Best Read Australia Headlines
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#1 Cyclone Forces Australian Evacuations as Brisbane Braces for Hit
Mar 5 2025 // Millions of Australians are bracing for a direct hit from a tropical cyclone heading toward the nation’s third-biggest city, with the storm already forcing evacuations and closing ports and schools throughout...
#2 Companies ‘Paralyzed’ as Australia Plans Tough Climate Rules
Jul 30 2024 // Australia’s plans to introduce stringent rules on climate disclosures are driving up concerns among businesses about compliance in one of the world’s biggest per-capita emitters. More than 6,000 companies...
#3 Musk Calls Australian Government ‘Fascists’ Over Misinformation Law
Sep 16 2024 // Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X, on Friday [Sept. 13] called Australia’s center-left government “fascists” over proposed legislation to slap fines on social media firms for failing to prevent...
#4 Australia Braces for Rare Cyclone to Hit Busy East Coast
Mar 4 2025 // A large swathe of Australia’s east coast is preparing for strong winds and life-threatening flooding from a tropical cyclone that’s forecast to make landfall north of the nation’s third-largest city....
#5 Australia’s Iron Ore Hub Faces Strongest Cyclone Since 2007
Feb 13 2025 // Australia’s iron ore hub is bracing for the strongest cyclone to hit the region since at least 2007, threatening port facilities and big mines operated by companies including Rio Tinto Group and BHP Group. Severe...
#6 Australia Sues Insurer QBE Over Pricing Discounts, Shares Slip
Oct 23 2024 // Australia’s corporate regulator is taking QBE to court, alleging that the country’s biggest insurer by gross written premiums misled more than half a million customers about discounts on various products during...
#7 Ardonagh to Acquire Australia’s PSC Insurance Group for A$2.3 Billion
May 8 2024 // Ardonagh Group, the London-based independent insurance distribution platform, announced it has agreed to acquire Australia’s PSC Insurance Group Ltd., in a deal valued at A$2.3 billion (US$1.5 billion). PSC is a...
#8 Australian Homeowners Struggling to Afford Insurance as Climate Risks Grow: Report
Aug 26 2024 // Home insurance is becoming unaffordable for a growing number of Australian households as increased climate threats drive up their premiums, potentially putting billions of dollars in mortgage loans at risk, a report said...
#9 Powerful Tropical Cyclone Zelia Hits Australia’s Iron Ore Hub
Feb 14 2025 // Tropical Cyclone Zelia made landfall on Australia’s west coast on Friday, the weather bureau said, lashing the world’s largest iron ore hub with heavy rain and wind gusts up to 290 kph (180 mph). The eye of the...
#10 Update: Australia’s QBE More Than Doubles First-Half Profit, but Misses Estimates
Aug 9 2024 // Australia’s QBE Insurance Group on Friday reported a more than twofold jump in its first-half profit, boosted by higher income from premiums, but missed analysts’ view, sending its shares to over a six months...
#11 MS Amlin Opens Australia Branch, Taps Aon Re Exec as Head of Australia, New Zealand
Mar 31 2025 // MS Amlin, the Lloyd’s global re/insurer, announced the opening of an Australian branch office in Sydney, subject to Lloyd’s approval. Leading the branch office is Matt Botfield who has been named head of...
#12 Australia Outback Lashed by Year’s Worth of Rain in Week, With Many Livestock Killed
Apr 1 2025 // Australia’s remote outback in western Queensland has been swamped by flooding after being lashed with a year’s worth of rainfall in a week, sweeping away tens of thousands of livestock. Up to 500 millimeters...
#13 Australia Braces for Life-Threatening Floods as Six Storms Brew
Jan 31 2025 // Six storms around Australia and its territories are expected to strengthen in the coming days, with one system likely to trigger life-threatening flooding in the nation’s north and three others with at least a...
#14 Cyclone Alfred to Cost Australia’s Budget A$1.2B, Hit Growth and Increase Inflation
Mar 17 2025 // Cyclone Alfred will cost Australia’s March 25 budget at least A$1.2 billion [US$759 million], hit growth and put pressure on inflation, Treasurer Jim Chalmers says. In a Tuesday speech previewing the budget, Chalmers...
#15 Australia’s Qantas to Pay $79M to Settle Flight Cancellation Case
May 7 2024 // Australia’s Qantas Airways agreed to pay A$120 million ($79 million) to settle a regulator lawsuit over the sale of thousands of tickets on already canceled flights, in an attempt to end a reputational crisis that...
#16 Australia Braces for Worsening Bushfires as National Park Burns
Dec 23 2024 // Fire restrictions are in place across the Australian state of Victoria as one of its most popular national parks burns and officials warn of potentially “catastrophic” conditions in some areas over Christmas. A...
#17 Cyclone Zelia Strengthens Off Australia’s Major Iron Ore Hub
Feb 12 2025 // Tropical Cyclone Zelia has strengthened off Western Australia and is expected to cross the coast on Friday near the nation’s major iron ore export hub, bringing heavy rain and damaging wind gusts. Zelia is forecast...
#18 Allianz, IAG Said to Mull Bids for Top Western Australia Insurer
Feb 5 2025 // Insurance firms Allianz SE and Insurance Australia Group Ltd. are among parties considering bidding for Western Australia’s top insurer, according to people familiar with the matter. Allianz and IAG are mulling the...
#19 People Moves: Liberty Mutual Re Taps Aon’s De La Mare to Lead New Australia/New Zealand Unit; H.W. Kaufman London Names AIG’s Greensmith to Lead Int’l Portfolio
Jul 18 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Liberty Mutual Re and H.W. Kaufman Group London. A summary of these new hires follows here. Liberty Mutual Re Taps Aon’s De La Mare to Lead...
#20 Australia Urges Residents in Northeast to Evacuate on Flood Risk
Feb 3 2025 // Australian officials urged residents in the northeastern city of Townsville and adjacent areas to evacuate as torrential rains raised the risk of a flood disaster in the area. Some parts of the north in Queensland state...
