Current Australian News and Views
Provided below are a selection of recent Australian newspaper and magazine articles, largely of a financial nature, designed to provide expatriates and others overseas with a curated, snapshot view of current Australian economic, and broader, issues. Also see our Blog on current issues impacting Australian expats.
- ASX set to rise ahead of jobs data, Wall Street higher as US launches bond buyback; Moderna rockets 177% on cancer trial results - Age 20/8/26
- $2 trillion of debt and climbing – Australia’s great big IOU is getting bigger - SMH 20/8/26
- Business leaders urge focus on skills not numbers in migration debate - ABC 20/8/26
- Australia’s drop in real wages is a disaster. But the profits of major corporations are doing just fine - Guardian 20/8/26
- Five charts that explain what’s really happening with housing - Age 20/8/26
- Testamentary trusts have secured the CGT exemption - Firstlinks 20/8/26
- ASX set to dip, Wall Street slumps as AI stocks fall - SMH 19/8/26
- AUSTRAC uncovers 'coordinated mortgage fraud', ASX to fall for sixth day in a row - ABC 19/8/26
- Global borrowing costs hit fresh highs on oil, AI and inflation - BBC 19/8/26
- Crackdown unveiled on harmful superannuation practices - New Daily 19/8/26
- Long‑awaited gambling reform bill is an improvement, but does not go nearly far enough to reduce harm - The Conversation 18/8/26
- Red alert: This chart says Wall Street is ready to crash - Age 18/8/26
- ASX mixed in early trade as BHP, CSL rally, big four banks decline - SMH 18/8/26
- Why the Kiwi and Canadian property bubbles burst and what we can learn - ABC 18/8/26
- ‘Copper is the engine’: Red metal bonanza fuels BHP’s dividends - Age 18/8/26
- Why a vote on taxing California’s billionaires is being watched around the world - The Conversation 18/8/26
- Origin Energy hack traced to Accenture's Manila call centre - ABC 18/8/27
- Why most homeowners don’t need to lose sleep over negative equity - The Conversation 17/8/26
- Using super for deposits would just put more fuel under house prices - New Daily 17/8/27
- ASX lower as JB Hi-Fi, NAB slump on results - SMH 17/8/26
- How migration and construction reform created a housing crisis - ABC 17/8/26
- Betting against the bank. ‘Widow-maker’ trades are making a comeback - Age 17/8/26
- Exclusive poll shows nearly half of respondents defecting from Victorian Labor. What do these voters care about? - The Conversation 17/8/26
- No, immigration hasn’t ‘killed the Australian dream of home ownership’ - New Daily 16/8/26
- Air is coming out of the housing bubble. Is now the time for first home buyers? - Age 16/8/26
- Labor quietly pauses working holidaymaker visas as stoush over backpackers brews - SMH 15/8/26
- ASX’s worst week since April; financial stocks dip, miners down - SMH 14/8/26
- ‘A costly mistake’: new review finds giving WA billions in extra GST was unfair to other states - The Conversation 14/8/26
- ASX slides as CBA, Rio and Telstra fall; ANZ, Origin and Cleanaway jump - SMH 14/8/26
- Near Australia, energy companies eye untapped gas in the 'Saudi Arabia of the Pacific' - ABC 14/8/26
- Is Australia’s buy now, pay later boom at an end? - Guardian 14/8/26
- ASX slides as energy stocks, Telstra fall; ANZ, Origin and Cleanaway gain - SMH 13/8/26
- Australia’s biggest aluminium smelter gets $2.5bn bailout package from federal and NSW governments - Guardian 13/8/26
- How much is a job worth? At Tomago, it’s $2.5 million in taxpayer cash - Age 13/8/26
- Isn’t it amazing what a policy that actually tackles the cause of outrageous house prices can do? - Guardian 13/8/26
- Australian inflation still well above the RBA's target - Firstlinks 12/8/26
- ASX slides after Wall Street retreats; CBA rebounds, AGL rallies - SMH 12/8/26
- Commonwealth Bank home loan applications fall 15pc since May, profit up to $10.9b - ABC 12/8/26
- Why the Aussie dollar is climbing back towards a 36-year high against the yen - The Conversation 12/8/26
- When CBA chief expects first-home buyers to return - Age 12/8/26