China imported 20,000 tonnes of Australian cotton in 2022, compared to 400,000 in 2019, according to Chinese customs data.

The report examined what it said were 73 "coercive PRC actions" recorded between 2020 and 2022, of which 21 were taken against Australia

Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles met with Philippine counterpart Carlito Galvez in Manila on Wednesday. Marles said they talked about joint maritime patrols in Philippine waters.

Stocks were up in most markets in Asia, as well as other regions on Thursday buoyed by positive economic data from US and around the world.

Equities fell in most Asian markets and currencies were hit Wednesday, after the dollar firmed on sticky US inflation data, which cemented fears of more rate hikes by the Fed

The Nikkei and the Topix in Japan finished lower on Monday, while stocks in China rose marginally, but fell in other areas. The dollar extended gains before US CPI and retail data

Surveillance cameras supplied by HikVision and Dahua found at defence and other government department offices will be removed, a senior minister said in Canberra on Thursday

Environment minister said impacts from the proposed coal mine on local and global ecosystems would be substantial

Mining giant Rio Tinto apologized for the health safety scare triggered by the temporary loss of the radioactive capsule by a contractor carrying it from a mine in the north to Perth

Asian equities hit a seven-month high, with stocks in South Korea and Singapore both up over 1%, but stocks slipped in Australia and India

Renewable energy sources such as wind farms and solar power surpassed power generated by coal and gas for the first time ever on the east coast of Australia in the December quarter

The Japanese yen shot up in early trading on Friday morning and Asian markets also rose, after US data showed a fall in inflation on Thursday