CEO Robert Thomson attributes rise in company's first-quarter profits to the pay TV company and US unit Dow Jones

Bonds surge to seven times the intended level. Economists say the RBA could drop yield targeting programme on Tuesday, when monetary policy board is due to meet.

The renewed offer from BHP values Toronto-listed Noront at about $280 million, prompting the miner's chief executive Alan Coutts to back the proposal

Taipei is looking for allies to support its application to join the CPTPP – despite opposition from Beijing which has also applied to be a member

After prime minister denounces online forums as a ‘coward’s palace’, government seeks to tighten grip on likes of Facebook and Instagram

CNN says it withdrew its Facebook page after a court ruled publishers can be liable for defamatory public remarks on such posts and the social media giant refused to help curb comments

Canberra has warned Beijing that it needs to reopen dialogue between the two countries and resolve their ongoing trade disputes if it’s to be welcomed into the CPTPP

With trade tensions expected to continue, Frydenberg advised businesses to look at new markets opened as a result of recent free-trade agreements.

Beijing-Canberra relations sink further as nations tussle over train wheels, wind turbines and even the kitchen sink (AF) China said...

G7 nations must overhaul global trade rules to stop other countries using economic coercion, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday in a thinly veiled reference to China

Regulator voices concerns over bank’s “potential serious and ongoing non-compliance” with customer identification and other procedures National Australia Bank said...

Gross domestic product now exceeds 2019 levels, although rebound is likely to slow down in the quarters ahead (AF) Australia’s...