Australian businesses welcomed the removal of China’s trade impediments on its live lobsters, which are set to be dropped after more than three years following a meeting between Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Thursday. The unofficial import ban will be lifted by the end of the year, and a timeline … Read more
The Coalition, Greens and crossbench’s decision to not pass the Labor Party’s “Help to Buy” bill is being seen as a trigger that might lead to a rare double dissolution election in Australia. The Australian Labor Party’s “Help to Buy” policy, which called for government-backed, lower-deposit house loans to lessen the financial strain on first-time … Read more
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has stepped up his condemnation of social media, calling it a “scourge,” while supporting laws that forbid minors from using the internet. Albanese’s comments are consistent with those made by Peter Dutton, who had promised that if elected, the Coalition government would enact a law to ban under-16s from accessing social … Read more
