Solomon Islands PM said his nation would never host a Chinese military base, as that would undermine regional security and make his country "an enemy"

Unlike the European Union, Australia has no SAF requirements, but BP plans to convert an oil refinery in Kwinana and become Australia's first producer of the sustainable fuel from 2025.

Lake uses an extraction technology developed by Lilac Solutions known as direct lithium extraction but J Capital Research criticised its claim to be cleaner

Police in Fiji escorted two Chinese defence officials out of a Pacific Islands Forum meeting in Suva on Tuesday, when the US Vice President Kamala Harris was giving a virtual address

The firm - founded by Australian videogaming entrepreneurs - said the funding was backed by Liberty City Ventures and Kingsway Capital

TikTok said its staff in China were able to access Australian users' data but added that "our security teams minimise the number of people who have access to data"

US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said she was worried that a future conflict could undermine access to natural resources in the way that the Russia-Ukraine war has hit oil and gas

Covid curbs in Shanghai reignited worries of a wider economic disruption, while possible delisting risks of major Chinese firms from US exchanges dragged Hong Kong shares to a six-week low.

In an unusually candid speech, ambassador Shingo Yamagami said his country would think twice about investing in Queensland due to its new windfall tax

The shipbuilder Austal now expects its fiscal 2022 operating income to be higher than the previously forecast A$107 million ($74 million) as a result of the US contract.

The operator on Thursday published its 2022 Integrated System Plan, outlining a 30-year roadmap of investments for Australia's national electricity market

China's Tianqi Lithium Corp plans to open its books on Thursday, June 30, for a listing in Hong Kong in mid-July that could raise $1-2 billion, sources have revealed