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 for flat start after Wall Street falls; Gold tops $US4000 for first time - Age 8/10/25
- Bluescope chief demands urgent action on 'broken' gas market to save industry - ABC 8/10/25
- Gold is becoming Australia’s second-biggest export, overtaking coal and LNG - SMH 8/10/25
- Trump says there is ‘natural conflict’ with Canada during Carney visit - Guardian 8/10/25
- Extreme weather now costs Australians $4.5b a year. Better insurance options and loans would help us adapt - The Conversation 7/10/25
- ASX set to rise, Wall Street gets AI boost; Tesla shares leap as it hints at new car - SMH 7/10/25
- Trump is leading America into an energy crisis - Age 7/10/25
- Singapore PM Lawrence Wong signals 'shared interests' with Australia and desire to expand military ties - ABC 7/10/25
- ASX falters short of a record, gold and bitcoin jump and Japan surges on news of a new PM - ABC 6/10/25
- ASX set to rise, tech stocks weigh on Wall Street - SMH 6/10/25
- Housing supply without controlling demand suggests National Housing Accord won't fix affordability - ABC 6/10/25
- The RBA says changing rates won’t raise house prices. I wouldn’t be so sure - Age 6/10/25
- Revealed: The date HECS debts will be slashed by 20 per cent - SMH 4/10/25
- Economics rather than environmental concerns could sink Woodside's proposed Browse gas project - ABC 4/10/25
- Experts sound warning over expanded Home Guarantee Scheme as first buyers hold out hope - ABC 4/10/25
- ASX ends the week in the green, buoyed by tech share rally - Age 3/10/25
- WA gold projects forecast to create more jobs than iron ore in next five years - ABC 3/10/25
- ASX set to dip, Wall Street steady; Buffett makes $15b deal - SMH 3/10/25
- ‘Psychologically unsettling’: ATO pursuing more taxpayers for decades-old debt - Guardian 3/10/25
- Is China’s reported ban on BHP a bluff, or a glimpse of the future? - The Conversation 2/10/25
- Global financial stability risks have not receded, Reserve Bank warns - ABC 2/10/25
- Danger man: Trump is the wildcard as America shuts down - Age 2/10/25
- Aussie travellers devastated after US government shutdown forces tourist attractions to close - ABC 2/10/25
- ASX set to rise as Wall Street brushes off shutdown; Elon Musk’s wealth tops $US500b - SMH 2/10/25
- From pharmaceuticals to kitchen cabinets, Trump's tariff program expands - ABC 2/10/25
- PM spruiks Australia as power player in defence and energy technology - Age 2/10/25
- Why the ASX may be more expensive than the US market - Firstlinks 1/10/25
- New data shows the US dollar still dominates foreign exchange markets – despite Trump’s economic chaos - The Conversation 1/10/25
- BHP cops $5b value hit on talk of China blockade - New Daily 1/10/25
- ASX set to dip, Wall Street brushes off shutdown threat; Spotify CEO stands down - SMH 1/10/25
- Australians back emissions target while One Nation support doubles - Guardian 1/10/25