How China’s regional leadership changes offer clues to the future of the Communist Party

Victorian Premier Ben Carroll has kicked off his party’s election campaign with the biggest health commitment to date.

The final Australian MotoGP Grand Prix at Phillip Island was cancelled at the last minute due to heavy rain and severe weather.

A deluge of heavy rain and wild winds has arrived in Victoria after a week of warm weather.

Victorians face below-average spring temperatures and alpine snow flurries before conditions improve ahead of Melbourne Cup Day.

A tech-powered 2000s revival represents the biggest nostalgia boom yet.

The China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has expressed interest in financing projects in the Northern Metropolis mega development, Hong Kong’s finance chief has said. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po also told the media on Sunday that global finance leaders had set aside their political differences during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) finance ministers’ meeting held in Hong Kong last week and reached a consensus on promoting digital infrastructure, employment...

About 1 million employees in Hong Kong will be allowed to move their entire Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) balance to a different provider once a year under the “full portability” arrangement, effective from December 21 for the first phase of implementation. The Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority, which manages the city’s mandatory pension plans, said on Sunday that the “full portability” arrangement would be carried out in two phases to ensure a smooth and orderly implementation. In a...

Hong Kong’s major property developers are shifting investment in mainland China from residential projects to commercial assets, including hospitality, as weak home sales and fewer attractive investment opportunities prompt them to focus on existing properties, recurring income and debt reduction. “In recent years, after we recycled the capital from our projects, we haven’t really found many good opportunities on the mainland,” Stephen Ng, chairman and managing director of Wharf Holdings, said at...

The Minns government continues to sit on a three-year-old review of the short-term stay industry amid growing concerns.

Australian-British production company See-Saw Films has big plans after French entertainment giant Mediawan bought 51 per cent last year.

Hong Kong’s regulator for in vitro fertilisation (IVF) has referred a case to law enforcement agencies after a mainland Chinese influencer was suspected of offering to bring non-local surrogate mothers of LGBTQ parents to give birth in the city. Tan Zubiao, also known as berlinsun, had set up a company in the city and advertised on social media commercial surrogacy services for LGBTQ couples, according to Hong Kong media. Tan and his foreign husband, who have two children through surrogacy, were...

The shooting outside a boxing event in Loganholme critically injured a young innocent bystander, with three others hospitalised.