EQT sweetens pursuit of Australia's Perpetual with $1.75 billion bid
Australia's Perpetual said on Wednesday it received a sweetened A$2.5 billion ($1.75 billion) takeover proposal from Sweden's EQT AB, less
July 15, 2026Australia's Perpetual said on Wednesday it received a sweetened A$2.5 billion ($1.75 billion) takeover proposal from Sweden's EQT AB, less
July 15, 2026
Hundreds of workers at BHP's Port Hedland iron ore operations are set to down tools on Thursday after workers and their elected representatives did not reach agreement
July 14, 2026
Big Tech companies, including Apple, Meta and Google, have "significant gaps" in tackling child sexual abuse and the growing threat of online sexual extortion
July 14, 2026
Australian business conditions were steady in June as cost pressures eased following a U.S.-Iran peace deal to end their conflict, a survey showed on Tuesday, although
July 14, 2026
Genesis Minerals has agreed to acquire smaller peer Vault Minerals in a deal that would create Australia's third-largest gold producer with a market capitalisation of around A$12.6
July 14, 2026
Mystery spheres on beach are likely space debris that fell back to Earth
July 10, 2026
Australia on Friday confirmed the first case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in a local seabird, raising concerns that the disease is beginning to
July 10, 2026
New Zealand will consider joining a defence alliance between Australia and Fiji that both countries entered earlier this week, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said on
July 09, 2026
Australia's Steadfast said on Thursday that Amwins Group and Dragoneer Investment had reaffirmed their takeover proposal valuing the insurance broker at A$7.7 billion ($5.34 billion
July 09, 2026
Hundreds of workers at BHP's Port Hedland iron ore operations in Western Australia could walk off the job next week, in what would mark the biggest
July 08, 2026
A Google executive has told an inquiry that a YouTube video that falsely claims a wounded survivor of an antisemitic massacre in Sydney is a crisis actor blooded with makeup met the platform’s standards and would remain online
July 07, 2026
Australia and the Solomon Islands pledged on Tuesday to deepen bilateral ties and criticised China's test of a ballistic missile fired from a nuclear-powered
July 07, 2026
Australian PM Albanese apologizes for ‘disrespectful’ comments about Kylie Minogue
July 06, 2026
Australia and Fiji have signed a new bilateral defense alliance in a second major diplomatic win within a year for Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese against Chinese influence in the South Pacific
July 06, 2026
Australia and Fiji signed a major defence alliance on Monday, committing each country to come to the other's aid if either is attacked, as China seeks to
July 06, 2026
Neil, a 2,200-pound elephant seal, has returned to his birthplace on the Australian coast, causing quite a stir
July 03, 2026
Australia's financial crime watchdog said on Friday that online betting firm Sportsbet had completed required improvements to its anti-money laundering controls after it admitted
July 03, 2026
Australia announced changes on Thursday to the way it manages the delivery of defence projects, aiming to curb billions of dollars in cost overruns and lengthy delays.
July 02, 2026
Australia's balance on goods trade in May unexpectedly swung to the largest deficit in over a decade, data showed on Thursday, as exports of gold and iron ore fell sharply.
July 02, 2026
Australia's Perpetual said on Wednesday it had rejected a non-binding takeover proposal from Swedish private equity firm EQT AB that values the financial services provider at A$2.45
July 01, 2026
Kim Dotcom lost his latest appeal on Wednesday to avoid extradition to the United States, where he is facing criminal charges relating to the defunct file-
July 01, 2026
Australian bank Westpac said on Wednesday that non-executive director Peter Nash would leave its board, citing his relationship with troubled auditor KPMG.
July 01, 2026
When Serena Williams accepted an offer to play singles at Wimbledon, Maya Joint got to thinking
July 01, 2026
Australian home prices suffered their steepest fall in three-and-a-half years in June as a record housing boom succumbed to higher borrowing costs, while a tax
June 30, 2026