News about Australia

SYDNEY (Sept 4): Australian police have charged a property developer for allegedly paying A$4.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 6): The Australian police have charged a man for allegedly bribing a Malaysian government official to secure the sale of a student accommodation in Melbourne, the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) reported yesterday.

PETALING JAYA (Aug 5): Australian rare earths miner Lynas Corp is eyeing to construct a waste treatment facility in Malaysia in early 2021, reported Reuters.

SYDNEY (Aug 4): Australia’s second-most populous state Victoria will deploy military personnel to enforce Covid-19 isolation orders.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 2): The Australian state of Victoria has declared a state of disaster following a rapid rise in Covid-19 cases, the BBC reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 7): The border between Victoria and New South Wales, Australia’s two most populous states, will be closed as Covid-19 cases continue to climb in the Victorian capital of Melbourne, reports say today.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 19): UEM Sunrise Bhd has acquired a prime development site at Collingwood, Melbourne, Australia for A$43 million (RM126 million) from Jowett Properties, the developer announced today.

SYDNEY: Property developer EcoWorld International (EWI) has completed its maiden project West Village at Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia and has started the handover of the homes to owners in the first week of June.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 22): Liew Chin Tong has called on the government to consider emulating Australia to compel Google and Facebook to pay media outlets for news content, Malaysiakini reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 20): A Malaysian and Singaporean, both students in a university in Melbourne, have become victims of a racist attack, the Singapore-based The New Paper reported today.