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Sydney |
World Bank warns of 'new danger zone' The head of the World Bank warned that many key market players have lost confidence in recent weeks
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Australia unveils new flood tax 
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced a new tax to help pay for devastating floods that she says will cost A$5.6bn in reconstruction
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Drought hurts vital Australian wheat One of Australia's worst droughts on record is hurting wheat farming just as the world needs it most. Australia's wheat exports dropped 46%
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Singapore |
Singapore bourse launches ASX bid The Singapore stock exchange (SGX) has unveiled a $8.2bn bid for the company that owns the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) in Sydney
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Melbourne |
Stem cell breakthrough
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Markets rally after crisis talks Most Asian markets have reacted positively to efforts by world leaders to end the financial turmoil. Shanghai and Taiwan lost ground
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Tokyo |
Asian stocks hit after Dow plunge 
Map of Tokyo Tokyo's Nikkei-225 index has dropped 11.3%; South Korea, Australia and Singapore crashed 7% in early trading
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Japan |
More turmoil hits Asian markets The markets have plummeted in early trading amid fears the financial crisis may prompt a prolonged global downturn
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Japan |
Asian markets rally after US cut
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Sydney |
Australasia markets see further losses
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| Oct.29 |
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Australian PM seeks Qantas deal
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Apple offers new iPad refunds US technology firm Apple has offered to refund Australian customers who felt misled about the 4G capabilities of the new iPad
| 2011 |
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| Dec.8 |
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Australia lifts Samsung sales ban
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| Jun.29 |
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News Corp finally sells MySpace
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Australia in mass broadband move
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| 2012 |
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Australia enacts carbon-tax law Australia introduces its highly controversial carbon tax, targeting the country's 300 worst-polluting companies
| 2011 |
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Australia to tax carbon polluters
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Australia: Flooding cost to be 'enormous' Flooding in Australia has affected more than 3 million people, making it one of the costliest disasters in the nation
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Australia flooding will 'whack' economy
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| 2011 |
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| Oct.12 |
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Apple wins Samsung Australia ban
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| Jun.21 |
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Qantas settles with Rolls-Royce
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| 2012 |
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| Aug.29 |
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'No Indians, Asians' job ad sparks anger One of Australia's largest supermarket chains has come under fire for an online job ad that specified that 'no Indians or Asians' should app...
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Qantas posts $256m annual loss Australian airline has posted its first annual loss since it was privatised in 1995, amid high fuels costs and growing losses at its international...
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Qantas resuming flights | Qantas resumes flights after an independent tribunal orders a permanent end to the industrial dispute with union members | |
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| Oct.30 |
Sydney |
Qantas ordered to end labor dispute | An Australian workplace relations tribunal ordered Qantas to end a labor dispute that has left tens of thousands of passengers stranded worldwide | |
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Labour row grounds Qantas flights | The Australian airline Qantas is grounding all international and domestic flights with immediate effect due to an industrial dispute | |
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Qantas expands fleet to reverse losses Qantas announced a new international strategy on Tuesday with the acquisition of up to 110 Airbus A320s to boost its fleet
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Sydney |
Volcano ash disrupts air travel, again
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Ash-hit Australian flights resume
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Qantas to resume flights by A380s
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'Forty new A380 engines needed'
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Qantas' A380 fleet to remain grounded Qantas Airways' fleet of Airbus A380 aircraft will remain grounded indefinitely after new problems with the engines were uncovered, CEO says
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Qantas grounds Airbus A380 | Qantas grounded its Airbus A380 fleet indefinitely after part of a plane's engine cover fell off in flight | |
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Billionaire to build Titanic II Clive Palmer, one of Australia's richest men, has commissioned a Chinese company to build a 21st Century version of the Titanic
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London |
Murdoch due in UK to face crisis
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Australian stimulus plan approved Senate has passed the Labor government's A$42bn plan after the bill was blocked during an earlier vote
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| 2005 |
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| Dec.26 |
Sydney |
Media magnate Kerry Packer dies| Australia's richest man has died peacefully at the age of 68 at home among his family | |
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