Canberra says the business visa programme remains open despite widespread reports in the past weeks saying it had been ‘axed’.

Australia’s former foreign minister Bob Carr and 49 others are supporting an appeal for easing of hostility between the two superpowers.

Canberra pledged A$35 million (US$23 million) for East Timor’s policing services and A$4 million to help Timorese workers integrate in Australia, as part of its commitment to boost ties in the Pacific region amid China’s growing influence.

Chinese nationals eyeing a move to Australia are set to be disappointed over the pause in the “golden visas” scheme for rich migrants.

REvil allegedly demanded a US$30 million ransom from Hong Kong-based retailer Dairy Farm during its 2021 cyberattack.

Many Chinese developers in Australia and New Zealand have closed or scaled back, amid a property crisis in China, weak demand and higher construction costs.

Risland Australia has struck a deal to sell its last landholding in the country to Chinese-backed private developer Avantaus for US$157 million.

The later restart of the Asia-Pacific aviation industry meant it coincided with severe supply chain issues caused by geopolitical and trade tensions, analysts noted.

Analysts warn of the complexities in distinguishing clean from ‘dirty’ money in frozen accounts.

PM Anthony Albanese says Australia is also seeking to enhance ties with Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea.

Indefinite detention of migrants had become a political tool over the years, analysts say, and a ‘vehicle for delivery of immense cruelty’.

Despite the Australia-Papua New Guinea security pact, China remains a viable ‘alternative partner’ for Pacific nations.

Instead of celebrating the end of a cruel policy, lawmakers are stoking fear among Australians of so-called imported criminals.

China’s political fallout with Australia in 2020 prompted an expedited effort by China to seek other sources of iron ore, like the Simandou mine in Guinea.

Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy says Australia is not worsening the arms race and gives assurance about the submarines’ nuclear reactors.

China is one of Wellington’s key foreign policy priorities as it remains New Zealand’s biggest trading partner.

The scam ‘attack rate’ in the Asia-Pacific is ‘well above’ the global average, with the region facing the most cyberattacks in 2022 for the second consecutive year.

Former senior diplomat Kong Xuanyou says it’s time to downplay competition to be the world’s top power.

IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva says CBDCs can replace cash and improve financial inclusion in places where few hold bank accounts.

Security and defence conditions in the two countries’ upgraded partnership mean Tuvalu may have to ‘surrender some sovereignty’ as Australia keeps an eye on China’s activities in the region.

Once lauded as a safe airline with an impeccable flying record, Qantas has in recently years been known for repeated flight delays and poor service.

The former US secretary of state says it would be in China’s interest for Xi to ‘dig in’ during his meeting with Biden to achieve shared goals on issues such as climate change.

The Australia-US alliance and security concerns are ‘impediments’ to better China ties and will over time erode trade and people links, the think tank report notes.

‘Profoundly dangerous’ misinformation has brought racial issues to the forefront of both polls, resulting in ‘nasty’ election tone and exposing racial divides.

Cheng, who was detained in 2020 and tried in secret on national security charges, has returned to Melbourne and been reunited with her children, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Wednesday.

Thailand’s lucrative dairy sector could come under threat as European manufacturers call on Bangkok to cut tariffs or face job losses and an exodus of operations.

Without some level of harmonisation, the world may be a long way off from a universally enshrined set of AI codes of conduct.

Prominent Aboriginal Australian Warren Mundine suggested better use of funding and policies in helping the community, instead of a constitutional change.

Ordinary New Zealanders are struggling to pay the bills as the economy stagnates and interest rates are at their highest in years – with a national vote just weeks away.

In a full-page New York Times advertisement, they say the climate can’t cope with more than 100 extra mines and that the exporting nation has a ‘special responsibility’.