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Australia SWF tops $166b, boosts developed market investments
Deal Street Asia
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Australia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund, said on Tuesday its valuation had reached A$252 billion ($166.22 billion) as it boosted its developed markets equity investments and reduced property and credit exposures in the past year. The...
Journey East: Azuma Den opens in Canberra
Indesignlive
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September 9, 2025
When owners and siblings Dion and Dan Bisa envisioned Azuma Den – named after the Japanese word for ‘east’ – they sought to create something that would honour Japanese simplicity alongside Korean boldness while capitalising on their team’s...
South Australia appoints chief regulation buster
The Mandarin
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September 9, 2025
The South Australian government is the latest to appoint a senior bureaucrat to accelerate state development. (Image: Adobe) Andrew McKeegan has been appointed to kickstart state development as South Australia’s first coordinator-general. In this...
Australia's sovereign wealth fund tops $166 billion, reduces US portfolio
Yahoo Finance
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By Scott Murdoch SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund, said on Tuesday its valuation had reached A$252 billion ($166.22 billion) as it pared back its U.S. market exposure to boost investments in Germany and Japan....
Victoria introduces legislation for Australian-first treaty
Women's Agenda
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September 9, 2025
An in-principle agreement on Australia’s first treaty has been reached, with legislation introduced into the Victorian parliament today. The treaty legislation in Victoria proposes to make the First Peoples’ Assembly permanent and expand its...
Cyprus seeks research and innovation cooperation with Australia
Cyprus Mail
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September 9, 2025
Skourides promotes Cyprus as gateway hub during Australia visit Chief Scientist Demetris Skourides last week visited Australia as part of ongoing internationalisation efforts to position Cyprus as a gateway hub to Europe, according to an official...
‘Condescending criticism’ of China damaging to Australia
Financial Review
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September 9, 2025
Former Chinese ambassador to Australia Fu Ying has urged Canberra to tone down its rhetoric towards Beijing if it wants to be better understood and respected on the mainland, as she described China as a rising power waiting for Washington to...
The promise and peril of agentic AI in government
Government News
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September 8, 2025
AI is set to redefine how governments deliver for their citizens. For the Australian Public Sector, this presents both an immense opportunity and a serious responsibility, writes Nam Lam. In a recent keynote, Minister for Industry and Innovation,...
Sacred site custodian leaves government advisory body
Government News
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September 8, 2025
After 17 years at the helm, Dr Ben Scambary has left the Northern Territory’s Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority. The chair of the AAPA – a government advisory body responsible for making decisions about whether or not a location is registered...
Australia, Japan push region to ‘dangerous brink’, CCP puppet says
PerthNow
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September 8, 2025
Australia and Japan are pushing the Indo-Pacific “to the dangerous brink of division and conflict”, according to a Chinese Communist Party mouthpiece. Late last week, Defence Minister Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong met with their...
Can Australia achieve a third golden age?
Taipei Times
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September 8, 2025
Australian economics has come a long way since John Maynard Keynes trashed the arguments of former Australian prime minister Billy Hughes, who led the country during World War I. Hughes pushed the victors to squeeze Germany hard, a stance that...
'People in Indian community are hurting': Australia PM asks opposition lawmaker to apologise for anti-Indian comments
The Economic Times
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September 8, 2025
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday that a right-wing opposition lawmaker should apologise for comments suggesting an unsustainable number of Indians were migrating to the country. Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, a senator in the...
Big Australian defends climate credentials after Premier Cook warns miners not to slack on decarbonising
The West Australian
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September 9, 2025
BHP has fired back after being put on notice by Roger Cook over their “moral obligation” to decarbonise their operations, a day after he carved a path for faster project approvals. The Premier was responding to reports the miner has dumped plans...
Why even The Australian Ballet hates Victoria’s congestion levy
Financial Review
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September 9, 2025
Tickets to shows would be GST-free and the salaries of the artists behind them would not be subject to fringe benefits tax under proposals put to the Albanese government to help boost the creative industries. The GST and FBT reforms, as well as a...
Inside the secret plan by Chinese-owned TikTok to lobby the Albanese government
Sky News Australia
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September 9, 2025
Secret documents and private emails have revealed how TikTok aggressively lobbied Communications Minister Anika Wells with offers of drinks, canapes, private meetings, and tickets to exclusive events in a bid to change Australia’s laws. The series...
‘Shortsighted’ Environment Minister hits out at Queensland Premier
PerthNow
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September 9, 2025
Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt has criticised Queensland’s “shortsighted” approach to renewable energy projects, warning it could spike power bills. Last week, Queensland Premier David Crisafulli passed new legislation that empowers...
Australia news LIVE: ANZ to slash 3500 jobs; Price should apologise, says Albanese; French government in crisis after PM ousted
The Age
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September 9, 2025
BHP, the largest Australian mining company, has agreed to pay $110 million to settle a shareholder class action launched following the fatal 2015 collapse of a tailings dam in Brazil. Melbourne-based BHP has been locked in disputes for nearly a...
The Last Dinner Party Announce 2026 Australian Tour Dates
Music Feeds
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September 9, 2025
The Last Dinner Party have announced their return to Australia for January 2026. The five-date capital city run will see the UK-based baroque pop quintet touring in support of their second studio album From The Pyre, which is set for release next...
Canberra Hospital opens Yamba Drive entrance, marking the last stage of its six year redevelopment
RiotACT
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September 8, 2025
Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith opened the Yamba Drive entrance, the last stage of the Canberra Hospital Redevelopment, with community members. Photo: Supplied. Canberra Hospital has finished the last part of its $660 million redevelopment...
'We need more students to finish school': Education minister proposes public school shake-up
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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September 9, 2025
Dropout rates are rising. Test scores are falling. And the divide between rich and poor students is widening. Creating a new federal super bureaucracy might sound like an unusual way to fix state-based public education systems currently leaving...