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☆ Sydney Metro Expands, Opening to Celebrity-Level Fanfare
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Yan Zhuang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

This week’s issue is written by Yan Zhuang, an Australian reporter in the Seoul bureau (who is very excited about the metro). A key segment of Sydney’s new metro train line opened early on Monday with a level of fanfare usually associated with celebrity appearances or pop concerts. The new section, which connects Sydenham, an inner-west neighborhood of Sydney, to Chatswood, in the north, runs under the city’s business district and crosses under the Harbor Bridge. It is the second part of the metro project to open, after a northern section that started operating in 2019. The news media covered the opening in breathless terms.

Persons: Yan Zhuang, David Levinson, marveled, “ Organizations: University of Sydney, ABC, ” Broadcasting, New Locations: Australia, Australian, Seoul, Sydney, Sydenham, Chatswood, “, New South Wales

☆ Rhiannon Hoyle — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Rhiannon Hoyle | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Rhiannon HoyleRhiannon Hoyle is a reporter for the The Wall Street Journal in Australia, where she mostly writes about mining and commodities. Her stories explore the way mining affects industry, communities and the environment, and how investment decisions by mining executives can ripple through global markets.She also writes about broader economic and geopolitical issues affecting the region, including trade, diplomatic relations and defense. Rhiannon joined the Journal's Australia bureau in 2012 following a two-year stint in its London office, where her reporting focused on the global metals trade. She was previously chief reporter at a construction-industry magazine, also in London. Rhiannon started her journalism career at the Advertiser in Adelaide, Australia.

Persons: Rhiannon Hoyle, Rhiannon Hoyle , Rhiannon, Rhiannon Organizations: Street, Australia , Journal's Locations: Australia, Journal's Australia, London, Adelaide

☆ Culling, Curfews and Caps: Australia ‘Declares War’ on Its Cat Problem
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Yan Zhuang | More About Yan Zhuang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Invasive species are the biggest drivers of biodiversity loss in Australia, a new United Nations report found this week. And feral cats are the most invasive in the country’s landscape, killing an estimated two billion animals per year, according to Australia’s environment minister, Tanya Plibersek. This isn’t exactly new — the Australian government also declared war on feral cats back in 2015 — but the recent proposal contains some new elements. Should local governments have more opportunity to restrict the ownership of cats in their area?’” Ms. Plibersek told local news media yesterday.

Persons: Tanya Plibersek, Plibersek Organizations: United Locations: Australia, United Nations, —

☆ Australia's central bank leaves its key rate unchanged, says inflation 'passed its peak'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Jihye Lee | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

David Gray | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesAustralia's central bank held its official cash rate steady at 4.10% in a closely watched decision Tuesday. Economists were split on expectations ahead of the decision, with 16 out of 31 respondents surveyed by Reuters forecasting a hike of 25 basis points and 15 expecting the central bank to hold. Stocks cheered the move as the central bank said inflation in the economy has "passed its peak." He added that the central bank will continue to closely monitor developments in the global economy, household spending trends and inflation forecasts. The central bank's decision to hold rates steady was to "assess" the effects of the multiple rate hikes so far, according to IG's Australia market analyst Tony Sycamore.

Persons: David Gray, Stocks, RBA, Philip Lowe, Lowe, Tony Sycamore, —, Sycamore Organizations: Sydney Opera House, Getty, Reuters, U.S ., Australia Bureau, Statistics, CNBC Locations: Australia

☆ It’s Called Eurovision. So Why Is Australia Part of It?
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-12 | by ( Yan Zhuang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Eurovision is usually held in the country that won the previous year, but Liverpool, England, is hosting the competition on behalf of last year’s champion, Ukraine. Voyager has a lot riding on its performance, given this is the last year Australia is guaranteed to compete in Eurovision. While Australia is not the only non-European country to compete in Eurovision — Israel made its debut in 1973 — it is certainly the most distant. Since Australia started participating in 2015, fans and commentators alike have wondered: Why does a country on the other side of the world participate in what is ostensibly a European song contest?

☆ Cyclone Gabrielle heads toward Australia's Norfolk Island, New Zealand
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Renju Jose | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/David GraySYDNEY, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Residents in Australia's Norfolk Island and in New Zealand braced for heavy rain and gales over the weekend from Cyclone Gabrielle, with authorities also warning of hazardous surf conditions and strong winds along Australia's east coast. "It is looking like making a direct hit at Norfolk Island," Australia Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Jonathan Howe told ABC television. "We might see the centre of the tropical cyclone pass directly over Norfolk Island." Norfolk Island, an Australian territory 1,500 km (930 miles) east of Sydney, covers just over 34 square km (13 square miles) in the Pacific Ocean, between New Caledonia and New Zealand. Australia's mainland will not be significantly impacted though some eastern coastal areas may experience large waves and strong winds.

☆ What’s in Our Queue? ‘Heartbreak High’ and More
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Damien Cave | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

What’s in Our Queue? ‘Heartbreak High’ and MoreLisa Tomasetti/NetflixI’m The Times’s Australia bureau chief. I’ve got a 12-year-old and a 13-year-old at home in Sydney, where summer break means incessant debate over what to watch, listen to and check out live. Here are five things we’ve been shouting about lately →

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