Emily Cadman

Just days after Didi Global Inc., China’s version of Uber, pulled off a $4.4 billion initial public offering in New York, the Chinese cyberspace regulator effectively ordered it removed from app stores in its home market, citing security risks. The ruling doesn’t stop the company from operating -– its half-billion or so existing users will still be able to order rides for now. Still its shares fell in New York below its IPO price on July 6 as China said it’s increasing supervision and revising r

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Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers promised the government would deliver a “responsible” budget to avoid stoking further inflationary pressures in the economy.

Australia’s energy minister has ruled out a ban on new coal mines as part of the country’s overhaul of climate policy.

Australia is on track to cut its greenhouse emissions by 42% below 2005 levels by 2030, Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen said, citing new projections that will be released formally this week.

Australia’s government will introduce legislation this week to facilitate the largest overhaul of the central bank in a generation, including setting up a separate governance board and scrapping the treasurer’s power to reverse policy decisions.

Australia will ban the live export of sheep by sea from May 2028, and help those impacted by the decision to adjust, Agriculture Minister Murray Watt said.

The Australian government has promised to spend billions on housing programs as it tries to appease mounting voter angst about a chronic shortage of homes.