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Australia’s Harvest Rock Festival to Return to Adelaide in 2025 After Hiatus
Billboard
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August 1, 2025
After a strategic hiatus in 2024, the South Australia-based Harvest Rock Festival is back this October with support from the state government and an expanded vision. Harvest Rock Festival will return to Adelaide in October 2025 following a...
‘Incredible’ fast food chain from Australia to open 100 new UK stores
Metro
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August 1, 2025
It has ‘the best burrito in town’ (Picture: Zambrero) It’s been called ‘the best Mexican on the market’ – and now this Aussie-born favourite is planning to take over the UK. The popular fast food chain Zambrero, known for its customisable burritos...
Australians made 4B mobile wallet payments in 2024: report
Coingeek
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August 1, 2025
Homepage > News > Finance > Australians made 4B mobile wallet payments in 2024: report Australians made over 4 billion mobile payment transactions in 2024, totaling over $100 billion, a new industry report has revealed. The 2025 Bank On It report...
‘What choice have I got?’: Lana built a life in Australia after years on Nauru – but now faces returning to the Iran she fled to keep it
The Guardian
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August 1, 2025
Lana and Scott* met in torrential rain: she was waiting for a bus, he offered her a lift. “We just kicked it off,” Scott remembers of the chance meeting on Nauru in 2015. He was a senior manager in construction, building Australia’s offshore...
Australian Ag Minister Julie Collins visits Indonesian feedlot
Beef Central
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August 1, 2025
The Australian Livestock Exporters Council (ALEC) this week welcomed Australia’s Federal Agriculture Minister Julie Collins on a tour of Indonesia where she visited live cattle supply chains handling Australian cattle and engaged with members of...
Indonesia-Australia boost biosecurity, agree on food trade access
Antara
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August 1, 2025
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Quarantine Agency (Barantin) is collaborating with the Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry (DAFF) to harmonize biosecurity measures and open markets for several key commodities. “All...
US, Australia Conduct First-Ever Joint Military Drills In Papua New Guinea
StratNews Global
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August 1, 2025
Home Australia US, Australia Conduct First-Ever Joint Military Drills In Papua New Guinea In Papua New Guinea, U.S., Australian, and PNG forces are conducting disaster recovery and survival drills across seven regions, traversing WWII...
Government responds to Trump tariff hike as Labour accuses it of ‘major fail’
The New Zealand Herald
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August 1, 2025
Willis said New Zealand has far lower effective tariffs on the US than the US has on New Zealand. She said New Zealand will continue to make its case to the US about this. “We will be talking to our friends in the United States about that,” she...
Australia’s inflation cools to 2.1% in June quarter, lowest since 2021
Fibre 2 Fashion
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Australia's Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 0.7 per cent in the June 2025 quarter, bringing the annual inflation rate down to 2.1 per cent—the lowest since March 2021, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). This compares to a...
Australia eyes more US exports as Trump holds tariffs at 10%
The Straits Times
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August 1, 2025
SYDNEY/WELLINGTON - Australian products could become more competitive in the US market, helping businesses boost exports, Trade Minister Don Farrell said on Aug 1, after US President Donald Trump kept the minimum tariff rate of 10 per cent for...
Australian billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes paints himself a climate crusader - but his private jet trips with his new girlfriend tell a different story
Daily Mail
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August 1, 2025
Tech billionaire and green energy investor Mike Cannon-Brookes has built his public image around tackling climate change, but the flight log of his $75million private jet paints a very different picture. The Atlassian co-founder, 45, has openly...
Government celebrates win after tariffs no longer set to rise
Sky News Australia
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August 1, 2025
The federal government celebrated a trade policy win, claiming vindication after tariffs were expected to rise to 20 per cent but have instead remained at the 10 per cent baseline. University of Melbourne Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Michael...
Australia spared any new tariffs as Trump announces new import taxes
9News
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August 1, 2025
Australia has been spared another rise in tariffs as the White House announced a new round of import taxes. Donald Trump had hinted that the 10 per cent baseline tariff would rise on all countries. But as a new list of countries to receive more...
Australian activists allege they were strip-searched, bruised while detained in Israel
SBS
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Two Australians detained by Israeli naval officers while attempting to sail aid to Gaza have shown bruises and alleged they were thrown around, after touching down in Sydney. Safi and Martin were among 21 pro-Palestinian activists detained on...
Australia bans YouTube for under-16s: Here’s why
Cape Town ETC
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July 31, 2025
The Australian government has announced that starting December 10, YouTube will join a list of social media platforms banned for users under the age of 16, Cape {town} Etc reports. This move comes as part of broader efforts to protect children...
Prime minister announces millions for Native Title holders ahead of Yothu Yindi's Garma performance
SBS
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The prime minister says a newly established 'economic partnership' between government and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations will deliver 'economic sovereignty' to First Nations communities. Due to appear at Garma festival on...
Australian activists allege they were ‘brutalised psychologically’ after Israeli military detained Gaza aid boat
The Guardian
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August 1, 2025
Two Australian activists say they were “brutalised psychologically” and treated “like criminals” by the Israeli military, including being strip-searched, shackled and denied external communication, after a boat they were on was intercepted and...
Canberra will get a new stadium, but it will have to wait its turn
RiotACT
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July 31, 2025
Still coping: Close to a full house at the recent Brumbies-Lions match. Photo: Tim Gavel. Nobody should hold their breath waiting for an announcement on a new Canberra Stadium. That is clear from what the Chief Minister told Budget Estimates this...
WATCH | ‘We’ll die if we go back!’ — SA couple’s desperate plea to stay in Australia
African Insider
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August 1, 2025
Cape Town – South African couple Charné-Lee Gunning (31) and Ivan Strauss (37) are appealing a denied protection visa application in Australia, fearing they’ll face a “death sentence” if deported back to South Africa due to alleged racial violence...
Government reacts to Trump’s 10 per cent tariff on Australian imports
Sky News Australia
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August 1, 2025
A spokesperson for the trade minister has released a statement saying Australia has received the lowest tariff rate imposed by the US and the government will continue to advocate for the removal of all tariffs in line with the free trade agreement.