Jane Wardell

Millionaire entrepreneur and Internet plan key in Australian election

December 24, 2018 at 10:12 a.m.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A popular millionaire technology entrepreneur behind the Australian opposition's flagship revised plan for a national high-speed internet service is a not-so-secret weapon in Saturday's federal election. Malcolm...

In Australia, manufacturing’s not dead, just changing

August 24, 2021 at 7:20 p.m.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - At a bright, airy plant in the outer suburbs of Sydney, large automated machines hiss quietly as they create motherboards for stereo video microphones that will be...

Australia election threatens shape of $34 billion broadband plan

August 24, 2021 at 6:14 p.m.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The future of an ambitious project to connect almost all Australia's far-flung inhabitants to high-speed internet, the largest infrastructure enterprise in the country's history, is hanging on...

Geeks oust miners among Australia’s new rich as boom fades

August 24, 2021 at 5:17 p.m.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - In a country synonymous with larger-than-life mining tycoons and Outback heroes, the geeks are quietly inheriting the earth. As coal magnate Nathan Tinkler, the poster boy for...

Geeks oust miners among Australia’s new rich as boom fades

May 14, 2019 at 4:54 a.m.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - In a country synonymous with larger-than-life mining tycoons and Outback heroes, the geeks are quietly inheriting the earth. As coal magnate Nathan Tinkler, the poster boy for...

Australia eyes Buddha and baccarat to lure Chinese tourists

May 14, 2019 at 4:52 a.m.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's coastal Wyong region outside Sydney, a pretty stretch of pristine beaches and wildlife-filled wetlands, isn't high on the travel agenda of most Chinese tourists. But the...

Australia eyes Buddha and baccarat to lure Chinese tourists

August 24, 2021 at 4:59 p.m.

Asia’s low fertility trap opens opportunities in IVF market

May 14, 2019 at 4:51 a.m.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A looming crisis in Asia as women delay giving birth, leading to low fertility rates that have dire implications for economic growth, is opening huge opportunities for...

Australian police arrest senior member of LulzSec hacking group

August 24, 2021 at 1:23 p.m.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Federal Police have arrested the self-proclaimed leader of the international hacking group LulzSec, the collective that claimed responsibility for infiltrating and shutting down the CIA website....

Apple blames record labels, film studios for high Australian prices

August 24, 2021 at 6:19 a.m.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Apple Inc blamed "old-fashioned" record companies, film studios and TV networks for the inflated prices Australians pay compared with U.S. consumers for digital downloads, as it defended...

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