Plan comes as carrier restructures its business with passenger flights grounded since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020

While Asia-Pacific countries have made strides in controlling bribery much more needs to be done to solve the region’s corruption problems.

Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows headline consumer price index (CPI) rose 1.3% in December quarter and 3.5% for 2021

Australian PM Scott Morrison has been blocked from his WeChat account. Tencent said it may be 'a dispute over account ownership' while colleagues say it is 'foreign interference'

Morrison’s WeChat account, which has about 76,000 followers, was taken over and rebranded 'Australian Chinese new life' earlier this month, with the government given no prior warning

The funding will assist Papua New Guinea Ports Corporation to increase capacity to accommodate larger ships, including container vessels

Move by Serbia comes as it approaches an election, and as ties between Belgrade and Canberra sour after Sunday's high-profile deportation of Novak Djokovic

Foreign Minister Marise Payne said Canberra would challenge 'malign actors who use technology to undermine freedom and democracy'

Company aims to advance oil and gas projects in Western Australia and Senegal, as well as step up efforts to start producing hydrogen in three sites in coming years

Airline says it is the first time ever it has sought to terminate an employment terms agreement, a rare and heated move in industrial relations in Australia

Gains were concentrated in the most populous states, New South Wales and Victoria, highlighting recovery from pandemic-related lockdowns.

Low infection rates have allowed BHP as well as rivals Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals Group to keep running mines at maximum output