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.
- Wong raps China over live-fire drills off Australia - New Daily 22/2/25
- ASX ends poor week with another loss, CBA slumps; Nine, Domain surge - SMH 21/2/25
- ASX set to rise, Wall Street takes Walmart hit; $A jumps - SMH 21/2/25
- ‘We’re not out of the woods yet’: Kmart owner says rate cut not enough to entice shoppers - Age 21/2/25
- Industry backs Labor plans for 'pseudo-nationalisation' of Whyalla - ABC 21/2/25
- The RBA is cutting interest rates and unemployment is at historic lows. This is not supposed to be happening - Guardian 20/2/25
- ‘Wilful act of bastardry’: Henry condemns tax system for crushing young Australians - SMH 20/2/25
- Grattan on Friday: Dutton doesn’t pull his punches on Trump while Albanese plays it safe - The Conversation 20/2/25
- The case of Australia’s missing family-size apartments - New Daily 20/2/25
- ASX set to fall, Wall Street mixed; Tesla rival files for bankruptcy - Age 20/2/25
- Life is a (productivity) highway, and Australia is stuck in second gear - SMH 20/2/25
- Cryptocurrency 'horror scenarios' and lack of competition in Australian aviation are worrying the ACCC boss - ABC 20/2/25
- ACCC boss still ‘very concerned’ about supermarket pricing practices - Guardian 20/2/25
- What we know so far about the dramatic Whyalla Steelworks administration - New Daily 19/2/25
- Official interest rates have been cut, but not everyone is a winner - The Conversation 19/2/25
- ASX set to dip, Wall Street treads water; Meta streak ends - SMH 19/2/25
- Why the Reserve Bank poured cold water on future interest-rate-cut expectations - ABC 19/2/25
- Victorian parents paying more for private school than any other state - Age 19/2/25
- Will Albanese opt for an April election now that a rates cut has him breathing more easily? - New Daily 18/2/25
- Miserly 'as-good-as-it-gets' rate cut puts heat on Albanese to trigger election soon - ABC 18/2/25
- Bullock follows rate cut with a bucket of cold water - SMH 18/2/25
- Interest rate updates: Reserve Bank cuts interest rates to 4.1 per cent after 13 rate hikes - ABC 18/2/25
- ASX set to open higher on RBA day; Defence stocks jump in Europe - Age 18/2/25
- Albanese’s election plans hinge on rate cut for mortgage belt - SMH 18/2/25
- Crunch time for borrowers as RBA unveils rate call - New Daily 18/2/25
- RBA expected to give mortgage holders ‘breathing capacity’ on interest rates - Guardian 18/2/25
- Australia building half as many homes for every hour worked compared with 30 years ago, Productivity Commission finds - Guardian 17/2/25
- Wall Street's mixed session to drive down ASX despite market betting on RBA rate cut - ABC 17/2/25
- ASX set to retreat, Wall Street mixed - Age 17/2/25
- Slow home building holds back Australia as Reserve Bank meets to consider rates cut - SMH 17/2/28
- Economists less confident of a RBA rate cut than the share market - New Daily 17/2/25
- Forget Trump’s tariffs, the president’s bond market threat is worse - Guardian 16/2/25
- Fears Australia’s GST could be next target in Trump’s reciprocal tariff threat - Guardian 15/2/25