The company posted a profit attributable to shareholders of A$330.4 million ($244.23 million) for the six months ended January 31, compared with a loss of A$55.4 million a year earlier

The new buyback will allow NAB to continue managing its common equity tier 1 capital ratio towards its target range of 10.75-11.25%

The Black Summer bushfires, which raged along Australia’s east coast from November 2019 to January 2020, caused unprecedented destruction

Experts say residents leaving capital cities will put people at greater risk of homelessness without government action

The Australian Communications and Media Authority will also be able to enforce an internet industry code on uncooperative platforms, the federal government said

Hesta chief executive Debby Blakey said Facebook's social licence to operate had been undermined by successive scandals involving poor oversight of content regulation

Centre-left Labor Party took power in South Australia, which has a population of about 1.8 million, after Liberal Party leader Steven Marshall conceded defeat following polls late on Saturday

Much of the record payout was driven by the bumper profits and dividends of the large miners

Canberra on Friday announced new sanctions against 11 government entities and financial institutions and 41 more individuals, including two billionaires

The advertisements for cryptocurrency or money-making schemes could have misled users into believing they were promoted by celebrities, ACCC said

But geopolitical events as well as some regional countries' unclear pandemic strategy have coloured that optimism with a cloudy veneer

China tech stocks surged for a second day after the government vowed to ease a regulatory crackdown and on optimism over a Ukraine ceasefire.