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 for bright start, Wall Street edges up; Trump Media surges on crypto deal - SMH 26/3/25
- Trump is everywhere in the budget, but you won’t find his name - Age 26/3/25
- The $17b tax cut no-one saw coming leads a pre-election budget where everyone's a winner - ABC 25/3/25
- A ‘modest’ tax bribe, delivered against dark clouds of Trump-induced uncertainty - The Conversation 25/3/25
- Australia budget 2025: the seven graphs you need to see - Guardian 25/3/25
- The winners and the losers in Labor’s pre-election budget - New Daily 25/3/25
- EV maker BYD's sales and profit surge, Tesla shares rally on Wall St, ASX to rise - ABC 25/3/25
- Debt nudges $1 trillion as budget returns to deficit - New Daily 25/3/25
- Day by day, Trump’s America becomes more like Xi’s China - SMH 25/3/25
- Chalmers scrambles to Trump-proof election budget in uncertain times - Age 25/3/25
- Federal budget 2025: here’s what we know so far - The Conversation 24/3/25
- Gas giants could be forced to divert supply to Australia - ABC 24/3/25
- The new Trump threat to Australia-US trade – and it’s not tariffs - SMH 24/3/25
- James Hardie signs $14b US deal, ASX set to slip ahead of budget - ABC 24/3/25
- Federal budget will focus on cost-of-living – and a more uncertain global economy - New Daily 24/3/25
- More borrowers are ditching their bank as refinancing rate picks up - SMH 24/3/25
- It’s official – supermarkets are overcharging. Quick, change the subject - Age 24/3/25
- Trouble at Tesla and protests against Trump’s tariffs suggest consumer boycotts are starting to bite - The Conversation 24/3/25
- As trust in the US collapses, leaders in Australia and around the world are frantically recalibrating - Guardian 23/3/25
- These are your questions about the future of AUKUS with Donald Trump back in the White House - ABC 22/3/25
- What are non-tariff barriers – and why is agriculture so exposed? - The Conversation 21/3/25
- ASX closes higher as Coles, Woolies surge after ACCC report - ABC 21/3/25
- ‘Flaccid’ crackdown lashed, after govt rejects supermarkets break-up - New Daily 21/3/25
- Australia’s ‘coercive’ news media rules are the latest targets of US trade ire - The Conversation 21/3/25
- ASX set to slide as Wall Street drifts; $A falls - SMH 21/3/25
- Behind America's decades-long fight to dismantle the PBS - ABC 21/3/25
- Fed cuts US growth forecast as tariff fears increase - BBC 21/3/25
- Musk and big tech urge Trump to punish Australia - SMH 21/3/25
- Trump is making a huge blunder. Here’s how we seize the moment - Age 21/3/25
- Six graphs reveal the true state of crime in Victoria and who’s behind it - Guardian 21/3/25
- Watchdog unveils plan to end supermarket shrinkflation - New Daily 21/3/25
- Expect a lot of talk about Australia’s deficit, but remember the golden rule: budgets are always about choices - Guardian 20/3/25
- ASX set to rise as Wall Street climbs; Fed stays on hold - SMH 20/3/25
- Fed keeps interest rates on hold, warns of Trump ‘uncertainty’ - Age 20/3/25
- Plummeting gas demand averts looming gas crisis as AEMO dials down warning - ABC 20/3/25
- The Australian economy has changed dramatically since 2000 – the way we work now is radically different - The Conversation 20/3/25
- Trade wars and recession: How global economics could affect your mortgage - New Daily 19/3/25
- Big pharma’s plea to Trump to punish Australia for cheaper medicines - SMH 19/3/25
- Australia's 'biggest defence export' was meant to go to the US first, but Canada snuck past Donald Trump - ABC 19/3/25
- It’s no longer safe to buy weapons from Trump’s America - SMH 19/3/25
- Australian share market to fall as Wall Street drops ahead of US Fed interest rates decision - ABC 19/3/25
- ASX set to fall as tech darlings weigh down Wall Street - SMH 19/3/25
- The outlook for house insurance is much worse than we’re being told - Age 19/3/25