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.
- ASX set to fall, Wall Street sets record as Tesla, Nike rally; Microsoft cuts 9000 jobs - Age 3/7/25
- Microsoft axing jobs in Australia, while Wall Street rises on Trump-Vietnam trade deal - ABC 3/7/25
- Australia’s superannuation regulator is worried about your fund’s spending. Should you be? - The Conversation 3/7/25
- Less than 1% of wealthy families will struggle to pay super tax: study - Firstlinks 2/7/25
- Retail sales rebound as interest rate call looms - New Daily 2/7/25
- Big four banks unite in forecast for rate cut in help for ‘scarred’ households - SMH 2/7/25
- Hackers hit Qantas, stealing personal data of up to 6 million customers - Age 2/7/25
- ASX set to rise as Wall Street’s winning streak ends; Tesla tumbles as Musk reignites Trump feud - SMH 2/7/25
- Emergency warnings in place across NSW coast and Sydney train network delays after wild weather - ABC 2/7/25
- How far house prices have jumped above fair value - SMH 2/7/25
- ‘I’m going to send letters’: the deadline for Trump’s ‘reciprocal’ trade tariffs is looming - The Conversation 1/7/25
- Net-zero matters more than cost: Top economists - New Daily 1/7/25
- ASX set to dip, Wall Street edges higher; $A jumps - Age 1/7/25
- Home prices reach record highs as rate cuts expected to fuel growth - ABC 1/7/25
- All the changes coming into effect from today – and it is not all good news - SMH 1/7/25
- Do you have Bitcoin? Be aware of the tax consequences of selling your investment - The Conversation 30/6/25
- Anthony Albanese can restrict gas exports and save the Tomago aluminium smelter - New Daily 30/6/25
- ASX set to edge up, Wall Street hits records; Trump says he has buyer for TikTok - Age 30/6/25
- Australian exports to tumble as Trump’s tariff war hits home - SMH 30/6/25
- Three months on from 'Liberation Day', Donald Trump's trade war is punishing US businesses - ABC 30/6/25
- The changes from July 1 that will affect our finances - New Daily 29/6/25
- Senate Republicans advance Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' but final vote hangs in balance - BBC World 29/6/25
- ASX slips on weaker banks; Super funds relieved as US drops ‘revenge tax’ - SMH 27/6/25
- Jim Chalmers juggles expectations and ambition in pursuing tax reform - New Daily 27/6/25
- Millionaires who pay no tax and richest and poorest postcodes revealed in ATO tax stats - ABC 27/6/25
- ASX to open higher as Wall Street rallies to brink of a record - SMH 27/6/25
- Jim Chalmers will have to juggle competing demands to secure tax reform - ABC 27/6/25
- NATO’s 5% of GDP defence target ramps up pressure on Australia to spend vastly more - The Conversation 27/6/25
- ‘This tax will break them’: The private schools about to be slugged with huge bills - Age 27/6/25
- ASX set to slide, Wall Street treads water; BP-Shell merger rumours - SMH 26/6/25
- More relief could be on the way sooner for homeowners - New Daily 26/6/25
- Super tax debate highlights everything wrong with Australia’s media and economic system - Guardian 26/6/25