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 edge up as Wall Street drifts higher; Bitcoin hits record - SMH 21/11/24
- With Chinese tourism numbers down, Australia is using cricket to target visitors from India - ABC 21/11/24
- Australia took its interest rate medicine – and it has poisoned our living standards - Guardian 21/11/24
- Australia’s $230 billion Future Fund encouraged to invest in housing, energy transition, infrastructure - The Conversation 20/11/24
- Woolies strike threatens Christmas supplies - New Daily 20/11/24
- ASX set to slip, Nvidia boosts Wall Street - SMH 20/12/24
- Business insolvencies hit four-year high as price pressures squeeze hospitality and construction sectors - ABC 20/11/24
- Cbus board appointments prompts tough talk from APRA - ABC 20/11/24
- Older Australians spend big thanks to home ownership, while younger citizens struggle - New Daily 19/11/24
- ASX set to rise, Tesla rallies on Wall Street after Trump talk boosts Nasdaq - ABC 19/11/24
- Australian goldminer to pay Mali $160m to free detained CEO and executives - Guardian 19/11/24
- How Wall Street and the Fed could derail Trump’s MAGA plans - SMH 18/11/24
- The Coalition will block the student caps bill. Brace yourself for more uncertainty over international students - The Conversation 18/11/24
- Value for money? Choice ranks Aldi, Coles and Woolworths’ home insurance - New Daily 18/11/24
- ASX set to slide as Wall Street stumbles - SMH 18/11/24
- Memo to RBA: If wages growth isn’t the problem, then what is? - Age 18/11/24
- Cbus super fund investigation shines a light on red flags in the $4 trillion super industry - ABC 18/11/24
- Australian businesses selling essential goods and services to be forced to accept cash payments - Guardian 18/11/24
- Labor is stuck in a Senate quagmire. It has two weeks to find a way out - Guardian 17/11/24
- Housing Australia: Denser cities, or spread to urban fringe and regions? - New Daily 17/11/24
- Why Australia is lagging the pack on rate cuts - ABC 16/11/24
- Trump’s green energy snub could be Australia’s power - New Daily 16/11/24
- ASX closes higher, while another economist pushes back rate cut expectations to May - ABC 15/11/24
- ‘Mad rush’: Unis block foreign applications amid record student arrivals - SMH 15/11/24
- ASX set to rise, Wall Street slides - Age 15/11/24
- Anxious Singapore urges Trump to stay engaged in South-East Asia - SMH 15/11/24
- Push to overhaul unfair strata contracts that favour managers to better protect apartment owners - ABC 15/11/24
- Steady Australian unemployment rate makes near-term interest cut unlikely - Guardian 14/11/24
- ASIC’s lawsuit against Cbus has put the big super funds on notice - The Conversation 14/11/24
- ASX set to rise after Wall Street wavers between fear and optimism - SMH 14/11/24
- Investors flock to high-growth property markets as more first-time buyers turn to rentvesting - New Daily 14/11/24
- ASX set to rise as super funds face Senate scrutiny over customer treatment - ABC 14/11/24
- It’s time for the RBA to admit its fears of a wage-price spiral were misguided – and cut interest rates - Guardian 14/11/124