December 8th, 2008 at 5:48 pm » Comments (0)

The Australian government delivered more than A$8 billion (US$5.3 billion) in cash payments to families and pensioners to stop the nation from sliding into recession. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has ...more »

December 1st, 2008 at 4:52 pm » Comments (0)

Inflation in Thailand, South Korea and Australia plunged in November in sync with a global retreat, giving central banks room to slash interest rates to soften the blow from the ...more »

November 11th, 2008 at 3:48 pm » Comments (0)

The Australian Government will commit up to A$22 million in emergency funding to ensure that the nation's largest childcare operator ABC Learning Centres stays open, at least until the end ...more »

October 28th, 2008 at 9:16 pm » Comments (0)

India, Malaysia and Thailand face the highest political and social risk among Asia-Pacific countries in 2009, mainly because of internal instability, a political risk consultancy said. India's highest risk score of ...more »

October 7th, 2008 at 5:45 am » Comments (0)

Australia's central bank surprised Asian investors on Tuesday, aggressively slashing its benchmark interest rate by the biggest amount in 16 years, sparking hopes that a coordinated round of easing by ...more »

September 3rd, 2008 at 1:09 pm » Comments (0)

Australia's economy grew just 0.3 percent in the June quarter, official data showed Wednesday, marking an annual growth rate of 2.7 percent and adding to mounting evidence a slowdown is ...more »