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 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
- Australia has chance to dominate supply of green shipping fuel, says Rod Sims - ABC 25/6/25
- Inflation eases back more than expected in May, trimmed mean at lowest since 2021 - ABC 25/6/25
- Wild swings in the oil price make the Reserve Bank’s job harder - The Conversation 25/6/25
- ASX set to rise, Wall Street rallies; Oil prices lower - SMH 25/6/25
- Mortgage arrears on rise due to interest rates and inflation but still low - ABC 25/6/25
- US strikes did not destroy Iran nuclear programme, says Pentagon assessment - BBC 25/6/25
- Afraid of his own shadow’: The split that could finally take down Trump’s old enemy - Age 24/6/25
- The war won’t end Iran’s nuclear program – it will drive it underground, following North Korea’s model - The Conversation 24/6/25
- Donald Trump says Israel-Iran truce to begin within hours - ABC 24/6/25
- Virgin soars in ‘luckiest’ Aussie share debut of year - New Daily 24/6/25
- ASX set to rise as Wall Street rallies in face of conflict; Oil prices tumble; Tesla surges - SMH 24/6/25
- Inflation warning as Mideast conflict escalates - New Daily 24/6/25
- Why the US strikes on Iran are illegal and can set a troubling precedent - The Conversation 23/6/25
- The alarm bells should be ringing louder in markets - Age 23/6/25
- Customers are missing out on bonus savings rates — and banks don’t have to actively warn you - Guardian 23/6/25
- Trump floats regime change to ‘make Iran great again’; Iran parliament votes to shut Hormuz strait - Guardian 23/6/25
- Oil prices jump, sharemarkets set for volatility after US bombs Iran - Age 23/6/25
- ‘Astonishing result’: How super funds are faring amid Trump tariff volatility - SMH 23/6/25
- As the US bombs Iran and enters another war, China is the likely winner - ABC 23/6/25
- Australia backs US strike on Iran to prevent nuclear weapons - New Daily 23/6/25
- The US has entered the Israel-Iran war. Here are 3 scenarios for what might happen next - The Conversation 22/6/25
- Is this Gentle Jim’s JFK moment? If it is, he’s overlooked one thing - SMH 21/6/25
- Australia an energy target as Iran-Israeli war triggers global turmoil - Age 21/6/25