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 to fall as Middle East tensions escalate; Oil jumps - SMH 11/6/26
- For those shedding a tear over house prices falling, these numbers may change your mind - Guardian 11/6/26
- Many households want to electrify. But who pays when the gas utility walks away? - ABC 11/6/26
- Scandalised KPMG faces parliamentary house of horrors - Age 10/6/26
- Testamentary trusts post-budget: Estate planning, tax reform and the ‘death tax’ debate - Firstlinks 10/6/26
- Chemist Warehouse owner eyes $14 billion deal for 177-year-old UK giant - SMH 10/6/26
- ASX set to edge up, Wall Street closes lower after wild swings - Age 10/6/26
- Fuel shock spurs business uptake of green equipment including batteries and EVs - ABC 10/6/26
- Australia needs more renewables. This 900-kilometre cable will help - SMH 10/6/26
- Barbeques Galore to close more than 60 stores, with hundreds of workers facing redundancy - ABC 9/6/26
- ASX set to rise, Wall Street steadies as tech stocks rebound; OpenAI files for IPO - SMH 9/6/26
- Property and the budget ease pressure on the RBA as two banks cut fixed rates - ABC 9/6/26
- Green energy is shielding Australia from a global power price shock - Age 9/6/26
- Australia homes leads the world in solar. But businesses are falling behind - Guardian 9/6/26
- We desperately need skilled workers. So why is vocational education treated as the ‘back‑up plan’ for school leavers? - The Conversation 9/6/26
- Politicians are challenging party lines on migration, gambling and AUKUS - ABC 8/6/26
- Are Australia’s carbon farming schemes just hot air? Hardly – forests are regrowing almost everywhere - The Conversation 8/6/26
- In the great data centre boom, will the benefits flow offshore again? - ABC 7/6/26
- ‘China Shock 2.0’ could destroy Europe as we know it - Age 6/6/26
- ASX set to rise as Wall Street rebounds on sliding oil prices - SMH 5/6/26
- Australia's greenhouse gas emissions drop as renewable energy, batteries surge - ABC 5/6/26
- Australian unis have dropped again in global rankings. Here’s why we can’t just shrug it off - The Conversation 5/6/26
- Trump’s third and maybe final attempt to build a global tariff wall - Age 4/6/26
- Australia’s GDP figures are meaningless when the boom in datacentres means destroying jobs and the climate - Guardian 5/6/26
- I’ll lose out under the budget tax changes, here’s why I still support them - New Daily 4/6/26
- RBA not concerned about stagflation or wage-price spiral - ABC 4/6/26
- ASX set to slip as oil prices drive markets lower; Musk eyes trillionaire status after SpaceX sets IPO price - SMH 4/6/26
- Australia's economic slowdown is just beginning, economists warn, as recession risks rise - ABC 4/6/26
- Meta lashes Labor’s news incentive in fiery blog post - Age 4/6/26