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.
- ASX set to rise, US stocks close higher, boosted by banks and big tech - ABC 24/5/22
- Climate action is the undisputed winner of the federal election - Age 24/5/22
- Did Australia just make a move to the left? - The Conversation 24/5/22
- There’s a new government, so what’s next for house prices? - Domain 24/5/22
- Dangerous waters: Is the world on the road to another financial crisis? - SMH 24/5/22
- Market Wrap: Post-election relief buoys the ASX as gold looks set to hit bottom - New Daily 23/5/22
- Labor leader Anthony Albanese sworn in as Australia's new Prime Minister - ABC 23/5/22
- The first challenge facing Anthony Albanese as prime minister is to restore Australia's economy - ABC 23/5/22
- The most important line in Albanese’s victory speech signalled the end of an era - SMH 23/5/22
- ‘Contagion’: Experts warn ‘zombie’ businesses will drive collapses - Age 23/5/22
- Alan Kohler: This was Julia Gillard’s election victory - New Daily 23/5/22
- As Albanese heads to the Quad, what are the security challenges facing Australia’s new government? - The Conversation 23/5/22
- How Labor won - ABC 22/5/22
- The quiet Australians spoke and they said ‘enough’ - Age 22/5/22
- Scott Morrison defeated – Labor to govern in minority or majority - The Conversation 21/5/22
- Federal election live: Polls open as Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese make final pitch to voters - ABC 21/5/22
- Echoes of the dotcom crash as COVID sugar hit shakes markets - SMH 21/5/22
- Newspoll and Ipsos both give Labor clear leads in final polls; counting of early votes - The Conversation 20/5/22
- The Wrap: ASX snaps 4-week losing streak - Age 20/5/22
- ASX set to fall, Wall Street extends losses, S&P 500 inches closer to bear market - ABC 20/5/22
- How the West is strangling Putin’s economy - SMH 20/5/22
- ‘A very major correction’ under way as building industry faces crisis - SMH 20/5/22
- Woodside shareholders back BHP buy but blast climate plan - Age 20/5/22
- Chinese developer Sunac defaults as Beijing struggles to save the trillion-dollar sector - ABC 20/5/22
- Raiding super early has already left women worse off. Let’s not repeat the mistake for home deposits - The Conversation 19/5/22
- Commonwealth Bank pauses in-app cryptocurrency trading after market turmoil - Guardian 19/5/22
- US earnings season and Australian real wage cuts dominate markets this week - New Daily 2195/22
- ASX set to tumble, Dow Jones drops 1,100 points as Wall Street suffers its worst sell-off since 2020 - ABC 19/5/22
- Putin’s war set to deliver a windfall for BHP - SMH 19/5/22
- Metricon denies solvency issue as it prepares for government talks - Age 19/5/22
- Australian wages in real terms are essentially no different from where they were in 2013 - Guardian 19/5/22
- ‘Devastating’: Households suffer biggest real pay cut since 2001 - New Daily 18/5/22
- ASX set to rise as strong retail sales boost Wall Street - Age 18/5/22
- Race tightens: Poll shows Coalition lifting support and Labor dropping - SMH 18/5/22
- Intergenerational inequality to rise as tax and welfare perks target older voters, experts warn - ABC 18/5/22
- Are real wages falling? Here’s the evidence - The Conversation 18/5/22
- Michael Pascoe: Housing crisis? Look over there – a puppy! - New Daily 18/5/22
- Federal election 2022: How the major parties’ policies compare - New Daily 17/5/22
- New Zealand banks predict 20% drop in house prices over next year - Guardian 17/5/22
- ASX set for gains on back of mixed Wall Street session - SMH 17/5/22
- Should you leave your money in superannuation or put it towards a deposit for a first home? - ABC 17/5/22
- State of the states: six politics experts take us around Australia in the final week of the campaign - The Conversation 17/5/22
- ‘We’ve got a crisis. We need workers’: Big business urges election winner to boost migration - Age 17/5/22
- Why the NBN still matters — and how it can be improved after the election - ABC 17/5/22