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 to edge up as Wall Street advances - Age 1/7/26
- June sees biggest monthly fall in national housing values since 2022, Cotality finds - ABC 1/7/26
- House values fall – but homes are not getting more affordable - SMH 1/7/26
- ASX set to edge up, tech shares drive Wall Street rebound - Age 30/6/26
- ‘Bring food and water’: Australians face six-hour lines for Euro summer - SMH 30/6/26
- Strait of Hormuz traffic was increasing until a fresh wave of strikes - ABC 30/6/26
- Falling auction clearance rates are best sign yet of hope for ‘messed up’ housing market - New Daily 29/6/26
- View from The Hill: Liberals now wedged in tunnel, staring at a sinkhole - The Conversation 29/6/26
- How far is too far? The risks of a tumbling property market - Age 29/6/26
- ASX set for uncertain start, Wall Street’s AI slump picks up pace - Age 29/6/26
- Post-COVID debt explosion a major challenge for all states, bar one - SMH 29/6/26
- Gulf states 'colder, harder and more transactional' under US-Iran deal - ABC 29/6/26
- ‘Best not to overreact’ to property price falls: Treasurer Jim Chalmers - Capital Brief 29/6/26
- Real estate has been an easy target for criminals laundering money, until now - ABC 29/6/26
- Trump threatens 100% tariff on European countries that impose digital tax - ABC 28/6/26
- How on earth has the global economy survived this ongoing war? - ABC 27/6/26
- It’s party time for these two teals. Now they must find some movers and shakers - SMH 27/6/26
- The Melbourne houses selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars less - Age 27/6/26
- Why the RBA has been so chill about putting jobs on the line - SMH 26/6/26
- ASX closes higher; broad gains offset healthcare, tech losses - Capital Brief 26/6/26
- ASX set to edge up; Apple dives after hiking prices; Oil jumps after Hormuz attack - SMH 26/6/26
- Employment growth is slowing, despite headline unemployment rate falling - ABC 26/6/26
- Grattan on Friday: Now’s the time to renovate multiculturalism, elevating ‘interculturalism’ - The Conversation 26/6/26
- Airwallex raises USD320m, launches products, lifting valuation to USD11b - Capital Brief 26/6/26
- ASX set to inch up, Wall Street scuffles; Oil prices fall - Age 25/6/26
- Sydney, Melbourne tipped to lead housing price drops as market cools - ABC 25/6/26
- Teals reveal name, logo and founding principles of new party – but there’s no leader - SMH 25/6/26
- Capital gains tax changes are already having an impact on wealth inequality – and vested interests are running scared - Guardian 25/6/26
- The government wants to increase home ownership. But life is tough for many new homeowners - The Conversation 25/6/26
- The grass is always greener: Rethinking Australian vs global equities - Firstlinks 24/6/26
- Cold comfort for Reserve Bank in mixed inflation report - New Daily 24/6/26
- ASX set for gains, AI stocks weigh on Wall Street; SpaceX swings higher - Age 24/6/26
- From pay to taxes, big changes are coming for Australian workers and businesses from July 1 - The Conversation 24/6/26
- Australians hold some of the least favourable views of US, Trump - SMH 24/6/26
- Tax experts and self-managed super funds criticise Labor–Greens deal as 'policy on the run' - ABC 24/6/26