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Uber Pays Australian Taxi Drivers $178 Million in Settlement
Mar 18 2024 // Uber agreed to pay A$271.8 million ($178 million) to compensate thousands of taxi drivers in Australia who claimed they lost income when the ride-share company entered the local market. Uber Technologies Inc. settled the...
Australia Warns of Critical Financial Risks to Insurers and Banks From Climate Change
Mar 12 2024 // Australia’s worsening climate change may see insurance companies and banks withdraw their services from communities vulnerable to extreme events, potentially triggering “cascading effects” across the...
Infernos Rage From Texas to Australia as Wildfire Season Kicks Off Early
Mar 4 2024 // After a year of deadly wildfires around the globe, the world is burning again from Texas to Australia — and in some regions, the blazes are igniting early. Canada’s Alberta province said last month that wildfire...
Australian Iron Ore Port Starts Clearing Ships Ahead of Cyclone
Feb 22 2024 // A major port on Australia’s west coast used by Rio Tinto Group to export iron ore has started clearing ships from the harbor ahead of a cyclone that’s expected to form early Friday. All port anchorages are...
Powerful Winds Cause Destruction, Spark Wildfires in Australia’s State of Victoria
Feb 15 2024 // Powerful winds have killed a man and brought widespread destruction across Australia’s second-most populous state, leaving 530,000 homes and businesses without power and fanning fires that razed homes and injured...
Australia Braces for More Wild Weather in Wake of Ex-Tropical Cyclone Kirrily
Jan 26 2024 // Ex-Tropical Cyclone Kirrily has uprooted trees and felled powerlines in Australia’s Queensland state, leaving tens of thousands without electricity or phone service as the state braces for further wild weather into...
Cyclone Kirrily Makes Landfall in Australia as Severe Storm
Jan 25 2024 // Australia is being lashed by damaging winds and heavy rainfall as Severe Tropical Cyclone Kirrily makes landfall, the biggest system to hit the Queensland coast in almost five years. Kirrily is crossing near Townsville as...
Australia Imposes Sanctions on Russian Citizen Over Hack of Insurer Medibank
Jan 23 2024 // Australia imposed cybersecurity sanctions for the first time on a Russian hacker over his role in the breach of healthcare insurer Medibank Private Ltd. that exposed the sensitive private data of millions of...
Two Australian Resource-Rich Regions Brace for Potentially Destructive Storms
Jan 22 2024 // Two Australian resource-rich regions are bracing for potentially damaging storms that could lead to flooding, the latest threats after months of extreme weather events. A tropical low developing in the Coral Sea off...
Cyclone Forming Near Australia’s Coast May Have ‘Severe Impact’
Jan 19 2024 // Australia’s resource-rich Queensland state is bracing for its second tropical cyclone in a little more than a month, with a storm off the coast expected to strengthen during the weekend. A tropical low developing in...
Australia’s Usual Summer of Wildfires Is Now Being Soaked by Prolonged Wet Weather
Jan 12 2024 // Australians bracing for a return of scorching heat and wildfires are instead battling a prolonged deluge of rain across the country’s east that’s inundated homes and damaged crops from sugar to wheat. Vast...
Update: Floods Strand Cows, Damage Crops as Wild Weather Hits Australia
Jan 9 2024 // Heavy rains and flooding across Australia’s southern state of Victoria has damaged crops and stranded cattle as a months-long run of wild weather on the nation’s east coast leaves a trail of destruction. Severe...
Climate Change Makes Forecasting Harder, Australia’s Agriculture Minister Says
Jan 2 2024 // Climate change is making it harder to accurately predict extreme weather events, said Australia’s agriculture minister Murray Watt, amid criticism the country’s meteorology department failed to provide timely...
Severe Storms Lash Australia’s East Coast, Killing 9 People
Dec 27 2023 // Nine people have died in Australia after severe storms lashed the nation’s east coast on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, with the Bureau of Meteorology warning there is a risk of more flash flooding even as the weather...
Australian Tourist Hotspot Inundated With Life-Threatening Floods After Cyclone Jaspar
Dec 18 2023 // A key tourism area in Australia’s far north has been inundated with life-threatening flooding after days of torrential rainfall in the wake of a tropical cyclone. Major flood and strong wind warnings have been issued...
Tropical Cyclone Jasper Barrels Towards Australian Tourism Hotspot
Dec 11 2023 // Australia’s far north coast is bracing for a cyclone that’s expected to bring damaging winds, heavy rainfall and potential flooding to an important tourism region. Tropical Cyclone Jasper, currently a category...
Australia Faces Increased Risk From Bushfires Ahead of El Niño Summer
Dec 4 2023 // Australia faces an increased risk of bushfires during the approaching summer, authorities warned on Thursday, with the El Niño weather pattern expected to generate hotter and drier conditions across large swathes of the...
Australia Revamps Cybersecurity Protections After Port Cyberattack
Nov 22 2023 // Australia will undertake an economy-wide revamp of its cybersecurity protections including revised data laws, mandatory reporting and a new nationwide cyber council in response to several significant hacks targeting...
DP World Attack ‘Stark Reminder’ About Prioritizing Cyber Spend: Australia Watchdog
Nov 21 2023 // Australia’s markets regulator wants companies and directors to prioritize cyber resilience, warning it will take action against businesses that fail to make reasonable investments to protect themselves. Australian...
Australian Telco Optus’ CEO Quits After Massive Network Outage and Cyber Attack
Nov 20 2023 // The head of Australia’s second-largest telco Optus resigned on Monday, cutting short a more than three-year tenure marred by a massive network-wide outage and one of Australia’s largest data breaches. Parent...
