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.
- RBA live updates: Interest rate cut 0.25% providing some relief to home owners - ABC 20/5/25
- RBA interest rates announcement: Reserve Bank cuts official cash rate to 3.85% - Guardian 20/5/25
- Big banks hasten to pass on RBA rate cut - New Daily 20/5/25
- Nationals break the Coalition, in a major blow to Sussan Ley - The Conversation 20/5/25
- Nationals pull plug on coalition agreement with Liberals - New Daily 20/5/25
- Victoria's budget forecasts record debt levels with public service jobs on chopping block - ABC 20/5/25
- ASX, Asian markets and US futures fall after China data, Moody's downgrade, RBA decision looms - ABC 19/5/25
- Why is southern Australia in drought – and when will it end? - The Conversation 19/5/25
- Energy Australia apologises to 400,000 customers and settles greenwashing legal action - Guardian 19/5/25
- Interest rate cut tipped despite Trump tariff backdown - New Daily 18/5/25
- Does Labor have a mandate to do what it wants after its big election win? - ABC 18/5/25
- 150 countries to get Trump trade bills mailout - New Daily 17/5/25
- ASX winning streak continues as miners, property stocks lift market - SMH 16/5/25
- A third of Australian homes worth at least $1 million, which buys much less than a decade ago - ABC 18/5/25
- Donald Trump's economic agenda could irritate the money market into catastrophe - ABC 15/5/25
- Economic pessimism is behind the drift of voters to minor parties and independents - The Conversation - 15/5/25
- India has offered US 'no tariffs' on American goods in trade deal offer, Donald Trump says - ABC 15/5/25
- ASX set to slide, Wall Street mixed; Boeing signs $150b deal with Qatar - SMH 15/5/25
- China criticises US-UK trade deal, warning agreements shouldn't 'target or harm any third party' - ABC 15/5/25
- The price of power: How ‘energy poverty’ could have changed the outcome of the election - New Daily 15/5/25
- Australia’s wage growth remains solid. But now the recovery needs to be sustained - Guardian 15/5/25
- Soon, your boss will have to pay your wages and super at the same time. Here’s how everyone could benefit - The Conversation 14/5/25
- ASX set to rise, Wall Street climbs on inflation surprise; AI stocks jump on Saudi deal; Microsoft cuts jobs - SMH 14/5/25
- Trump wants lower drug prices and pharmaceutical tariffs — what does that mean for Australia? - ABC 14/5/25
- Market uncertainty created by Trump worse than his 10% tariff on Australian exports, say analysts - Guardian 14/5/25
- PM to visit Jakarta in first state visit since election - New Daily 14/5/25
- The US and China have reached a temporary truce in the trade wars, but more turbulence lies ahead - The Conversation 13/5/25
- ASX set to jump, Wall Street soars after US-China trade war truce - SMH 13/5/25
- What does the US-China tariff deal mean? - BBC World 13/5/25
- Why soaring property prices could dampen future interest rate cuts - ABC 13/5/25
- Albanese’s popularity surges after election, as Liberals to crown leader - New Daily 13/5/25