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.
- What the government’s home care changes mean for ageing Australians - The Conversation 14/9/24
- China raises retirement age for first time since 1950s - BBC 13/9/24
- ASX set for bright start as economic data boosts Wall Street; $A rises - SMH 13/9/24
- $84bn lost to housing tax lurks? That would go a long way towards ending the housing crisis - The Conversation 13/9/24
- Understanding risks for Australia of China’s slowing economy is Chalmers’ top priority at upcoming Beijing talks - The Conversation 12/9/24
- What are you going to pay for your aged care? Here are all the details - ABC 12/9/24
- ASX set to rise, Wall Street seesaws on inflation report - SMH 12/9/24
- Home values declined in a third of suburbs. Here’s where they fell most - Domain 12/9/24
- Successive Australian governments have done little to stop illegal land clearing. Will a new environmental regulator do the trick? - ABC 12/9/24
- A terrace house is for sale in Sydney for $22m. The grotesquely unfair capital gains discount is partly to blame - Guardian 12/9/24
- Australia's house price league table - Firstlinks 11/9/24
- APRA performance tests have dramatically cut the number of underperforming funds - New Daily 11/9/24
- Australians face new rules to enter Britain from 2025 - New Daily 11/9/24
- ASX set to edge up as Wall Street wobbles; Oil prices slump - SMH 11/9/24
- Government hammers big tech with barrage of new laws - Age 11/9/24
- APRA performance tests have dramatically cut the number of underperforming funds - New Daily 11/9/24
- Life insurers banned from using genetic tests to deny cover or hike premiums - ABC 11/9/24
- Coalition torpedoes bipartisan deal on Reserve Bank monetary policy board - The Conversation 10/9/24
- Existential threat for tourism landmarks as climate costs dawn - New Daily 10/9/24
- ASX set to jump as Wall Street breaks losing streak - SMH 10/9/24
- Why the Reserve Bank will be forced to cut rates before year's end - ABC 10/9/24
- There is no such thing as a 'national property market' in Australia anymore - Domain 10/9/24
- Idea floated of forcing Qantas to sell Jetstar, as Labor accused of ‘lacking ambition’- New Daily 9/9/24
- Australia’s largest general insurance broker network suspends trading amid damning ABC allegations - Guardian 9/9/24
- Our biggest cities diverge on office work trends - In Daily 9/9/24
- This is why your insurance premiums keep going up - New Daily 9/9/24
- ASX set to fall after Wall Street’s tech darlings dive again - SMH 9/9/24
- If there’s no ‘price gouging’, how come interest rates are so high? - Age 9/9/24
- In 2019, Australia wasn't ready to talk about tax and housing. Is now finally the time to talk about negative gearing? - ABC 9/9/24
- Alan Kohler: What Albanese and Chalmers should do next - New Daily 9/9/24