News about Australia

SYDNEY (Nov 12): Bushfire danger across the Australian State of New South Wales (NSW) remained at an all time high on Tuesday morning, with authorities closing hundreds of schools at risk and warning all residents to prepare for the worst, Xinhua news agency reported.

BANGKOK (Nov 5): The Australian government is hoping Malaysia will drop conditions imposed on rare earth company Lynas Malaysia Sdn Bhd operating in Gebeng, Kuantan.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 30): Ninety per cent of Malaysians are looking to emigrate for better career opportunities and work-life balance, according to Randstad’s latest survey.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): Australia's Lynas Corp is reportedly resisting making a compensation claim against Malaysian authorities over the matter of costly operating restrictions.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 21): The government’s move to impose stricter conditions to be met by the rare earth mining company, Lynas Malaysia Sdn Bhd (Lynas) for the extension of its operating licence, is aimed, among others, at ending the production of radioactive residue in the future.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 2): Gamuda Bhd will buy a 50% stake in Martinus Rail Pty Ltd under a planned collaboration to bid for some A$20 billion (about RM56 billion) worth of construction projects in Australia.

Gamuda Bhd (Sept 30, RM3.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 26): As part of its 2025 growth plan, the Lynas Advanced Materials Plant in Pahang is to relocate the first stage of its operations — cracking and leaching — to Western Australia as announced on May 21 this year.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 14): UEM Sunrise Bhd’s agreement with Ascendas Hospitality Trust to sell the service apartment component of the former’s Aurora Melbourne Central mixed development in Melbourne, Australia has fallen through.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 6): Lynas Corporation Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the city of Kalgoorlie-Boulder in Australia for a review and due diligence of potential sites for its new cracking and leaching plant.