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. See also our Blog on current issues impacting Australian expats.
- Sydney renter hit by 35% hike as housing crisis sparks calls to cap increases - Guardian 4/3/23
- Medicare reform is off to a promising start. Now comes the hard part - The Conversation 3/3/23
- Market euphoria to face reality check this earnings season - Age 3/3/23
- ASX on track for five week winning streak - SMH 3/3/23
- Wages will still lag inflation in 2023, even as pay packets get fatter - New Daily 3/3/23
- ASX set to open higher as Meta soars to drive Wall Street rally - Age 3/3/23
- Corporate Australia is opening its books — and the numbers probably won't be too bad, for now - ABC 3/2/23
- Aluminium sector vies for ‘critical’ status amid green tech rush - SMH 3/2/23
- Superannuation tax breaks will cost budget $52bn, almost matching Australia’s age pension - Guardian 3/3/23
- Start-ups in ‘denial’: The tech investor that closed its chequebook - Age 3/2/23
- Wall Street rebounds as Federal Reserve pulls back on pace of rate hikes, ASX set to rise - ABC 2/2/23
- More interest rate increases are warranted: IMF - New Daily 2/2/23
- Households are clearly cutting spending as rates rise. The RBA must heed this warning - Guardian 2/2/23
- Markets set to recover after a shaky quarter, but don’t count on China - Age 2/2/23
- Ikea owner takes stake in $2b Victorian wind farm - SMH 2/2/23
- ASX set for gains as Wall Street rises - SMH 1/2/23
- Property prices are falling. Don't freak out, or get excited - ABC 1/2/23
- Australian trade minister to meet Chinese counterpart next week as relationship thaws - ABC 1/2/23
- The world’s biggest owner of stocks takes $232b hit - Age 1/2/23
- Anger on the streets as France to lift retirement age - New Daily 1/2/23
- At last, consumers reach the spending cliff - SMH 31/1/23
- Australian retailers had a worse-than-expected Christmas as cost of living pressures bite - ABC 31/1/23
- Wall Street in the red as investors await central bank rate hikes, ASX set to open flat - ABC 31/1/23
- More rate pain on the way as nation’s AAA credit rating affirmed - SMH 31/1/23
- ‘Living in mortgage hell’: tens of thousands of borrowers on the brink - Age 31/1/23
- Banks can handle the fixed rate cliff, says APRA - Age 30/1/23
- More mortgage pain to become reality - New Daily 30/1/23
- ASX set for positive open on back of Wall Street rise - SMH 30/1/23
- Why China will continue to play the isolation game with Australia despite best diplomatic efforts - ABC 30/1/23
- Alan Kohler: Australia’s new emissions trading scheme is a carbon tax. That’s fine - New Daily 29/1/23
- Snap Chinese edict to send students rushing back to Australian campuses - Age 29/1/23
- Australia's inflation problem is now entrenched and that means interest rates have to rise again - ABC 28/1/23
- ‘Unprecedented’: State of emergency declared in Auckland after torrential rains, flash floods - SMH 28/1/23
- Online hotel bookings come under scrutiny for ‘monopoly’ abuses - New Daily 28/1/23
- Melbourne house prices dropped, but property is hardly more affordable - Domain 28/1/23