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Australian Data Centres appoints ex-Microsoft Mark Pont for expansion push
Australian Reseller News
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August 1, 2025
Australian Data Centres will look to grow its footprint outside of Canberra, with the hiring of former Microsoft international expansion lead for strategic missions and technologies Mark Pont. As CEO, Pont has been tasked with “significantly”...
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...
MPs Push for Federal Help, Warn Cheap Chinese Processing Undercutting Copper Mines
The Epoch Times
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August 1, 2025
Scrap copper is prepared for recycling at a workshop in Anqing, in China's eastern Anhui province on July 11, 2025. AFP via Getty Images Two federal politicians are warning that Australia’s copper processing industry is on the brink of collapse,...
Australia Should Cut Company Tax Rate to 20 Percent for Firms Under $1 Billion: Commission
The Epoch Times
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August 1, 2025
Treasurer Jim Chalmers at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on July 30, 2025. AAP Image/Mick Tsikas Australia’s Productivity Commission has advised the federal government to overhaul its corporate tax system as part of...
SA couple beg Australia for protection visa over ‘death sentence’ return
The South African
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August 1, 2025
A white South African couple living in Sydney seeking a protection visa are begging the Australian government not to deport them over their fear of “persecution”. They’ve even gone as far as to call returning home a “death sentence”. Their pleas...
Minister Says Trump Opted Not to Hike Tariffs on Australia, Credits ‘Calm’ Diplomacy
The Epoch Times
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August 1, 2025
Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell speaks to the media during a press conference on Day 6 of the 2025 federal election campaign, in Melbourne, Australia on April 3, 2025. AAP Image/Lukas Coch Australia has escaped steep tariff hikes from the...
Australia praises Malaysia’s ASEAN leadership and sustainability focus
The Sun Daily
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August 1, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR: Australia has lauded Malaysia for its ambitious ASEAN chairmanship agenda, particularly its focus on inclusivity and sustainability. High Commissioner Danielle Heinecke praised Malaysia’s leadership in advancing the ASEAN Community...
Albo’s $31m pitch for remote Australians
Townsville Bulletin
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August 1, 2025
Anthony Albanese will promise mobile TAFE centres to train Indigenous students in remote communities, with the Prime Minister set to make the announcement when he attends the Garma Festival in remote Arnhem Land this weekend. The $31m commitment,...
Kalu Rallies Support For Reserved Seats Bill, Urges National Unity At Australian Event
Daily Independent
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August 1, 2025
1 Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, CFR, has called on Nigerians, lawmakers, and the international community to support the Reserved Seats Bill aimed at increasing female representation in governance...
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...
Lions v Australia, third Test: When is it, where to watch on TV and latest odds
Yahoo Sports - Canada
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August 1, 2025
Winger Tommy Freeman has emerged as a major injury doubt for the British and Irish Lions’ third Test against Australia. The 24-year-old Northampton Saint is understood to be struggling with a back injury and missed the team’s captain’s run season...
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...
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...
New business models could help save Australia from its housing crisis
ArchitectureAU
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August 1, 2025
Australia has experienced a dramatic rise in housing prices over the past decade. Data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows that by the end of 2023, median house prices across major cities have risen substantially, with prices...
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...
The social skinny: Spotify streams Stephen King; ‘Rock and Roll’ with NASA; Australia bans YouTube
PR Week
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August 1, 2025
Spotify presses play on 14-hour ‘banger’ from Stephen King Spotify unveiled its Read Like You Listen campaign Monday to turn Spotify’s music aficionados into fervent readers. Created with Burson, the campaign’s goal is to “encourage fans to...
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...
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...
Maro Itoje hails 'special' British & Irish Lions team-mates as the captain prepares to rally his troops for one final time in search of a series whitewash in Australia
Daily Mail
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August 1, 2025
Maro Itoje will urge his fellow Lions to take their shot at history on Saturday, before ceasing to exist as an entity. That is part of the magic. They are striving to maximise a fleeting window in time together. The message from the captain to his...