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.
- ASX set to rise as Wall Street hits records - SMH 22/7/25
- Unity push ahead of Chalmers’ economic summit - Age 22/7/25
- Australia to miss out on tax top-up from multinationals as Trump ends OECD reform - ABC 22/7/25
- AI data centres need round-the-clock energy and could be more power-hungry than we think - ABC 22/7/25
- Why is the Prime Minister gaslighting Australians on North West Shelf? - New Daily 21/7/25
- ASX set to fall, Wall Street takes a breather; $A steady - SMH 21/7/25
- Green iron didn't dominate headlines during Albanese's China trip, but it was a key discussion with Xi - ABC 21/7/25
- How Chalmers can square the budget circle despite stagnant productivity - Age 21/7/25
- The Nationals’ net zero bomb threatens to fracture the Liberals’ decades-old alliance – permanently - Guardian 21/7/24
- As more Australians save, banks are cutting interest rates for deposits faster than the RBA’s official cash rate - Guardian 20/7/25
- The long climb: Disaster for Coalition in new opinion poll as Albanese builds on record win - Age 20/7/25
- As more Australians save, banks are cutting interest rates for deposits faster than the RBA’s official cash rate - Guardian 20/7/25
- After yet another election, Tasmanians are left wondering what the point of it was - The Conversation 20/7/25
- Xi whiz! Australia’s finally maturing as an international player - SMH 19/7/25
- The debt burden stalking Aussies in retirement - New Daily 19/7/25
- BHP boosts ASX to record high; Mesoblast rockets 35 per cent - Age 18/7/25
- ASX set to rise as Wall Street sets record; $A lower - SMH 18/7/25
- Traders shrug off Fed worries to send Wall St to fresh records - ABC 18/7/25
- Why a surprise jump in unemployment isn’t as bad as it sounds - The Conversation 17/7/25
- Oops. Did the Reserve Bank get that last rate decision wrong? - Age 17/7/25
- Reserve Bank should put its models in the bin and join the real world - New Daily 17/7/25
- ASX set to rise, Wall Street rattled as Trump says he has discussed firing Fed chief - Age 17/7/25
- Albanese's China visit was predictable — and a stark contrast to Donald Trump's chaos - ABC 17/7/25
- Albanese is being pressured to choose Trump or Xi. Why not both? - SMH 17/7/25
- Trump's US dollar assault is fuelling CBA's rise - Firstlinks 16/7/25
- ASX set to fall as inflation surprise sends Wall Street lower; Nvidia jumps - SMH 16/7/25
- Wall Street stumbles as US inflation jumps, ASX set to fall - ABC 16/7/25
- Trump wants us to spend a bomb on defence. We should think twice - Age 16/7/25
- No more card surcharges: what the Reserve Bank’s proposed changes mean for your wallet - The Conversation 15/7/25
- ASX set to rise, Wall Street advances amid doubts about Trump’s tariffs - Age 15/7/25
- Australia’s great leap forward: China opportunity makes Trump tariffs look like ‘a pimple on the bum of the iron ore trade’ - SMH 15/7/25
- How Australia's superannuation system subsidises the wealthy - ABC 15/7/25
- Treasury warns the government it may not balance the budget or meet its housing targets - The Conversation 14/7/25
- Engaging China doesn’t have to mean betting the farm - New Daily 15/7/25