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 for gains as Tesla drives Wall Street higher - SMH 26/10/21
- Wall Street thinks China will never invade Taiwan - but don’t bet on it - Age 26/10/21
- Cashed-up foreign buyers still seek Australian property, but are they really to blame for price rises? - ABC 26/10/21
- Australian voters rethinking immigration in wake of extended border closures, poll suggests - Guardian 26/10/21
- Australia’s stumbling, last-minute dash for climate respectability doesn’t negate a decade of abject failure - The Conversation 25/10/21
- Here are the top five things to watch in markets this week - New Daily 25/10/21
- Inflation data could reshape household finances - SMH 25/10/21
- ASX futures up; Telstra splashes $US1.6bn on Pacific network - SMH 25/10/21
- Morrison’s tricky deal: Nationals rewarded for agreeing to harm the regions - Age 25/10/21
- The Nationals announced a last-minute deal — but the real decisions on climate and emissions had already been made - ABC 25/10/21
- Local mRNA manufacturing a step closer as new vaccine ads begin - New Daily 24/10/21
- Tough car emissions ceilings could get us well on the road to net-zero - The Conversation 24/10/21
- Victoria records 1935 new cases, 11 deaths - Age 24/10/21
- Australia wants deeper energy ties to help Taiwan decarbonise, amid China tensions - Guardian 24/10/21
- NSW takes aim at capital gains tax breaks for property investors in bid to help first-home buyers - ABC 22/10/21
- How to protect your lockdown savings from the urge to splurge - New Daily 22/10/21
- ASX set to edge higher as Wall Street grinds to record high - Age 22/10/21
- Melbourne reopens - one last time - Age 22/10/21
- NSW takes aim at capital gains tax breaks for property investors in bid to help first-home buyers - ABC 22/10/21
- As Melbourne cautiously opens up today, what lies ahead? - The Conversation 22/10/22
- Qantas brings forward some international routes as NSW gets set to reopen - SMH 22/10/21
- Homeowners in the lurch as red tape and buck-passing leave thousands of houses 'orphaned' - ABC 22/10/22
- Dramatic turn in China trade war as Australia fires back in scathing letter - New Daily 21/10/21
- International borders are reopening and you can soon book that overseas holiday. But what happens if you get COVID-19 while you're away? - ABC 21/10/21
- ASX to follow Wall St higher, Bitcoin at record high - SMH 21/10/21
- ‘The longest road has been journeyed’: Victoria hits 70 per cent double dose vaccination target - Age 21/10/21
- China's Evergrande to face its day of reckoning as default looms. So what happens next? - ABC 21/10/21
- A global battle for low-skilled workers looms after COVID. Australia needs to be part of it - The Conversation 21/10/21
- CBA joins 23 other banks in cutting savings rates - New Daily 20/10/21
- ‘The time is now’: Western Australia to mandate Covid vaccines for most workers - Guardian 20/10/21
- ASX set to rise after Wall St extends winning streak - SMH 20/10/21
- Problems abound, but we could yet emerge as winners - Age 20/10/21
- Victoria trials home quarantine for vaccinated overseas travellers - Age 20/10/21
- Australia's path from pandemic to endemic, and what 'living with COVID' could mean - ABC 20/10/21
- IMF says Australia to emerge from pandemic in fastest-growing region - New Daily 21/10/21
- Victoria records new 1,749 local COVID-19 cases and 11 deaths - ABC 19/10/21
- ASX to decline; Brambles supply chain issues, BHP iron ore drops - SMH 19/10/21 abc
- Australia’s climate uncertainty a turn-off for investors: IGCC - Age 19/10/21
- Michael Pascoe: The opportunity cost of the Pork Party – ‘tens of billions’ - New Daily 19/10/21