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. Also see our Blog on current issues impacting Australian expats.
- ASX set to slide, Wall Street extends losing streak; Jackson Hole ahead - SMH 22/8/25
- Jim Chalmers's roundtable produces 'laundry basket' instead of 'big shiny box' - The Conversation 22/8/25
- Giving Australians $2,700 tax back while widening GST could help generate $152bn windfall, economist says - Guardian 22/8/25
- US and EU release details of trade deal featuring broad 15 per cent tariff - ABC 22/8/25
- Tax reform on table as summit eyes negative gearing - New Daily 21/8/25
- ASX set to edge up, Wall Street falls as AI darlings extend slump - SMH 21/8/25
- Tax reform on table as summit eyes negative gearing - New Daily 21/8/25
- The act of bastardry that’s hurting young generations - Age 21/8/25
- Bigger properties occupied by smaller households in major housing mismatch, Cotality finds - ABC 21/8/25
- Productivity summit ends day two with progress on rules changes to boost housing supply - ABC 20/8/25
- Productivity is the buzzword of the week, but we’re not making the most of half the workforce - The Conversation 20/8/25
- ASX set for gains, AI stocks weigh on Wall Street; $A drops - SMH 20/8/25
- Productivity summit turns to building homes, with warnings housing targets will not be met - ABC 20/5/25
- Australian companies in US–China tariffs limbo accuse Austrade of abandoning small business - ABC 20/8/25
- With just ‘three days to inform the next three budgets’, here’s how Chalmers’ roundtable kicked off - The Conversation 19/5/25
- ASX set to slide, Wall Street steady; BHP results ahead - SMH 19/8/25
- CSL to cut up to 4,800 jobs as it 'simplifies' business, spins off flu arm, ASX to fall - ABC 19/8/25
- Australians want Albanese to act now to fix the economy – but want one tax left alone - Age 18/8/25
- One state capital holds the affordability edge – but for how long? - New Daily 18/8/25
- Qantas fined $90m for illegally sacking ground staff as judge describes airline as ‘the wrong kind of sorry’- Guardian 18/8/25
- ASX set to lose ground as Wall Street slides; Qantas decision ahead - Age 18/8/25
- Focus narrows on reducing regulation to boost productivity ahead of round table - ABC 18/8/25
- Young Australians may endure worse lives than their parents, ‘worried’ productivity chief warns - Guardian 18/8/25
- Ask the Expert: How exactly will the proposed super tax affect you? - New Daily 18/8/25
- Gas giants agree to rein in exports as supply crunch looms - SMH 17/8/25
- Fresh ASX record high approaches 9000 milestone; Ampol surges on $1.1b deal; Baby Bunting soars - Age 15/8/25
- As the economic roundtable nears, what are we trying to fix and why? - New Daily 15/8/25
- ASX set to inch up, Wall Street flat after inflation update; $A weaker - SMH 15/8/25
- Can Jim Chalmers reap a healthy crop with the help of his big worm farm? - ABC 15/8/25
- The $2.6 trillion monopoly failing Australian investors - Age 15/8/25