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.
- British passport changes disrupt plans for reunions, sick relative visits and business trips - ABC 17/1/26
- Canada, in break from Trump’s trade agenda, rebuilds ties with China - SMH 17/1/26
- Australia’s confidence in Trump’s US has evaporated. What will it take for the alliance to rupture? - Guardian 17/1/26
- Trump threatens tariffs on nations opposed to Greenland takeover - New Daily 17/1/26
- Wall Street rallies on Taiwan chips, AUD almost to 70 US cents - ABC 16/1/26
- ASX to edge lower; Wall Street rises as oil prices ease - SMH 16/1/26
- Trump’s trade war with China is a $1.8 trillion fail - Age 16/1/26
- Australia is betting on a new ‘strategic reserve’ to loosen China’s grip on critical minerals - The Conversation 15/1/26
- ASX to edge higher; Wall Street slumps as bank and tech stocks fall - SMH 15/1/26
- Australia’s home electrification boom has an equity problem - New Daily 15/1/16
- Rental market growth stalls in some capital cities as household budgets stretched to limit - ABC 15/1/26
- In a world going to hell, investors are flocking to gold. Australia could have had much more of it - Guardian 15/1/26
- US to suspend immigrant visa processing for 75 countries, including Fiji - ABC 14/1/26
- The World Trade Organization is on life support. Will Trump’s new rules finish it off? - The Conversation 14/1/26
- Staggering school costs force cash-strapped parents to work more - New Daily 14/1/26
- Flat start for ASX expected after Wall Street edges back from record - SMH 14/1/26
- Victoria's bushfires more than five times the size of Singapore - ABC 14/1/26
- Hundreds of gunshot eye injuries found in one Iranian hospital amid brutal crackdown on protests - Guardian 14/1/26
- Bullock joins top central bankers in expressing ‘full solidarity’ with Powell in clash with Trump - Age 14/1/26
- Where Australia ranks in most powerful passports for 2026 - New Daily 14/1/26
- Global financial system hangs in balance as Federal Reserve independence challenged - ABC 13/1/26
- Big as Black Saturday: Critically endangered species on brink as fires rip through habitats - Age 13/1/26
- ASX to rise as Wall Street brushes off concerns over attack on Fed - SMH 13/1/26
- First Venezuela, then the US Fed — what the White House attacks mean for us - ABC 13/1/26
- Kevin Rudd to resign as Australian ambassador to Washington in March - ABC 13/1/26
- Can the China-Australia relationship stay on track in 2026? This is how experts in China see it - The Conversation 12/1/26
- Victorian fires live updates: Firefighters continue to battle deadly blazes as 390,000 hectares burnt - ABC 12/1/26
- ASX to open higher after Wall Street hits record - SMH 12/1/26
- Why Trump’s jackboots and AI’s trillions won’t shake giddy investors - Age 12/1/26
- What holiday-home investors need to know this summer - New Daily 11/1/26
- Heatwave live updates: Bushfire disaster in Victoria as Australia braces for more heat - ABC 11/1/26
- Victoria’s Airbnb boom is over, but don’t expect a rental windfall - Age 11/1/26
- Firefighters continue to battle multiple out-of-control blazes across Victoria - ABC 10/1/26
- Australia will join G7 countries to discuss critical minerals in Washington next week - ABC 10/1/26