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 snapshot view of current Australian economic, and broader, issues. Also see our Blog on current issues impacting Australian expats.
- Wall Street closes in the red after volatile trade, ASX may slip - ABC 16/4/25
- Wall Street’s whipsaw points to fall on ASX - Age 16/4/25
- Aussies shun US as Trump slump, dollar dive slow travel - New Daily 16/4/25
- Russia has long had interest in Indonesia. Australia must realise its partners may have friends we don’t like - The Conversation 15/4/25
- Trump has successfully blown up the global trading system - SMH 15/4/25
- Wall Street rises as tariff exemptions boosts tech stocks, ASX to follow - ABC 15/4/25
- Trump’s gut tells him he’s got China on the ropes. He couldn’t be more wrong - SMH 15/4/25
- In a trade war with the US, China holds a lot more cards than Trump may think - New Daily 15/4/25
- New US tariffs on semiconductors coming 'over the next week', Donald Trump says - ABC 15/4/25
- US sees biggest drop in Australian visitors since Covid as travellers avoid Trump’s America - Guardian 15/4/25
- Productivity reform has been put in the too-hard basket for years. Here’s why leaders leave it alone - The Conversation 14/4/25
- Petrol prices to tumble further amid turmoil on global oil market - Age 15/4/25
- ASX set to rise after Wall Street rally on Fed's assurances - ABC 14/4/25
- China halts critical mineral, magnet exports as trade war intensifies - SMH 14/4/25
- This election is one of the worst I’ve seen. Here’s the one thing we can do to fix Australian politics - Age 14/4/25
- What Australia must do now the postwar trading system is under siege from Trump’s America - New Daily 14/4/25
- Are Donald Trump's tariffs destroying America's 'exorbitant privilege'? - ABC 13/4/25
- Voters have a clear choice. Labor’s long term and equitable tax reform or the Coalition’s big but one-off tax cuts - The Conversation 13/4/25
- Trump to exclude electronics such as smartphones and laptops from tariff list - SMH 13/4/25
- Albanese outlines $10bn plan to build 100,000 homes as Dutton pledges one-off $1,200 tax offset - Guardian 12/4/25
- 'This is China's attitude': Chinese netizens mock US tariffs with memes - ABC 11/4/25
- ASX closes in the red after Wall Street tumbles on US-China tensions - Age 11/4/25
- Australia is staring down rising unemployment and supersized rate cuts as Trump’s decisions hit home - ABC 11/4/25
- China says US stands to become ‘a joke in the history of the world economy’ - SMH 11/4/25
- Australian with working visa detained and deported on returning to US from sister’s memorial - Guardian 11/4/25
- ASX set to drop at open after Wall Street falls on Trump tariff worries - ABC 11/4/25
- ASX set to fall as Wall Street tumbles on escalating US-China tensions - Age 11/4/25
- Trump’s tariffs on China are actually 145 per cent, White House clarifies - SMH 11/4/25
- This chart explains why Trump backflipped on tariffs. The economic damage would have been huge - The Conversation 10/4/25
- Australian shares rebound after Trump tariff U-turn - New Daily 10/4/25
- Wall Street surges as Trump pauses tariffs, S&P 500 up 9.5pc, ASX to soar - ABC 10/4/25
- Trump ‘pauses’ most tariffs but hits China harder in stunning reversal - SMH 10/4/25
- Full list of Trump’s tariffs: a country-by-country look after the 90-day pause - Guardian 10/4/25
- Five years after trade war with Australia, Beijing wants to ‘join hands’ to resist Trump - Age 10/4/25
- Trump’s tariffs could push Australia into recession town. So why is the RBA waiting until May to meet? - Guardian 10/4/25
- Here’s how a ‘silent’ tax hike is balancing the budget – with the heaviest burden on the lowest paid - The Conversation 10/4/25
- Australia’s median home value has increased by about $230,000 in past five years, data shows - Guardian 9/4/25
- Modelling reveals full impact of Trump’s ‘liberation day’ tariffs – with US hit hardest - ABC 9/4/25
- ASX set to fall after Wall Street’s rally is wiped out as Trump confirms 104pc China tariffs - SMH 9/4/25
- What do tariffs and the market turmoil mean for interest rates? - ABC 9/4/25
- Trump’s trade chief admits US ‘running up the score’ with tariffs on Australia - Age 9/4/25
- Bringing manufacturing back from overseas isn’t an easy solution to Trump’s trade war - The Conversation 9/4/25