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31-year wait? 2,300 applicants died waiting for Australian parent visa

According to the department, 2,297 parent visa applicants and 87 other family members, including aged dependent relatives and carers, have passed away while waiting for their visa applications.

31-year wait? 2,300 applicants died waiting for Australian parent visa
Updated On : 01 Jan 2025 | 2:09 PM IST

India's exports to Australia up 64.4% in Nov: Commerce ministry data

India's exports to its trade agreement partner Australia rose 64.4 per cent year-on-year to USD 643.7 million in November on account of healthy growth in sectors such as textiles, chemicals and agricultural products, according to the commerce ministry data. However, the country's merchandise exports recorded a decline of 5.21 per cent year-on-year to USD 5.56 billion, the preliminary data showed. India and Australia implemented an interim trade pact -- Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) -- on December 29, 2022 and are now in negotiations to widen the scope of the pact. On the completion of two years of ECTA, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said the agreement has brought with it increased market access for Indian exporters, expanded opportunities for MSMEs and farmers, and generated several employment avenues. It has also enabled growth in exports by 14 per cent in 2023-24; notable boost in IT/ITeS, business and travel services; and port-study work and work

India's exports to Australia up 64.4% in Nov: Commerce ministry data
Updated On : 29 Dec 2024 | 11:54 AM IST

Australian lender ANZ names former HSBC wealth chief Nuno Matos as new CEO

Hong-Kong-based Matos has served in several of HSBC's largest regions, including Europe and Latin America, and was among the internal candidates vying to take over as CEO of HSBC

Australian lender ANZ names former HSBC wealth chief Nuno Matos as new CEO
Updated On : 09 Dec 2024 | 9:18 AM IST

Australia faces trade war risks from Trump's policies, warns treasurer

Any impacts from a potential trade war and when will it begin to hit the global economy will be difficult to predict now, though Australia is confident to navigate any changes, Chalmers will say

Australia faces trade war risks from Trump's policies, warns treasurer
Updated On : 11 Nov 2024 | 9:51 AM IST

EAM meets Australian counterpart at UNGA 79; signs biodiversity agreement

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Australian counterpart Senator Penny Wong caught up with each other on the sidelines of the 79th United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday.Taking to social media platform X, Jaishankar attributed Senator Wong as a "Quad partner"."Catching up with Quad partner FM Senator Penny Wong at UNGA79," he said.Prior to this, Jaishankar signed the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) agreement at the United Nations Headquarters, taking a step towards ensuring that the oceans remain healthy and resilient."Signed the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement today the United Nations HQ. India is proud to join the BBNJ Agreement, an important step towards ensuring that our oceans remain healthy and resilient," he said in another post in X.Following this, he met with the Foreign Minister of Rawanda, Olivier JP Nduhungirehe and said that it was nice to meet him."Nice to meet the new FM Olivier JP Nduhungirehe of Rawanda," .

EAM meets Australian counterpart at UNGA 79; signs biodiversity agreement
Updated On : 26 Sep 2024 | 8:12 AM IST

Blackstone to buy Australia's data centre group AirTrunk in $16 bn deal

The transaction needs approval from the Australian Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB), given the asset is being bought by overseas parties.

Blackstone to buy Australia's data centre group AirTrunk in $16 bn deal
Updated On : 04 Sep 2024 | 11:49 PM IST

Australia to cap enrolment of international students at 270,000 in 2025

The Anthony Albanese government's recent action comes in response to a surge in migration that has put pressure on the housing market in Australia

Australia to cap enrolment of international students at 270,000 in 2025
Updated On : 27 Aug 2024 | 1:22 PM IST

Oz plans aid to Papua New Guinea as rain raises fears at landslide site

Australia prepared on Monday to send aircraft and other equipment to help at the site of a deadly landslide in Papua New Guinea as overnight rains in the South Pacific nation's mountainous interior raised fears that the tons of rubble that buried hundreds of villagers could become dangerously unstable. Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles said his officials have been talking with their Papua New Guinea counterparts since Friday, when a mountainside collapsed on Yambali village in Enga province, which the United Nations estimates killed 670 people. The remains of only six people had been recovered so far. The exact nature of the support that we do provide will play out over the coming days, Marles told Australian Broadcasting Corp. We've got obviously airlift capacity to get people there. There may be other equipment that we can bring to bear in terms of the search and rescue and all of that we are talking through with PNG right now, Marles added. Papua New Guinea is Australia

Oz plans aid to Papua New Guinea as rain raises fears at landslide site
Updated On : 27 May 2024 | 10:56 AM IST

Explained: How Australia's new innovation visa could be a boon for Indians

The new Australian Innovation Visa will replace the Global Talent Visa programme, set to end in late 2024

Explained: How Australia's new innovation visa could be a boon for Indians
Updated On : 17 May 2024 | 2:16 PM IST

Australia now allows TOEFL scores for all visa applications: Key details

The TOEFL iBT test assesses English proficiency across listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills

Australia now allows TOEFL scores for all visa applications: Key details
Updated On : 07 May 2024 | 10:30 AM IST

Wild weather in Australian states of Queensland, Victoria leaves 9 dead

At least nine people have died in wild weather in the Australian eastern states of Queensland and Victoria, officials said on Wednesday. Three men were killed after a boat with 11 people aboard capsized in rough weather in Moreton Bay off the south Queensland coast on Tuesday, police said. Ambulances took the eight survivors to hospital in stable conditions. A 59-year-old woman was killed by a falling tree at the Queensland city of Gold Coast on Monday night. The body of a 9-year-old girl was found on Tuesday in the neighbouring city of Brisbane hours after she disappeared in a flooded stormwater drain. The bodies of a 40-year-old woman and a 46-year-old woman were found in the Mary River in the Queensland town of Gympie. They were among three women swept into the flooded river through a stormwayter drain on Tuesday. Another 46-year-old woman managed to save herself. Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll blamed extraordinarily difficult weather for the tragedies. It ha

Wild weather in Australian states of Queensland, Victoria leaves 9 dead
Updated On : 27 Dec 2023 | 10:21 AM IST

Australian govt to announce its strategy for slowing immigration next week

"The new strategy we'll announce will bring immigration back to sustainable levels," he told reporters Saturday in Sydney

Australian govt to announce its strategy for slowing immigration next week
Updated On : 09 Dec 2023 | 7:19 AM IST

In a first, Neurosurgeon plucks worm from woman's brain in Australia

Surgeon Hari Priya Bandi was performing a biopsy through a hole in the 64-year-old patient's skull at Canberra Hospital last year when she used forceps to pull out the parasite

In a first, Neurosurgeon plucks worm from woman's brain in Australia
Updated On : 29 Aug 2023 | 11:58 PM IST

Police report 'emergency incident' after airliner returns to Sydney Airport

A commercial airline flight from Australia to Malaysia returned to Sydney on Monday after an emergency incident, officials and media reported. Malaysia Airlines flight MH122 left Sydney Airport at 1:40 pm for an eight-hour flight to Kuala Lumpur and landed back on the runway at 3:47 pm, Nine News reported. Someone purporting to be on board tweeted that a person was threatening staff and passengers, Nine reported. It said a passenger holding a backpack had threatened to blow the plane up. Crew had checked the backpack and found no explosives, it added. Australian Federal Police said in a statement they were responding to an emergency incident at the airport, but provided no other details. The plane was parked on the end of a runway hours later with emergency vehicles nearby, Nine reported. Sydney Airport said it was supporting emergency agencies in the management of an incident. The airport is operational with flights arriving and departing, an airport statement said.

Police report 'emergency incident' after airliner returns to Sydney Airport
Updated On : 14 Aug 2023 | 2:30 PM IST

China's economic coercion fails to hurt Australia's economy: Report

China's decision of imposing a trade ban backfired as it affected its economic growth

China's economic coercion fails to hurt Australia's economy: Report
Updated On : 04 Jun 2023 | 4:14 PM IST

Australian inflation hits 32-year high amid rising gas and housing prices

Australia's annual inflation has climbed to its highest level in 32 years amid soaring prices for housing and gas

Australian inflation hits 32-year high amid rising gas and housing prices
Updated On : 26 Oct 2022 | 5:23 PM IST

Australia to raise spending to boost slowing economy amid inflation

Australia's new government released plans on Tuesday for more spending on families, the elderly, defence and its Pacific neighbours as the country braces for an economic slowdown due to rising interest rates, inflation and disastrous floods. Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivered his centre-left Labour Party's first annual budget for the fiscal year that began in July. It is the first budget in nine years by a Labour government and comes as Australia contends with unprecedented levels of debt that has mounted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Chalmers said rising inflation was the primary influence on his economic blueprint. Inflation is forecast to peak at 7.75 per cent by December and remain higher for longer than had previously been expected. It's framed against a backdrop of a complex combination of a serious economic downturn overseas, damaging and devastating natural disasters here at home, war in Europe, a slowdown in China brought about by COVID -- all of these issues combining at on

Australia to raise spending to boost slowing economy amid inflation
Updated On : 25 Oct 2022 | 4:12 PM IST

Cost of living pressure overtakes Covid as Australians' top concern: Report

The rising cost of living has overtaken Covid-19 as the top source of concern among Australians, a new survey revealed on Monday

Cost of living pressure overtakes Covid as Australians' top concern: Report
Updated On : 10 Oct 2022 | 2:06 PM IST

Long Covid costing Australia's economy $3.6 bn annually, says report

Australia has announced a parliamentary inquiry into long Covid, with the aim of developing a clear definition of the illness and gauging the scale of its impact on the country's 26 million people

Long Covid costing Australia's economy $3.6 bn annually, says report
Updated On : 10 Sep 2022 | 8:47 AM IST

Australian online shopping continues surge in record financial year

The report released by Australia Post showed that in the financial year ending on June 30, 2022, a record 9.3 million households had shopped online

Australian online shopping continues surge in record financial year
Updated On : 07 Jul 2022 | 2:33 PM IST