https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AOadk_Iaw6k/rebecca-jones RSS for Node Sat, 09 May 2026 12:07:13 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-12-18/bondi-crime-scene-reopens-woodside-ceo-quits-australia-briefing https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-12-18/bondi-crime-scene-reopens-woodside-ceo-quits-australia-briefing Thu, 18 Dec 2025 22:12:17 GMT Mourners gather near the site of the mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. Australia will consider toughening gun laws after a father and his son killed 15 people in the nation’s deadliest terror attack, opening fire on members of the Jewish community who were celebrating the start of Hanukkah at Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach on Sunday evening. Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-03/westpac-ceo-s-upbeat-tone-on-consumers-shows-tough-job-for-rba https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-03/westpac-ceo-s-upbeat-tone-on-consumers-shows-tough-job-for-rba Mon, 03 Nov 2025 09:16:02 GMT Anthony Miller, chief executive officer of Westpac Banking Corp., during a luncheon organized by the Trans-Tasman Business Circle in Sydney, Australia, on Wednesday, July 30, 2025. Miller signaled his support for speeding up the process of building houses in Australia as part of reforms to revive the country’s moribund productivity performance. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-12/explained-australia-s-new-tax-on-big-superannuation-balances https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-12/explained-australia-s-new-tax-on-big-superannuation-balances Thu, 12 Jun 2025 04:23:46 GMT People sit on a bench at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. Australia plans to enshrine an objective of superannuation in legislation as part of its agenda to maximize the benefits of the nations pension system, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said in a statement on Nov. 16. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-10/what-trump-s-tariff-blitz-means-for-australian-stocks-mortgages-and-inflation https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-10/what-trump-s-tariff-blitz-means-for-australian-stocks-mortgages-and-inflation Thu, 10 Apr 2025 03:12:23 GMT A news ticker displays tariff news on the News Corp. building in New York, US, on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. Five days after President Donald Trump's America-versus-the-world trade war threw stock and bond markets around the world into disarray, he backpedaled and, in the process, pulled the financial system back from the brink. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-05/reserve-bank-of-new-zealand-governor-adrian-orr-resigns https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-05/reserve-bank-of-new-zealand-governor-adrian-orr-resigns Wed, 05 Mar 2025 00:44:48 GMT Adrian Orr, governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ), speaks during a news conference in Wellington, New Zealand, on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. New Zealand’s central bank cut interest rates by 50 basis points for the third straight meeting to help revive the ailing economy and signaled more easing in coming quarters. Photographer: Mark Coote/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-12-19/bloomberg-s-essential-australia-finance-stocks-and-economy-reading-list https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-12-19/bloomberg-s-essential-australia-finance-stocks-and-economy-reading-list Thu, 19 Dec 2024 21:13:24 GMT Visitors at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. Australian household sentiment declined this month as concerns mounted about the new omicron variant of coronavirus in the nation's recently re-opened eastern states of New South Wales and Victoria. Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-08/nuno-matos-to-succeed-shayne-elliott-as-anz-ceo https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-08/nuno-matos-to-succeed-shayne-elliott-as-anz-ceo Sun, 08 Dec 2024 20:32:40 GMT Nuno Matos Photographer: Paul Yeung/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-11-07/introducing-the-bloomberg-australia-podcast https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-11-07/introducing-the-bloomberg-australia-podcast Thu, 07 Nov 2024 05:48:10 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-08-15/an-indigenous-voice-in-australian-parliament-is-long-overdue https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-08-15/an-indigenous-voice-in-australian-parliament-is-long-overdue Mon, 15 Aug 2022 21:00:39 GMT EAST ARNHEM, AUSTRALIA - JULY 29: Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese walks with Yolngu community during Garma Festival 2022 at Gulkula on July 29, 2022 in East Arnhem, Australia. The annual Garma festival is held at Gulkula, a significant ceremonial site for the Yolngu people of northeast Arnhem Land about 40km from Nhulunbuy on the Gove peninsula in East Arnhem. The festival is a celebration of Yolngu culture aimed at sharing culture and knowledge which also brings politicians and Indigenous leaders together to discuss issues facing Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This year is the first time the festival has been held since 2019 following a two-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Tamati Smith/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-05/djokovic-s-vaccine-exemption-for-australian-open-stokes-anger https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-05/djokovic-s-vaccine-exemption-for-australian-open-stokes-anger Wed, 05 Jan 2022 03:33:27 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-26/new-zealand-covid-cases-more-than-double-over-holiday-break https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-26/new-zealand-covid-cases-more-than-double-over-holiday-break Sun, 26 Dec 2021 01:46:19 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-25/new-south-wales-cases-jump-more-u-s-flights-cut-virus-update https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-25/new-south-wales-cases-jump-more-u-s-flights-cut-virus-update Sat, 25 Dec 2021 23:01:09 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-24/australia-s-biggest-state-hits-covid-19-record-on-christmas-day https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-24/australia-s-biggest-state-hits-covid-19-record-on-christmas-day Fri, 24 Dec 2021 23:36:42 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-01/kate-jenkins-behind-respect-work-sexual-harassment-report-bloomberg-50-2021 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-01/kate-jenkins-behind-respect-work-sexual-harassment-report-bloomberg-50-2021 Wed, 01 Dec 2021 10:03:12 GMT Kate Jenkins https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-02/melbourne-learns-to-go-hard-and-early-with-lockdowns-chart-kpfx3uvg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-02/melbourne-learns-to-go-hard-and-early-with-lockdowns-chart-kpfx3uvg Wed, 02 Jun 2021 20:23:59 GMT A passenger waits at a tram stop during a lockdown in Melbourne, Australia, on Friday, May 28, 2021. Melbourne, the Australian city that's already endured one of the world's longest and most stringent lockdowns, is ordering residents to stay home for the fourth time since the pandemic began as the return of infections tests the country's zero-tolerance approach to the virus. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-16/australia-s-sexism-protests-create-momentum-for-corporate-change https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-16/australia-s-sexism-protests-create-momentum-for-corporate-change Fri, 16 Apr 2021 03:51:57 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-05/how-workplace-sexism-is-roiling-australian-politics-quicktake https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-05/how-workplace-sexism-is-roiling-australian-politics-quicktake Mon, 05 Apr 2021 19:00:00 GMT People attend a protest against sexual violence and gender inequality in Melbourne on March 15, 2021. (Photo by William WEST / AFP) (Photo by WILLIAM WEST/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-25/women-in-australia-are-a-generation-away-from-equality-on-pay https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-25/women-in-australia-are-a-generation-away-from-equality-on-pay Thu, 25 Mar 2021 13:01:00 GMT Commuters walk up a flight of stairs at Martin Place in the central business district of Sydney, Australia, on Monday, June 18, 2018. Australia is riding out a huge gamble on property. The bet: 27 years of recession-free economic growth—during which Sydney home prices surged fivefold—would continue unabated and allow borrowers to keep servicing their debt. Photographer: Lisa Maree Williams/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-15/protests-signal-a-reckoning-in-australia-s-struggle-with-sexism https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-15/protests-signal-a-reckoning-in-australia-s-struggle-with-sexism Mon, 15 Mar 2021 07:46:04 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-03/australian-attorney-general-porter-denies-1988-rape-claim https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-03/australian-attorney-general-porter-denies-1988-rape-claim Wed, 03 Mar 2021 04:14:23 GMT