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.
- ‘Savage blow’: Coal companies hit back over banks’ flight from fossil fuels - SMH 15/5/21
- Treasurer to whack landlords, high-end property buyers with $2.4b tax hike - Age 15/5/21
- Half-full India repatriation flight lands in Darwin after travel ban lifts - Guardian 15/5/21
- Dennis Atkins: We’re heading for an early election, and Scott Morrison has revealed his script - New Daily 15/5/21
- The Low and Middle Income Tax Offset has been extended yet again. It delivers help neither when nor where it’s needed - The Conversation 14/5/21
- Insolvency laws set for reform, just months after introduction - ABC 14/5/21
- ASX set to bounce higher as Wall Street rebounds - SMH 14/5/21
- ASX set to gain, Wall Street Street rebounds, Tesla down - ABC 14/5/21
- USA says it ‘will not leave Australia alone’ against China economic bullying - New Daily 14/5/21
- Big-spending ‘recovery budget’ leaves universities out in the cold - The Conversation 13/5/21
- Treasury Wine pivots to US, Penfolds brand after China’s shock tariffs - Age 13/5/21
- ASX set to slide again; Inflation data rattles Wall Street - Age 13/5/21
- ASX set to drop, inflation alarm bells and interest rate fears cause Wall Street to tumble - ABC 13/5/21
- Australia's deteriorating China relationship had silent influence over some Budget priorities - ABC 13/5/21
- Taxpayers in the dark over fossil fuel subsidies as climate backlash mounts - New Daily 12/5/21
- Commodity boom adds to confusion about the outlook for inflation - SMH 12/5/21
- Inflation jitters to knock ASX lower; CBA posts strong Q3 - Age 12/5/21
- Billions flow in big-spending budget but businesses fear prolonged border closures - ABC 12/5/21
- Federal budget 2021: Here’s what’s in it for you - New Daily 12/5/21
- View from The Hill: Frydenberg finds the money tree - The Conversation 12/5/21
- Missed it by that much: good effort at marketing misses the main chance - SMH 12/5/21
- Treasury says slower population growth to ease prices as homebuilder and first-home buyer aid fires up market - Guardian 12/5/21
- ‘Don’t stop buying now’: Investors bet billions on copper’s bull run continuing - Age 12/5/21
- ASX set to slip from new peak; Iron ore surges 8% to $US230 - Age 11/5/21
- What's in the budget? Here are the key measures we already know about - ABC 11/5/21
- Rising tide of luxury spending as Covid grounds Australia’s wealthy - Guardian 11/5/21
- Budget to bet on consumers spending their $130 billion savings - SMH 11/5/21
- Would Australians support mandates for the COVID-19 vaccine? Our research suggests most would - The Conversation 11/5/21
- ASX futures lower; Metal prices surge on Budget Eve - Age 10/5/21
- Budget plan: Australia to open borders next year to bring back migrants - SMH 10/5/21
- Road, rail and freight upgrades worth $10 billion in federal budget - ABC 10/5/21
- Mass vaccination hub opens in Sydney Olympic Park as NSW extends restrictions - New Daily 10/5/21
- View from The Hill: a budget for a pandemic, with next year’s election in mind - The Conversation 9/5/21
- The federal budget's forecasts have relied on dodgy assumptions for years - ABC 9/5/21
- Spending to be targeted as jobs boom delivers more to bottom line than iron ore - Age 8/5/21
- Top epidemiologist says virus outbreak is ‘absolutely inevitable’ - SMH 8/5/21