Australia to make Doha revival bid in Sept: paper
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Australia will seek to revive stalled  global trade talks at a meeting in September to which it has  invited ministers from leading World Trade Organization (WTO)  members, an Australian newspaper said.
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The French defense group Thales expects to receive Australian government authorization later this month to acquire the 50 percent stake in ADI of Australia it does not already control, a press report said.
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Australia&#39;s trade deficit widened in September as imports of cars, food and appliances increased and record oil prices pushed up the nation&#39;s energy bill.
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Australia's newly re-elected conservative government says it will use its control of the upper house of parliament to renew its campaign to toughen counter-terrorism legislation.
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SYDNEY : Australia is increasingly optimistic about securing a free trade deal with China, which it believes could be even more important than the recently signed pact with the United States.
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CANBERRA - Australia wants to base counter-terrorism teams in Southeast Asia, the government said on Monday as it traded blows with opposition Labor over the best way to wage the war on terror ahead of an Oct. 9 election.
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A free trade agreement between the United States and Australia should be completed by next week, Trade Minister Mark Vaile says.
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The main stumbling block in the Doha Round of global trade talks is the failure of the United States and European Union to make substantial concessions on agriculture, China's commerce minister said on Monday. The World Trade Organization formally relaunched the Doha round of negotiations last month after a six-month suspension that was triggered by differences among major trading partners, especially the United States and EU, over farm subsidies.
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CANBERRA, Australia  - Australians will vote on  Oct. 9 in a cliff-hanger election pitting the conservative  government against center-left Labor, with national security  and the economy key issues, Prime Minister John Howard said  Sunday.
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SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Australian diversified property group Stockland (SGP.AU) is set to launch a share-based bid for General Property Trust (GPT.
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SYDNEY - Australia is considering signing a new defence and security agreement with Indonesia to replace a treaty that was scrapped after Canberra led United Nations peacekeepers into East Timor in 1999.
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SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--The number of job advertisements in Australian newspapers rose 5.0% in October from September, and climbed 5.2% from a year earlier, Australia &amp; New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.
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Everton midfielder Tim Cahill says he will return to Australia for next month's opening World Cup qualifier against Qatar if wanted by new national team coach Pim Verbeek.
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Growing world markets for minerals and energy will help push Australia&#39;s commodity exports up 15 percent to a record 95 billion Australian dollars (US$71 billion; euro54 billion) this fiscal year, the government&#39;s chief commodities forecaster said Monday.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard expects to hold talks on anti-terrorism cooperation with Indonesia&#39;s President-elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono next month.
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Directors of Dow Jones, publisher of the Wall Street Journal, will lead talks over the $5bn bid from News Corp.
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Australia will send a diplomatic mission to North Korea in the next few weeks to begin rebuilding ties following the landmark deal that secured a promise Pyongyang would end its nuclear programs, the prime minister said Tuesday.