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Storing Australia’s State Secrets: Inside Sydney’s strategic data centre expansion
The New Zealand Herald
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August 28, 2025
By Madison Malone Senior Business Journalist, host of Markets with Madison·NZ Herald· 28 Aug, 2025 07:00 PM2 mins to read Subscribe to listen Access to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.Subscribe now ...
Experts: Low investment may slow future economic growth, job creation
Dhaka Tribune
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August 28, 2025
Bangladesh’s investment climate has come to a standstill, as it is undergoing a subdued investment climate that is foreshadowing potential headwinds for future economic growth and job creation, said the Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh...
UAE Minister of Foreign Trade HE Al Zeyoudi Meets with Australian Business Council to Maximize Opportunities from CEPA
Mid East Information
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August 28, 2025
Abu Dhabi, UAE – August, 2025: His Excellency Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, UAE Minister of Foreign Trade, met with the Australian Business Council in the UAE to discuss how the private sector can effectively leverage the opportunities of their...
Why regional Australia is fertile ground for sovereign citizen movement
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 28, 2025
As authorities continue to hunt for the gunman accused of killing two police officers in rural Victoria, a leading expert warns regional Australia has become fertile ground for the growing sovereign citizen movement and other extreme ideological...
Nepal News Evening Economic Brief – August 28, 2025
Nepal News
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KATHMANDU: Welcome to Nepal News’ Evening Economic Brief—your go-to source on key financial updates in Nepal. Stay informed with concise insights on market trends, economic indicators, and policy shifts. Here are today’s top economic news...
What the latest financial results tell us about New Zealand’s economic recovery – Stock Takes
The New Zealand Herald
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August 28, 2025
“With Port of Auckland continuing to significantly lift its pricing, POT has scope for further container pricing, which is likely to be its key lever to improving returns over the medium term.” In terms of the broader sharemarket, many of the big...
Australia’s SPC strikes Posca Hydrate deal in new drinks push
Just Drinks
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August 28, 2025
SPC Global is to distribute fitness-focused sparkling beverage brand Posca Hydrate, the first product range for the Australian group’s new “premium” drinks division. In a joint statement, the companies said the tie-up would give Posca Hydrate...
“Australia and South Africa are capturing India’s mandarin market with distinct strengths"
Fresh Plaza
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August 28, 2025
India's market for imported mandarins is experiencing strong growth, driven by increased supplies from South Africa, followed by Australia, says Devanshu Kalra, owner of fresh produce importer Radha Krishan Fruit Company. He explains, "The...
Australia is living it up on living well
The Fifth Estate
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August 28, 2025
Australians are fuelling a new economic boom in self care – including a new “wellness real estate” sector. New research from the Global Wellness Institute, in collaboration with fitness provider Anytime Fitness, found Australia has the fourth...
Business News | The Innovation Story and IIT Bombay Launch India's Largest Student Robotics Championship
Latestly
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August 28, 2025
NewsVoir Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 28: In a landmark initiative to inspire India's young innovators, The Innovation Story (TIS), in collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, and supported by Param Capital has launched...
Egypt and Qatar cement economic ties with $7.5bn investment push
The National News
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Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly met Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani on Thursday to discuss activating a $7.5 billion Qatari investment package and deepening bilateral co-operation across...
Golden ticket to guns: police want Australia’s laws tightened to stem abuse of firearms licences
The Guardian
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August 28, 2025
In a small courtroom in Lismore in northern New South Wales in June, a senior firearms registry official gave evidence of a disturbing gap in Australia’s gun control laws. The court was exploring the circumstances of a murder-suicide, in which a...
5 Best Practices to Ensure Your Business Ecosystem Is Cyber-Secure
Information Week
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August 28, 2025
In July, the Australian airline Qantas confirmed a data breach that it said originated with a vendor’s customer service platform, affording hackers access to the personal data of up to six million Qantas customers. That news came soon after...
‘Like losing a job’: S’pore small business owners hit by axed US tariff exemption on low-value goods
The Straits Times
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August 28, 2025
SINGAPORE – Handmade glass jewellery maker Lee Chu Ling reckons the removal of tariff exemptions on low-value shipments to the US is like a lifeline cut, given that orders from the US make up 90 per cent of her monthly revenue. With effect from...
South African small businesses celebrate their business successes like no other country
Cape Business News
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August 28, 2025
Research from Xero underscores South Africans’ unique approach to entrepreneurship, with 92% marking milestones Xero, the global small business platform, has published new independent research revealing South African small businesses celebrate...
Australia can help stop China ‘sabotaging’ Taiwan Strait: minister
Financial Review
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August 28, 2025
A senior Taiwanese minister is calling for more Australian warships to transit through the contested Taiwan Strait as part of international efforts to push back against China’s menacing of the self-ruled island. In a rare visit to Australia for a...
Sydney Marathon’s debut as Major is timed perfectly with Australia’s running boom | Elise Beacom
The Guardian
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August 28, 2025
Marathons are selling out like Taylor Swift tickets. Running is in vogue, and many newer runners are seeking the shortest route from couch to marathon – a distance once considered superhuman. Now, amid the proliferation of training shared online,...
Business News | US Poised to Gain Most from India's Raw Cotton Import Duty Waiver: GTRI
Latestly
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August 28, 2025
New Delhi [India], August 28 (ANI): The United States (US) will emerge as the biggest beneficiary of the complete waiver of customs duty and Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess (AIDC) on the import of raw cotton, which was announced by...
Solomon Islands politician ‘extremely disappointed’ Australia ignored warnings of China military deal
Pacific News Service
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Solomon Islands’ Opposition Leader claims he warned Australian officials last year that China was negotiating a military pact which could see a base established on the strategically located Pacific nation. News of the draft agreement is causing...
Identity crisis for Sky News Australia
The Age
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August 28, 2025
News Corp had ownership right to the Sky News name when it purchased the UK Sky business and then expanded the Australian arm. But since 2018, when News Corp sold BSKyB to American owned-Comcast, the relationship with UK Sky News has soured. The...