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Australian airline Qantas reveals cyberattack stole customer information.
(MENAFN) On Wednesday, Australian airline Qantas revealed that a cyberattack has likely compromised a large volume of customer information. The Qantas Group explained in a statement that on Monday, a cybercriminal accessed a third-party platform...

Extreme Weather Cuts Power, Disrupts Flights Across Southeastern Australia
(MENAFN) Heavy rain and fierce winds have plunged thousands of Australians into darkness, while flight disruptions have spread across the state of New South Wales, media reported on Wednesday. The central and southern coastal areas of New South...

Man gets rushed to hospital due to Australia’s floods
(MENAFN) A man has been rushed to the hospital with critical injuries as heavy rain and strong winds caused flooding and damage across Australia’s east coast. On Tuesday, a severe storm swept across the coast of New South Wales (NSW), prompting...

EBC Financial Group Deepens Community Bonds with Donations to Klong Toey Foundation for Slum Child Care
Through meals, supplies, and meaningful engagement, EBC Financial Group strengthens its mission of growing together with society. THAILAND, July 2, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As part of its mission to foster a more compassionate and inclusive...

EBC Financial Group Deepens Community Bonds with Donations to Klong Toey Foundation for Slum Child Care
Through meals, supplies, and meaningful engagement, EBC Financial Group strengthens its mission of growing together with society. THAILAND, July 2, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As part of its mission to foster a more compassionate and inclusive...

EBC Financial Group Deepens Community Bonds with Donations to Klong Toey Foundation for Slum Child Care
Through meals, supplies, and meaningful engagement, EBC Financial Group strengthens its mission of growing together with society. THAILAND, July 2, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As part of its mission to foster a more compassionate and inclusive...

$15 billion awarded to local businesses through government procurement
Release date: 02/07/25 The Malinauskas Labor Government’s commitment to looking local first has seen South Australian businesses awarded more than $15 billion of new procurement contracts since coming to government in 2022. Between 1 July 2024 and...

PharmStars Announces the First Startup from Australia to Graduate from its Accelerator Program: Preview Health
PharmStars, the pharma-focused accelerator for digital health startups, announces the graduation of Preview Health, the first Australian startup in the program. BOSTON, MA, UNITED STATES, July 2, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- PharmStars, the...

Synchronisation and beyond: enabling the next wave of financial innovation − speech by Victoria Cleland
Our strategy for our renewed RTGS service RT2 Wholesale payments are the lifeblood of financial markets, which themselves play an essential role in enabling investment and economic growth. At the Bank, we are taking a keen interest in how emerging...

Australian Government Eases Entry Into Property Market for First-Home Buyers
MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, July 1, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Starting 1 July 2025, first-home buyers will benefit from updates to the Housing Australia Guarantee, an initiative designed to make entering the property market easier. This...

Femasys Achieves Australian and New Zealand Regulatory Approvals for FemaSeed® for First-Line Infertility Treatment and FemVue Diagnostic
-- Milestone expands global reach and reinforces commitment to accessible, first-line infertility solutions -- ATLANTA, July 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Femasys, Inc., (Nasdaq: FEMY), a leading biomedical innovator addressing significant unmet...

Australia Calls on Citizens to Depart Iran as Ceasefire Holds
(MENAFN) Australia renewed its call on Monday for citizens in Iran to depart "if it is safe to do so," as the ceasefire between Tehran and Israel continues to hold. The nation's Foreign Ministry issued a fresh advisory, noting that “international...

Australian Band Supports Pro-Palestinian Acts
(MENAFN) Australian pub rock group Amyl and the Sniffers have voiced backing for British musical acts that expressed pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli military sentiments during shows at the Glastonbury music festival, according to local reports...

Australia Defends Current Defense Spending Plan
(MENAFN) Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday stood firm in support of the nation’s military expenditure blueprint, resisting demands from the Trump administration to boost it to 3.5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), as...

Australia witnesses its highest-ever number of prisoners
(MENAFN) Australia is witnessing its highest-ever number of prisoners, with figures continuing to climb, as nearly half of those incarcerated remain unsentenced, according to official statistics highlighted by a local news outlet. In recent years,...

Australia Reaffirms Defense Budget Plans
(MENAFN) Australia declared on Thursday that it would maintain its current defense expenditure goals, resisting demands from U.S. President Donald Trump, who has been urging allied nations to decrease their dependence on Washington, according to...

Australia’s Prison Population Soars to Unprecedented Level
(MENAFN) Australia’s prison population has surged to an unprecedented level and continues to climb, with nearly half of all inmates still awaiting sentencing, according to official statistics highlighted by a local broadcaster on Sunday. In recent...

Australia's Inmate Population Rises
(MENAFN) The number of individuals incarcerated across Australia has reached its highest point ever and continues on an upward trajectory, with nearly half of these detainees yet to be sentenced, according to a news agency on Sunday, citing...

Sydney Protest Targets Australian Firm Supplying Arms to Israel
(MENAFN) Five individuals were detained during a pro-Palestine demonstration in Sydney that escalated into violence at an Australian firm linked to arms support for Israel, according to an official statement. The protest took place outside SEC...

Allarity Therapeutics Receives Australian Patent Acceptance Notice for Stenoparib DRP® Companion Diagnostic
TARPON SPRINGS, Fla., June 30, 2025 -- Allarity Therapeutics, Inc. (“Allarity” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: ALLR), a Phase 2 clinical-stage pharmaceutical company dedicated to developing stenoparib—a differentiated, dual PARP and WNT pathway...