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 curated, snapshot view of current Australian economic, and broader, issues. Also see our Blog on current issues impacting Australian expats.
- Is Australia about to say goodbye to its experiment with low unemployment? - ABC 15/3/26
- UAE minister Reem Al Hashimy describes Iran's attacks as 'almost unhinged', tells ABC they surprised her - ABC 15/3/26
- Iran, not the US, currently has the strategic upper hand - ABC 14/3/26
- ASX ends the week in the red as BHP slumps - SMH 13/3/26
- China’s ban on fuel exports is deeply worrying for Australian air travellers - The Conversation 13/3/26
- Pocock repeats calls for 25% tax on gas exports - Guardian 13/3/26
- Trump’s war is the most dangerous double-edged gamble I can remember - Age 13/3/26
- ASX set to slide as global stocks fall; Oil hits $US100 - SMH 12/3/26
- What you need to know about Iran today, with Laura Tingle - ABC 12/3/26
- MP whose electorate gets largest capital gains tax discount wants to rein it in - ABC 12/3/26
- What 2.5 million Australian company directors need to know about the scathing Star judgement - The Conversation 12/3/26
- Losses growing, staff cut: Atlassian’s billionaire boss faces his AI test - Age 12/3/26
- ASX set to edge higher, Wall Street dips; $A rises - SMH 11/3/26
- Qantas hikes fares, blames jet fuel prices linked to Iran war - Age 11/3/26
- Amid a surge in energy prices, a windfall tax on gas profits could be the best way to protect households - The Conversation 11/3/26
- ‘Vicious cycle’: panic buying is biggest risk to Australia’s petrol supplies, experts say - Guardian 10/3/26
- ASX set to soar as Trump sparks Wall Street surge; Oil back below $US100 - SMH 10/3/26
- Higher oil and fuel prices hit road transport industry that moves 'everything you buy in shops' - ABC 10/3/26
- Richest super balances to be taxed at higher rates after Greens agree to back Labor plan - Guardian 10/3/26
- Australia can’t easily reduce its military dependence on the US, but with Canada, we can mitigate risk - The Conversation 9/3/26
- Migrant myth: Research pinpoints real housing crisis culprit - New Daily 9/3/26
- As the Iran war rages on, historic oil price surge sends share markets into a spin - ABC 9/3/26
- ASX set to tumble as Wall Street falls; Oil surges higher - Age 9/3/26
- Dubai-based Australian companies caught in crossfire as tensions escalate in Middle East - ABC 9/3/26
- Oil markets can't bank on deal maker Donald Trump in the Middle East - ABC 9/3/26
- Why the Aussie dollar isn’t a ‘whipping boy’ any more - SMH 9/3/26
- Investors are expecting Donald Trump to back down in the war with Iran – but what if he doesn’t? - Guardian 7/3/26
- To remain one and free, Australia must confront three key systemic challenges - SMH 7/3/26
- Future-proofing your career: Which degrees will survive AI disruption? - Age 7/3/26
- February's stock market gains wiped out as war shows no signs of easing - ABC 7/3/26