<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Ben Westcott - Australia Government Reporter]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ben Westcott - Australia Government Reporter]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AVmRUBH3adI/ben-westcott</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Ben Westcott - Australia Government Reporter</title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AVmRUBH3adI/ben-westcott</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2025 05:30:13 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2025 BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AVmRUBH3adI/ben-westcott.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Qantas Earnings Jump As Flight Demand Stays Strong]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-27/qantas-earnings-australia-stocks-nvidia-revenue-australia-briefing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-27/qantas-earnings-australia-stocks-nvidia-revenue-australia-briefing</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Westcott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 23:17:07 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iMnjOS7PXGuE/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iMnjOS7PXGuE/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>An Airbus A380-800 operated by Qantas Airways Ltd. at Sydney Airport in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. Qantas Airways is scheduled to release earnings figures on Aug. 29. Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australia Partly Pauses US Parcel Deliveries After Trump Changes]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-25/australia-partly-pauses-us-parcel-deliveries-after-trump-changes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-25/australia-partly-pauses-us-parcel-deliveries-after-trump-changes</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Westcott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2025 22:52:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Super Funds Play Catch-Up in Wall Street Tech Rally]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-20/super-funds-rbnz-new-labubus-australia-briefing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-20/super-funds-rbnz-new-labubus-australia-briefing</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Westcott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 22:41:37 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iBSJX0CGkujc/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iBSJX0CGkujc/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Microsoft branding. Photographer: Adam Gray/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Western Australia Wheat Outlook Improves Dramatically After Rain]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-15/western-australia-wheat-outlook-improves-dramatically-after-rain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-15/western-australia-wheat-outlook-improves-dramatically-after-rain</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Westcott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Westpac Profit Edges Higher on Loan Growth]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-13/westpac-profits-australia-bonds-green-hydrogen-australia-briefing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-13/westpac-profits-australia-bonds-green-hydrogen-australia-briefing</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Westcott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 22:46:22 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iCA2CS8_qu2k/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iCA2CS8_qu2k/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A Westpac Banking Corp. logo attached to the facade of the bank&apos;s head office in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on Friday, May 6, 2022. Westpac’s first-half profit topped analyst estimates as costs continued to decline, offsetting ongoing competition in mortgages and business lending. Photographer: Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treasury Wine Warns on China Drinking Shift as Profits Rise]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-13/treasury-wine-warns-on-china-drinking-shift-after-profits-rise</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-13/treasury-wine-warns-on-china-drinking-shift-after-profits-rise</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Westcott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 00:37:01 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iMnu5Zc8pH4M/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iMnu5Zc8pH4M/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A bottle of Penfolds wine.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soybean Futures Fall After Trump Extends Trade Truce With China]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-12/soybean-futures-fall-after-trump-extends-trade-truce-with-china</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-12/soybean-futures-fall-after-trump-extends-trade-truce-with-china</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Westcott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 04:05:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soybeans Jump as Trump Urges China to Quadruple US Buying]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-11/trump-says-he-hopes-china-buys-four-times-as-much-us-soybeans</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-11/trump-says-he-hopes-china-buys-four-times-as-much-us-soybeans</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hallie Gu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 03:47:12 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i42F4WBiCL3U/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i42F4WBiCL3U/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Record Meat Prices Fuel Fresh Worries for Food Inflation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Australia’s cattle herd is booming, but it’s not enough to offset a global shortfall of beef.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-08/record-meat-prices-fuel-new-worries-for-food-inflation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-08/record-meat-prices-fuel-new-worries-for-food-inflation</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Westcott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 11:00:30 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i4AYEGJd0BrY/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i4AYEGJd0BrY/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A Murray Grey cow stands with a mixed herd of beef cattle on a farm near Kyneton in rural Victoria, Australia, in 2009. Australia is the world&apos;s second-largest beef exporter.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hong Kong Sees Record Rainstorm Warnings as Deluge Hits City]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-05/hong-kong-commute-disrupted-by-fourth-black-rain-alert-in-a-week</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-05/hong-kong-commute-disrupted-by-fourth-black-rain-alert-in-a-week</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Hui]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 00:45:27 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iCHMMoEAVlnc/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iCHMMoEAVlnc/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A pedestrian crosses a road during heavy rainfall in Hong Kong on Aug. 5. Photographer: Yik Yeung-man/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australia-China Relations Face Foreign Interference Test]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-04/foreign-interference-charges-super-battery-whyalla-bid-australia-briefing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-04/foreign-interference-charges-super-battery-whyalla-bid-australia-briefing</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Westcott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 22:40:29 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ivMVb2CBaIWM/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ivMVb2CBaIWM/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Australian Federal Police badge Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images) Photographer: Scott Barbour/Getty Images AsiaPac</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shanghai Faces Deluge After at Least 30 Die in Beijing Flood]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-29/rain-kills-30-in-beijing-as-xi-urges-efforts-to-protect-lives</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-29/rain-kills-30-in-beijing-as-xi-urges-efforts-to-protect-lives</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 00:22:45 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/il93nVpn36Cs/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/il93nVpn36Cs/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Submerged residential buildings after heavy rains on the outskirts of Beijing on July 28. Photographer: JADE GAO/AFP</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australia, India Likely to Expand Free Trade Pact, Minister Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-25/australia-india-likely-to-expand-free-trade-pact-minister-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-25/australia-india-likely-to-expand-free-trade-pact-minister-says</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Westcott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 04:32:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Hails Australia’s Move to Ease US Beef Curbs in Trade Thaw]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-25/trump-hails-australia-s-move-to-ease-us-beef-curbs-in-trade-thaw</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-25/trump-hails-australia-s-move-to-ease-us-beef-curbs-in-trade-thaw</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kate Sullivan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 00:59:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australia’s Wheat Outlook Shows Little Improvement Despite Rain]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-24/australia-s-wheat-outlook-shows-little-improvement-despite-rain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-24/australia-s-wheat-outlook-shows-little-improvement-despite-rain</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Westcott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2025 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iKyWm_rzbabE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iKyWm_rzbabE/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Wheat is loaded onto a bulk carrier at the Port of Geelong in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, on Friday, March 4, 2022. Wheat soared to the highest level since 2008 on mounting fears of a global shortage as the Ukraine war shuts off over 25% of the world’s exports of the staple used in everything from bread to cookies and noodles.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Macquarie CFO Harvey to Step Down]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-07-23/macquarie-cfo-to-leave-fortescue-climate-ruling-australia-briefing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-07-23/macquarie-cfo-to-leave-fortescue-climate-ruling-australia-briefing</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Westcott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 23:00:20 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i8_9CBkmQuqc/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i8_9CBkmQuqc/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Macquarie Group Ltd. logo on a door at the company&apos;s headquarters in Sydney, Australia, on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. Macquarie Group has completed an A$686 million share purchase to help fund bonus and profit share payments to employees. Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australia to Lift Import Curbs on US Beef to Pacify Trump]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-23/australia-plans-to-lift-import-curbs-on-us-beef-to-pacify-trump</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-23/australia-plans-to-lift-import-curbs-on-us-beef-to-pacify-trump</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Westcott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 22:39:50 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iDM0TvgXwOiM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iDM0TvgXwOiM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Cattle in a feed lot at a ranch in Blanchard, Oklahoma, U.S., on Thursday, December 2, 2021. The United States Department of Agriculture is expected to release weekly beef production figures on December 10.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australia’s Growing Algal Crisis in South Devastates Marine Life]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-21/australia-s-growing-algal-crisis-in-south-devastates-marine-life</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-21/australia-s-growing-algal-crisis-in-south-devastates-marine-life</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Westcott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2025 07:02:57 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/irz5ubylyh2U/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/irz5ubylyh2U/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 13: A Male Snapper washes up on Glenelg Beach on July 13, 2025 in Adelaide, Australia. A toxic algal bloom has washed dead and dying sea creatures along the South Australian coastline since mid March and was first detected on the state’s Fleurieu Peninsula and Kangaroo Island. The ecological disaster is killing large swathes of marine life across a wide range of species, including dolphins, sharks and rare marine species not often observed. (Photo by Tracey Nearmy/Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rio’s Iron Ore Output Recovers As Prices Top $100]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-07-16/rio-tinto-cash-payments-trump-s-powell-call-australia-briefing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-07-16/rio-tinto-cash-payments-trump-s-powell-call-australia-briefing</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Westcott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 22:39:11 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ihswjExP0wjQ/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ihswjExP0wjQ/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A fixed plant at Rio Tinto Group&apos;s Gudai-Darri iron ore mine site in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. Rio Tinto Group, BHP Group Ltd. and Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. produce almost two-thirds of the world’s seaborne iron ore from Western Australia, and margins remain enviable. For the first time in a generation, though, the specter of disruption looms over mining’s most reliable profit generator. Photographer: Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Western Australia Set for Smaller Wheat Crop After Poor Rainfall]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-11/western-australia-set-for-smaller-wheat-crop-after-poor-rainfall</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-11/western-australia-set-for-smaller-wheat-crop-after-poor-rainfall</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Westcott]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i7EP4MzMrh6A/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i7EP4MzMrh6A/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Wheat loaded onto a bulk carrier at the Port of Geelong in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. 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