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.
- The world is changing rapidly. Albanese needs to follow suit - SMH 3/10/26
- Australian shares limp ahead to end four-week losing streak - Age 2/10/26
- Commonwealth Bank boss says Reserve Bank rate hikes probably finished - ABC 2/10/26
- ASX eyes gains after rocky night on markets; Oil prices climb - SMH 2/10/26
- Businesses finding workarounds to recoup surcharge fees banned by Reserve Bank - ABC 2/10/26
- Are Australians really overtaxed? It depends what you think government should do - The Conversation 2/10/26
- First home buyers with big loans among those most at risk of falling into negative equity, RBA warns - Guardian 1/10/26
- ATO says 1,149 large companies paid no tax as it scrutinises AI firms - ABC 1/10/26
- House prices in freefall for sixth straight month - New Daily 1/10/26
- Donald Trump’s war on the world faces a lethal blow - Age 1/10/26
- ASX set to slide, Wall Street falls late as bond market ramps up pressure - SMH 1/10/26
- Australian house prices drop for sixth straight month and more falls expected - ABC 1/10/26
- Inflation lifts to 4.0% in August, keeping pressure on the RBA for another rate rise - The Conversation 30/9/26
- Billion-dollar losses but worth $2.9 trillion? The mind-boggling maths of AI - Age 30/9/26
- ASX set for a slow start ahead of inflation data; stocks slip on Wall Street - SMH 30/9/26
- Labor defends economic record following interest rate hike - ABC 30/9/26
- To avoid another rate rise, things might have to get worse - Age 30/9/26
- RBA's fourth rate hike has borrowers feeling the squeeze - ABC 30/9/26
- Government takes early action to protect ‘legacy’ technology systems against AI breaches - The Conversation 30/9/26
- Coalition’s primary vote sinks to lowest ever as majority support hardline immigration ideas - Guardian 30/9/26
- Interest rates decision live: RBA hikes cash rate to 4.6 per cent in fourth rate rise of 2026 - ABC 29/9/26
- These rate hikes will hit harder than 2023, and the PM can’t spend his way out of it - SMH 29/9/26
- ASX to open flat ahead of RBA rate call; Wall Street wobbles as bonds spike - Age 29/9/26
- The RBA has no choice but to hike rates as US currency crown slips - ABC 29/9/26
- Near-record tax take, rising rates: Chalmers blames war as RBA hike looms - SMH 29/9/26
- Further interest rate hikes could ‘devastate’ property market without easing unaffordability - Guardian 29/9/26
- Australia’s legacy systems were already a cyber risk. AI agents are raising the stakes - The Conversation 28/9/26
- ASX set for a flat start to the week ahead of RBA’s rate decision - SMH 28/9/26
- Chalmers to announce $6b budget boost as interest rates set to hit 15-year high - Age 28/9/26
- Trump's war, migration cuts and AI pull interest rates in all directions - ABC 28/9/26
- China’s economy is changing rapidly. It’s no longer Australia’s easy export market - The Conversation 28/9/26
- Why the RBA is ‘happy’ unemployment is rising, and what that means for rates - New Daily 27/9/26
- Bond yields at two-decade highs in largest market correction in generations - ABC 27/9/26