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.
- ASX set for uncertain start after Trump tariffs drama - SMH 23/2/26
- Reducing inequality means taxing capital more — including inheritances - ABC 23/2/26
- Why cost-of-living woes will probably linger for years - Age 23/2/26
- Australia will ‘examine all options’ to avoid new 15% tariffs announced by Donald Trump - Guardian 22/2/26
- Trump hikes global tariffs to 15% as the fallout from Supreme Court loss continues - Ther Conversation 22/2/26
- Ask the Expert: Making the most of superannuation contributions, even in retirement - New Daily 22/2/26
- Trump vows to resurrect global tariffs after Supreme Court strikes them down - ABC 21/2/26
- US Supreme Court rules Trump’s sweeping global tariffs are illegal - SMH 21/2/26
- Don’t panic RBA – low unemployment is a good thing - New Daily 20/2/26
- ASX holds steady as US and Iran tensions rise; Guzman y Gomez dives - Age 20/2/26
- ASX set to slide as Wall Street drifts lower; Oil jumps on US-Iran tensions - SMH 20/2/26
- Blaming immigrants for high house prices? Look at the other ‘I’ word - Age 20/2/26
- Unemployment rate remains at 4.1pc in January, leading to talk of another rate rise - ABC 19/2/26
- New ideas from a new-look Coalition? Don’t bet your house on it - New Daily 19/2/26
- ASX set to rise as Nvidia boosts Wall Street; Wesfarmers, Telstra results ahead - SMH 19/2/26
- Government spending is creeping up and threatening Australia’s 'low-debt' status - ABC 19/2/26
- As real wage growth falls again, Australian workers must feel the economy is rigged against them - Guardian 19/2/26
- How cutting the CGT discount could help rebalance housing market - Firstlinks 18/2/26
- Record loans, soaring prices, banks’ windfall: Housing policy did just as expected - New Daily 18/2/26
- Real wages have gone backwards. Even earning $100,000 isn’t what it used to be - The Conversation 18/2/26
- ASX set to rise, Wall Street unsteady; Suncorp profit plunges - SMH 18/2/26
- NAB quarterly profit jumps to $2.1b, Australian dollar hits 19-month high against British pound - ABC 18/2/26
- Health insurance set for biggest rise in nine years - New Daily 18/2/26
- Gary Stevenson's dire warning for Australian property market losing the 'fair go' - ABC 18/2/26
- View from The Hill: Angus Taylor appoints Tim Wilson as part of a new-look Liberal economic team - The Conversation 17/2/26
- ASX set to edge up, European markets advance; BHP results ahead - Age 17/2/26
- Interest rate hike worries? Here's some good news - ABC 17/2/26
- ‘The whole family is destroyed’: Australia’s inheritance disputes aren’t just increasing – they’re becoming messier - Guardian 17/2/26
- The ‘angry men’ theory of One Nation voters is wrong - New Daily 17/2/26
- Trump is lying about who is really paying for his war on the world - SMH 16/2/26
- ASX set to rise as Wall Street steadies - Age 16/2/26
- Liberal Party divided over future direction as Angus Taylor plots right-wing political shift - ABC 16/2/26
- Rise of Australia's public economy is comparable to the mining boom of the 2000s, analyst says - ABC 16/2/26
- The banks’ fight over $285b in ‘free money’ has a lesson for savers - SMH 16/2/26
- What we know (and don’t) about One Nation’s rapid rise in the polls - ABC 15/2/26
- Ask the Expert: The ongoing credit card issue affecting retirees - New Daily 15/2/26