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.
- ‘Doom loop’: China is facing a lost decade - SMH 6/9/24
- Australian shares close higher despite GDP and rates woes, as investors await all-important US jobs data - ABC 6/9/24
- ASX set to edge up, Wall Street mixed ahead of key jobs report - SMH 6/9/24
- Why is Australia, a big gas exporter, planning to import it? - New daily 6/9/24
- Tesla's self-driving cars push up Nasdaq, while investors await all-important US jobs data - ABC 6/9/24
- Victorian dairy community warns national food security at risk from timber takeover - ABC 6/9/24
- No interest rate cut in the near term and you may have to sell your house: key takeaways from RBA governor’s speech - Guardian 5/9/24
- RBA boss says rate relief still distant as more families struggle - New Daily 5/9/24
- ASX set for flat start after Wall Street extended losses - SMH 5/9/24
- Once unthinkable, gas giant Australia is set to import supplies for the first time - ABC 5/9/24
- Jim Chalmers had no way to sugar-coat the economy's GDP figure but there was also good news for the government - ABC 5/9/24
- Now the Australian economy is on its knees, will the RBA finally start cutting interest rates? - Guardian 5/9/24
- This is the weakest economy outside of a recession. Here’s what the GDP figures show - The Conversation 4/9/24
- Australia's economy growing at slowest pace since 1990s recession - ABC 4/9/24
- What's left unsaid in Australia's housing bubble - Firstlinks 4/9/24
- Five things the national accounts tell us about the economy - SMH 4/9/24
- ASX set to tumble after Wall Street sell-off, ahead of GDP figures release - ABC 4/9/24
- ASX set for heavy losses as Wall Street dives; Nvidia plunges, $A falls - SMH 4/9/24
- The Greens want a super-profits tax. Labor and business used to like the idea too - The Conversation 4/9/24
- Australia is engaging in a damaging economic blame game - Age 3/9/24
- ASX set to edge higher, Wall Street closed for holiday; iron ore falls - SMH 3/9/24
- In New Zealand, interest rates have started to fall. This is the impact on the housing market - ABC 3/9/24
- Lithium prices have crashed this year, squeezing margins at Australian miners - ABC 3/9/24
- Rupert Murdoch-owned firm REA Group weighs up bid for Rightmove - Guardian 2/9/24
- ‘Wary’: Affordability hurdles driving buyers towards areas with lower property prices - New Daily 2/9/24
- View from The Hill: Australians don’t need to be told high interest rates are ‘smashing’ the economy, but is there an alternative? - The Conversation 2/9/24
- ASX set to slide despite late Wall Street bounce - SMH 2/9/24
- CoreLogic house price data shows home values still rising but growth is slowing - ABC 2/9/24
- Alan Kohler: Where is Australia’s real prosperity going to come from now? - New Daily 2/9/24
- Why this booming, opaque corner of finance has watchdogs worried - Age 1/9/24
- ASX closes higher, NAB and ANZ bosses sound alarm on scams, Dion Lee Enterprise collapses into liquidation - ABC 30/8/24
- Politics with Michelle Grattan: Reserve Bank’s Andrew Hauser says don’t read too much for Australia from US rates message - The Conversation 30/8/24
- Retail sales steady in July, below forecasts - New Daily 30/8/24
- ASX set to rise despite late Wall Street slide; Trump’s crypto vow - SMH 30/8/24
- Qantas financial year profit falls to $1.25 billion, as chief executive Vanessa Hudson says 'there's more work to do' to restore trust - ABC 30/8/24
- Well-heeled on the move from Sydney and Melbourne - Age 30/8/24