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  • Tuesday, 5 May, 2026
    Energy Source
    How a beer tax fuelled an Australian debate over energy exports

    Also in today’s newsletter, oil surges after US and Iran exchange fire

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    The Cesi Tianjin LNG tanker docked at a pier near a liquefied natural gas processing facility on Curtis Island.
  • Tuesday, 5 May, 2026
    Reserve Bank of Australia
    Australia bucks global trend and raises interest rates

    Central bank cites higher fuel prices as result of Iran war as it unveils third increase this year

    Commuters walk up the stairs exiting Martin Place train station in Sydney
  • Tuesday, 5 May, 2026
    Trump tariffs
    Australia becomes a trade deal champion to counter Trump and China

    Facing hostility from its two largest trading partners, Canberra embarked on a drive to diversify

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  • Sunday, 3 May, 2026
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    Canada’s TMX aims to spur mining listings boom in Australia

    Exchange group has bought ASX rival and wants to attract companies that struggle to list on country’s primary exchange

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  • Thursday, 30 April, 2026
    Australian politics
    Bondi shooting inquiry warns Iran conflict raises risk of antisemitic attacks

    Interim report into Australia’s beach massacre calls for review of counterterrorism

    Mourners grieve at a floral memorial to the victims of the mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia on December 16, 2025
  • Wednesday, 29 April, 2026
    Social affairs
    Australia’s drive to get more blood flowing

    The country has more recreational beekeepers than regular donors and is forced to rely on imports

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  • Tuesday, 28 April, 2026
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    Grant Thornton US to buy Australian sister firm as part of global spree

    Private equity-backed accounting group vies with UK business to create international network

    The top floors of the Grant Thornton office building are shown at sunset, with the company’s logo illuminated against a purple sky.
  • Monday, 27 April, 2026
    Airlines
    Lex. Why flying less won’t do much to ease the oil crisis

    Crude demand weakens when not only jet fuel but other product prices rise too

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  • Tuesday, 21 April, 2026
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    Melbourne’s hottest new hangouts? Wine pubs

    Wine culture and great food meet pub energy at these buzzy hybrids popping up across the Victorian city

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  • Friday, 10 April, 2026
    Oil
    Rare US diesel armada heads to Australia in bid to ease fuel crunch

    Armada of tankers sailing from as far away as the US and UK as reliance on imports from Asia in focus during supply crunch

    Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (right) walks with an official in safety gear at the Singapore Refining Company facility.
  • Thursday, 9 April, 2026
    Special Report
    FT High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific

    The 2026 ranking of fast growing companies in the Asia-Pacific region. Plus: Indian winemakers face change; Chinese AI experts return from US; the biggest threat to China’s champions; ticket fees donated to charities; Singapore listings remain scarce

    Stylised map of Asia overlaid with circuit-board patterns, linked to icons representing construction, shipping, manufacturing, healthcare and transport.
  • Thursday, 9 April, 2026
    FT High-Growth Companies Asia-Pacific
    Interview. From bingo to Melbourne flower show: Humanitix uses ticket fees as ‘engine for good’

    Australian non-profit takes its business model overseas, expanding to the UK and North America

    Five people stand around a large cheque written out to The Life You Can Save for $4mn from Humanitix in May 2024.
  • Thursday, 9 April, 2026
    Identity cards
    Scaled-back digital ID scheme can combat populism, UK minister says

    Darren Jones tells FT legislation for contentious proposal will be introduced after the summer

    Darren Jones speaks to the media while holding up a smartphone displaying a digital ID app.
  • Wednesday, 1 April, 2026
    Natural gas
    LNG powerhouse Australia leans on export strength to weather energy shock

    World’s third-largest supplier hopes Asia trade will offer leverage for much-needed fuel and diesel supplies

    A tanker at night
  • Tuesday, 24 March, 2026
    EU trade
    EU and Australia clinch trade and security pacts

    Both sides are looking to reduce their dependence on the US and China

    An employee in a white coat and hard hat walks between rows of hanging cattle carcasses in a cold storage room.
  • Wednesday, 18 March, 2026
    Mining
    Four challenges for BHP’s incoming chief

    World’s biggest miner taps ‘safe pair of hands’ to navigate copper shift, M&A speculation and tough China environment

    A large industrial conveyor system and processing facility at a copper mine in Chile, illuminated by early morning or late afternoon light.
  • Tuesday, 17 March, 2026
    BHP Group Ltd
    World’s largest miner BHP picks new chief executive

    Brandon Craig to take over from Mike Henry to lead pursuit of copper growth

    Brandon Craig at BHP headquarters, wearing a suit and tie, with a wall featuring the BHP logo in the background.
  • Tuesday, 17 March, 2026
    Reserve Bank of Australia
    Australia raises interest rates in big week for global central banks

    Oil disruption deepens concern that price increases could hit economy

    A fuel station sign in Melbourne displays high prices for petrol, diesel, and gas as a red SUV drives past.
  • Wednesday, 4 March, 2026
    Working from home
    Australian state to give legal right to work from home 2 days a week

    Victoria, home to companies including BHP, to enshrine remote working rights in law

    The Yarra River in Melbourne
  • Monday, 2 March, 2026
    Banks
    Banking upstart Barrenjoey merges to make a mini-Macquarie

    Barclays to reduce stake in Australian investment bank to 4.9% after sale to Magellan Financial Group

    Composite photo of Guy Fowler, left, and Matthew Grounds, both wearing dark jackets and light shirts, posed against blurred backgrounds.
  • Friday, 27 February, 2026
    New Zealand
    Jacinda Ardern joins New Zealand’s ‘brain drain’ to Australia

    Former PM is the latest addition to a wave of emigration spurred by weak economic prospects at home

    Jacinda Ardern smiles while speaking at a press conference, with an Australian flag visible behind her.
  • Monday, 23 February, 2026
    Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
    Australia backs proposal to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from line of succession

    Move would require approval of all the realms where UK sovereign is head of state

    Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
  • Monday, 16 February, 2026
    Artificial intelligence
    KPMG partner fined over using AI to pass AI test

    Accounting firm has caught several staff members in recent months using the technology for internal exams

    KPMG logo displayed on the exterior of an office building.
  • Friday, 13 February, 2026
    Australian politics
    Former McKinsey partner to lead Australian opposition party

    Angus Taylor pledges more conservative agenda after Liberals ditch first female leader

    Liberal party leader Angus Taylor speaks during a press conference in Canberra on Friday
  • Friday, 13 February, 2026
    Technology sector
    Australia counts sheep with AI to help farmers sleep easily

    Abattoirs turn to technology to monitor numbers and labelling after decades of disputes over miscounts

    Aerial view of a sheep farmer in a blue shirt and hat herding a large flock of sheep into a pen for shearing.
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