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 rises ahead of RBA rate call as oil stocks rally; SGH, Life360 plunge - Age 11/8/26
- Will the Reserve Bank blink on inflation as the property market slows? - ABC 11/8/26
- Property prices could slump by almost 15 per cent, major bank warns - SMH 11/8/26
- ASIC puts car insurers on notice over accelerating premiums - New Daily 11/8/26
- Investors, experts call for action to remove bottlenecks slowing the renewables rollout - ABC 11/8/26
- Why the Pentagon is suddenly interested in a tiny town in NSW - The Conversation 10/8/26
- ASX slips despite Wall St's record close, Westpac sees decline in home loan applications - ABC 10/8/26
- Albanese steps in to salvage Labor’s big tech, gambling agenda - SMH 10/8/26
- Trump bought Japan some time but the alarm bells are ringing - Age 10/8/26
- High interest rates are here to stay — but that's only part of the house price story - ABC 10/8/26
- Newspoll has combined right vote down, but Albanese’s ratings slump - The Conversation 10/8/26
- Labor tries to brush off woes as support slumps to decade low - New Daily 10/8/26
- ‘A torpedo’: Italy-Spain border blow-up now a major headache for Europe – and Australian travellers - Age 8/8/26
- ASX closes down, economists expect RBA cash rate on hold - ABC 7/8/26
- ASX retreats after Wall Street slides; Atlassian surges; Rio, BHP summoned to Trump meeting - SMH 7/8/26
- Australian lithium miners seek more value from battery supply chains in the face of stiff competition from China - ABC 7/8/26
- Poll of economists expects RBA to leave cash rate unchanged - ABC 7/8/26
- Grattan on Friday: The battle for Victoria will send important signals to federal players - The Conversation 6/8/26
- The RBA says rate rises don’t really increase living costs. But the data is clear – they very much do - Guardian 6/8/26
- ASX extends record run as gold miners rally; News Corp results, SpaceX tumbles - Age 6/8/26
- Credit default swaps at record highs signal major risk for US big tech - ABC 6/8/26
- Empty offices fill up as remote-work momentum shows signs of slowing - SMH 6/8/26
- ASX set for flat start, Wall Street rallies on falling oil prices; Amazon hits $US3tr valuation, Boeing jumps - Age 4/8/26
- It’s the new battleground for China v the US. But Beijing has one big advantage - SMG 4/8/26
- Older people open to downsizing but undersupply of smaller homes and stamp duty among barriers - ABC 4/8/26
- Trump wants ‘fair treatment’ in fight over Labor’s levy on tech giants to pay for news, US trade group warns - Guardian 4/8/26