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Earth moving equipment work at the site of Fortescue Metals Group's Christmas Creek iron ore operations in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, June 17, 2014.
Operations
Miner Reveals $6.2 Billion Carbon Plan
The company is the world's fourth-largest iron ore producer.
September 20, 2022
Greenpeace supporters demonstrate outside the Federal Court in Sydney, Wednesday, June 2, 2021. Australia's largest electricity generator on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, largely lost its court case alleging that the environmental group Greenpeace had breached copyright and trademark laws by using its logo in a campaign that described the company as the nation's 'biggest climate polluter.'
Regulation
Greenpeace Wins Australian Court Case Against Power Company
The Greenpeace campaign used AGL's logo as an acronym for 'Australia's Greatest Liability.'
June 8, 2021
In this Oct. 12, 2020 photo, a worker heads into the JBS meatpacking plant in Greeley, Colo.
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Largest Meat Producer Getting Back Online After Cyberattack
The cyber breach could contribute to already rising meat prices.
June 2, 2021
Protesters rally outside the Rio Tinto office after the destruction of Australian Indigenous sacred sites in Perth.
Operations
Rio Tinto CEO Leaves
The mining giant concluded there was "no single root cause or error that directly resulted in the destruction of the rock shelters."
September 11, 2020
In this Feb. 26, 2015, file photo, a Qantas 737 plane maneuvers behind another 737 parked at a gate at Sydney Airport in Sydney. Qantas on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2019, said it had found cracking in one 737, following calls from the US Federal Aviation Administration for all airlines to check their fleets of the aircraft.
Safety
3 Boeing 737s Grounded Over Cracks
The hairline crack was found in one of eight bolts in the so-called pickle fork assembly in each of the three planes.
November 1, 2019
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Woman Deported Over Smuggled Pork
Countries remain fearful of the African Swine Fever plaquing much of Asia.
October 15, 2019
This Jan. 12, 2019, photo captured by a Mobile Phone Detection Camera and released by Transport for NSW shows a driver using a mobile phone while driving in Australia. Australian state New South Wales is attempting to persuade the public to put down their smartphones while driving by rolling out cameras to prosecute distracted motorists. New South Wales Roads Minister Andrew Constance said on Monday, Sept. 23, 2019, Australia’s most populous state was the first jurisdiction in the world to use such technology to punish drivers distracted by social media, text messages or phone calls. The government intends to roll out 45 Mobile Phone Detection Cameras across the state by December, he said.
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New Technology Can Catch Drivers on Phones
Road safety experts are alarmed at the growing prevalence of accidents involving drivers using smartphones.
September 23, 2019
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VW to Pay Up To $87M For Scandal
The exact amount will depend on how many owners of the affected 100,000 Volkswagen, Audi and Skoda diesel vehicles join the class action.
September 16, 2019
Empty shelves, normally stocked with strawberry punnets, are seen at a Coles Supermarket in Brisbane. Public fears about sewing needles concealed inside strawberries on supermarket shelves have spread across Australia and New Zealand as growers turn to metal detectors and the Australian government launches an investigation to restore confidence in the popular fruit.
Safety
Needle-in-Strawberry Scare Spreads
Sewing needles concealed inside strawberries on supermarket shelves have spread across Australia and New Zealand.
September 17, 2018
In this May 24, 2018, photo, Jiang Hui whose mother was on board the missing Malaysia airplane MH370 speaks to journalist about Texas-based company Ocean Infinity's search in Beijing, China. Australia said Tuesday that it was holding out hope that Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 would one day be found, as the last search by Ocean Infinity of the seabed in the remote Indian Ocean where the plane was believed to have been lost was scheduled to end Tuesday.
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Co. Hopes to Search Again After MH370 Fail
Ocean Infinity said the search would soon end after covering more than 143,000 square miles of remote ocean floor.
May 29, 2018
In this May 23, 2013 file photo, a banner is displayed at a Ford dealership in Sydney. Ford Motor Co.’s Australian subsidiary was fined 10 million Australian dollars ($7.6 million) by an Australian court on Thursday, April 26, 2018, for mishandling customer complaints about faulty automatic transmissions in thousands of cars.
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Ford Fined for Mishandling Complaints
The Federal Court ordered the $10 million penalty for "unconscionable conduct."
April 26, 2018
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Chairman Rod Sims talks about a compulsory recall order of 2.7 million cars fitted with defective Takata air bags, in Canberra, Australia, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018. Australia issued a compulsory recall for cars fitted with defective air bags in an effort to lift the auto industry's mixed efforts to fix the fault blamed for multiple deaths around the world.
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Australia Makes Takata Recall Mandatory
It's an effort to lift the auto industry's mixed efforts to fix the fault blamed for at least 23 deaths around the world.
February 28, 2018
Australia Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull walks in front of military trucks during a visit to Thales Underwater Systems in Sydney, Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. The government announced a new strategy to boost Australia into the ranks of the top 10 defense industry exporting countries within a decade through arms sales to liked-minded nations and with safeguards to keep weapons out of the hands of rogue regimes.
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Australia Focuses on Defense Exports
The push to increase Australian defense manufacturing jobs came after General Motors Co. in October became the last automaker to quit building Australian cars.
January 29, 2018
In this Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018 image made from a video provided by Westpac Little Ripper, a yellow flotation device is dropped from a flying drone toward two teenagers caught in a riptide in heavy seas off the Australian coast. A flying drone has dropped the flotation device to the pair in what officials describe as a world-first rescue. They were about a kilometer (0.6 mile) from lifeguards who were about to start training with the new drones, equipped with a camera, rescue gear and six rotors.
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World's First Drone Rescue Saves Two Teens
The kids were caught in a riptide.
January 19, 2018