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.
- Some people will hate Tuesday's federal budget but Jim Chalmers doesn't mind - ABC 9/5/26
- Why the Farrer byelection could remake conservative politics - New Daily 9/5/26
- Family and business trusts could soon have to pay more tax – with a few likely exceptions - The Conversation 8/5/26
- Chalmers ready to fight ‘scare campaign of lies’ before bravest budget yet - SMH 8/5/26
- ASX dives, wiping out $40b, as banks slide and oil climbs - Age 8/5/26
- ASX set to jump as oil falls and sharemarkets rally; AI giants surge - Age 7/5/26
- Chalmers to lower deficits amid cabinet frustration over Bullock’s warning - SMH 7/5/26
- How big is Australia's generation gap? Here's what the evidence tells us - ABC 7/5/26
- In this budget, all eyes are on CGT. But Labor’s rumoured family trust tweaks might also help fight tax inequality - Guardian 7/5/26
- The government’s plans to bolster Australia’s fuel stores are sensible – but 5 years too late - The Conversation 6/5/26
- More than $10 billion slated to boost fuel supplies and emergency stockpiles - ABC 6/5/26
- ASX set to rise, Wall Street rebounds as oil prices fall - SMH 6/5/26
- Businesses need to raise prices or put Australians out of work - ABC 6/5/26
- Budget takes $2b hit from property price falls - Age 6/5/26
- With no easy options, RBA raises interest rates for the third time to quell inflation - The Conversation 5/5/26
- ASX closes lower as Reserve Bank hikes interest rates for third time in 2026 - ABC 5/5/26
- ASX set to fall, oil jumps as war tensions rise; Westpac posts $3.4b profit; RBA decision ahead - SMH 5/5/26
- Labor locks in tax reform trio: capital gains, negative gearing and trusts - ABC 5/5/26
- Middle East tensions ignite, oil surges on first day of Trump’s new ‘project’ - SMH 5/5/26
- Labor insiders coy on income tax cuts, as government casts broken promise as virtuous - Age 5/5/26
- Jim Chalmers rules out fuel excise extension and downplays hopes for tax relief in ‘most responsible’ budget yet - Guardian 4/5/26
- With a shrinking population, China needs new drivers of growth. Consumer spending has yet to fill the gap - The Conversation 4/5/26
- ASX set to slip, Wall Street sets more records; NAB results out - Age 4/5/26
- Treasurer to bank tax windfall from Iran war in federal budget - ABC 4/5/26
- Budget to prioritise savings over spending amid inflation concerns - SMH 4/5/26
- Australia and Japan face a similar dilemma: how to be indispensable to the US without relying on it - The Conversation 4/5/26
- Rate hikes won’t fix inflation caused by fuel prices - New Daily 3/5/26
- Australian taxpayers also take on risk for major oil and gas projects. Why is that ignored? - ABC 3/5/26
- Albanese says US 'playing a different role' globally as he reflects on his political anniversary - ABC 2/5/26
- How power from the people carbon-dates the opposition - SMH 2/5/26