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The $2.1 million fine levied against National Australia Bank for overcharging about 5700 customers with account fees is “woefully insufficient”, a Federal Court judge says.

Week three of the 2023 Rugby World Cup will be defined by four fascinating games, and once again Australia will be the most crucial one of them when the Wallabies take on Wales in Lyon on Monday at 5am AEST. For the army of close to 30,000 Australian supporters descending upon France’s gastronomic capital, they probably weren’t expecting that the third match of a potential seven would already be, in effect, a live or die affair.

Canberra Airport’s chief has blasted Qantas, accusing it of mistreating its staff and customers, and breaching contract conditions as he called for heavier regulation to finally bring the national carrier “to heel”.

The warmer El Nino summer will help the country’s largest insurers keep a lid on catastrophe costs after severe storm events cost some $10.5 billion in damage over the past three years during an extended La Nina pattern.

By Byron Kaye

G20 meeting earlier this month. A Financial Times report said, people close to the development during the G20 meeting cited, “Several members of the Five Eyes — an intelligence-sharing network that includes the U.S., the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand — raised the June killing in British Columbia of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh separatist leader, with Modi." The leaders intervened at the G20 summit after Canada urged its allies to raise the case directly with Modi, the newspaper reported. However, White House did not immediately respond to the report.

Indian stock market indices are expected to open lower Friday tracking weakness in global peers amid worries over interest rates staying higher for longer that sent treasury yields soaring. Asian markets traded lower, while the US stock markets ended with steep losses overnight. The domestic benchmark equity indices witnessed an all-round selloff on Thursday with the Nifty 50 and Sensex ending in the negative territory for the third consecutive session.

Justin Trudeau reiterated his concerns over India's involvement in the death of Khalistani leader Hardeep Nijjar. However, these claims remain unsubstantiated, with no concrete evidence presented by the Canadian government despite claiming to have 'credible reasons' for making the allegations. According to reports from CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) released overnight, Canada's government allegedly claimed to have collected a trove of intelligence over several months concerning Nijjar's demise.

Investing.com-- Most Asian stocks moved in a flat-to-low range on Friday as markets continued to fret over rising interest rates, while Japan’s Nikkei tumbled amid uncertainty before a Bank of Japan meeting. 

(Reuters) -The Australian Federal Court has fined the country's second-biggest lender National Australia Bank (NAB) (AX:NAB) a penalty of A$2.1 million ($1.4 million) for wrongfully charging customers periodic payment fees, the securities regulator said on Friday.

US Fed’s hawkish stance in its policy meeting. «Uncertain global cues and persistent selling by FIIs are likely to keep markets under pressure in the near term. It would be better to prefer defensive sectors for some time until the market stabilizes,» said Siddhartha Khemka, Head — Retail Research, Motilal Oswal Financial Services. Here's breaking down the pre-market actions:STATE OF THE MARKETSGIFT Nifty (Earlier SGX Nifty) signals a positive startGIFT Nifty on the NSE IX traded lower by 30.5 points, or 0.16 per cent, at 19,692.50, signaling that Dalal Street was headed for positive start on Friday.

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia on Friday recorded a final budget surplus of A$22.1 billion ($14.2 billion) for the year to June 2023, five times earlier estimates, as strong jobs growth and bumper mining profits helped the country post the first surplus in 15 years.

Labour unions and Chevron have agreed to a compromise deal put forward by an industrial umpire, spelling the end to more than two weeks of work stoppages that threatened to disrupt LNG exports from Western Australia.

SYDNEY (Reuters) — An Australian union has agreed to accept proposals from the country's industrial arbitrator to end disputes at Chevron (NYSE:CVX)'s two local liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects, and will likely call off strikes, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday.

By Dawn Chmielewski and Helen Coster

Indian Navy, US aerospace manufacturer Boeing has said that the expanded fleet will result in an economic impact of $1.5 billion to the domestic industry in the next decade. The Indian Navy currently operates a fleet of 12 P8I aircraft that are tasked with carrying out long-range maritime patrols in areas of interest extending from the Gulf of Aden to the Sunda strait in Indonesia. The aircraft, equipped with anti-submarine warfare as well as the capability to attack surface ships, are often used in coordination with friendly navies like the US and Australia. Top Boeing executives said that talks are on with the Indian Navy to extend the fleet to 18 aircraft, with additional features. “Boeing has already generated a substantial economic impact amounting to $1.7 billion to support the current P8I aircraft fleet in service with the Indian Navy. We see an expanded fleet bringing in another $1.5 billion,” Dan Gillian, vice president, Boeing Defence said. The US-based company said that it is looking to create more partnerships in India to add value to its global programs, and several Indian companies are now an active part of its international supply chain. “As we respond to the Indian Navy's need for more P8I aircraft, we're actively looking to enhance engineering, manufacturing, and sustainment capabilities in India, for India, and the world, benefiting both Indian and global customers,” Salil Gupte, president of Boeing India said.

National Investigation Agency on Thursday released pictures of 10 accused and sought information about them from the public. Once the perpetrators are identified, look out notices will be issued against them, said officials. According to the NIA, the case was registered after an attack on the Indian consulate in the US city during the intervening night of March 18-19 when some pro-Khalistan entities allegedly trespassed into the consulate and tried to burn it down. The same day, Khalistani supporters, raising slogans, had broken through the makeshift security barriers raised by the San Francisco Police and put up two so-called Khalistani flags on the consulate premises, damaged the building and assaulted and injured the officials, said an NIA in a statement. On the July 1-2 night, some accused persons trespassed into the consulate and attempted to set it on fire while officials were inside the building, it said. The NIA initiated a probe into the matter after registering a case on June 16 under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act.

Australia’s major banks – also the biggest in New Zealand – hit back at accusations from the NZ competition regulator that they are gouging Kiwi customers, defending their returns as being in line with other NZ companies and global lenders and reflective of the growth of the NZ economy that relies on their lending.

AustralianSuper might be trying to spoil Brookfield’s $18.7 billion takeover offer for Origin Energy, but it’s business as usual at the Canadian infrastructure giant.

Rupert Murdoch is stepping down as leader of both Fox’s parent company and his News Corp. media holdings

London | When Rupert Murdoch, the ultimate powerbroker and insider, used his retirement note to rail against “elites” and their “open contempt for those who are not members of their rarefied class”, it underlined a contradiction that has stalked him for more than half a century.