financial crisis reasonably well, a top central banker said on Wednesday....