Jason Scott

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  • Fake gold bars piled up in Clermont-Ferrand France on March 25 2025. (Photo by Romain Costaseca / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP) (Photo by ROMAIN COSTASECA/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    Gold rises above $3,100 for first time as U.S. levies boost havens

    By Bloomberg, Jason Scott, and others
  • SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – JUNE 27: A passenger leaves a taxi and walks into the Sydney domestic airport Virgin terminal on June 27, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. Lockdown restrictions have come into effect across Great Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the Central Coast and Wollongong as NSW health authorities work to contain a growing COVID-19 cluster. From 6pm on Saturday, all residents in areas subject to stay-at-home orders are only permitted to leave their homes for essential reasons, including purchasing essential goods, accessing or providing care/healthcare, work, education and exercise. The restrictions will remain in place until midnight on Friday 9 July. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)International

    Australia to cut international arrivals by half as it battles delta-variant outbreak

    By Georgina Mckay, Jason Scott, and others
  • SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – JUNE 28: A worker is seen pushing a trolley through the usually bustling Pitt Street Mall on June 28, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. Lockdown restrictions continue across Great Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the Central Coast and Wollongong as NSW health authorities work to contain a growing COVID-19 cluster. From 6pm on Saturday 26 June, all residents in areas subject to stay-at-home orders are only permitted to leave their homes for essential reasons, including purchasing essential goods, accessing or providing care/healthcare, work, education and exercise. The restrictions will remain in place until midnight on Friday 9 July. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)International

    Sydney’s delta variant outbreak puts ‘COVID-zero’ Australia on high alert

    By Jason Scott, Georgina Mckay, and others
  • Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne Visits New ZealandInternational

    ‘Unreasonable and provocative:’ China slams Australia’s cancellation of Belt and Road deal

    By Jason Scott and Bloomberg
  • SYDNEY, Feb. 11, 2021 — Sydney Opera House in red light is seen at Sydney harbour, Sydney, Australia, on Feb. 11, 2021. A red light on Sydney Opera House ignition ceremony was held as Chinese Lunar New Year falls on Friday.Tech

    Australia passes law forcing Facebook, Google to pay for news

    By Angus Whitley, Jason Scott, and others
  • Lockdown Restrictions Lift In Melbourne As Victoria's COVID-19 Cases Continue To DeclineInternational

    A city offers harsh lessons after emerging from one of the world’s longest lockdowns

    By Sybilla Gross, Jason Scott, and others
  • Thick smoke from bushfires fills the air in eastern Gippsland on January 02, 2020, Australia. The HMAS Choules docked outside of Mallacoota this morning to evacuate thousands of people stranded in the remote coastal town following fires across the areaEnvironment

    As Wildfires Ravage Australia, Tourists In Coastal Towns Struggle to Evacuate

    By Jason Scott, Edward Johnson, and others
  • cargo cranes on The Port of DalianInternational

    China Restricts Australian Coal Imports in Likely Retaliation to Huawei 5G Ban

    By Jason Scott, Dan Murtaugh, and others
  • Prime Minister Scott Morrison Press ConferenceInternational

    Australia’s Parliament Was Hacked By a ‘Sophisticated State Actor’

    By Jason Scott and Bloomberg