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Sox News Weekly Volume 1 Issue 2 15 August 2026

Issue 2

Canberra changed the tax rules on housing again, the RBA held rates and called it relief, and a tariff exemption became a test of who actually sets Australian policy.

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Publication
Sox News Weekly
Volume
1
Issue
2
Cover date
15 August 2026
Frequency
Weekly, every Saturday
Items in this issue
3
Publisher
Sox Media LLC
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Table of contents

Issue 2, 15 August 2026

This week

  1. 01
    Analysis

    Housing and Prosperity

    Australia's Housing Tax Experiment Is Hitting the Mortgage Pipeline

    Westpac says mortgage applications have fallen 20 per cent after Canberra's housing tax changes. The policy may redirect capital toward new homes, but Australia still has to build them.

    Sox News AU Desk10 Aug 20262 min read

  2. 02
    Analysis

    Money and Prosperity

    Australia's Rate Pause Is Not Mortgage Relief

    The RBA has held the cash rate at 4.35 per cent, but households are still carrying a debt burden near its pre-crisis peak. The way out is not to wait for cheaper money. It is to let Australia build and compete.

    Sox News AU Desk12 Aug 20263 min read

  3. 03
    Analysis

    Trade and Prosperity

    Australia's Tariff Exemption Test Is Really a Test of Sovereignty

    Anthony Albanese has asked Donald Trump to remove a 12.5 per cent tariff. The request is sensible diplomacy, yet the durable answer is a more competitive Australia that can choose its markets rather than plead for favours.

    Sox News AU Desk14 Aug 20263 min read

From the desk

Editor’s note

Three Australian stories, one theme. Each week the government reaches for a lever that is not the one that builds houses or lowers bills. We think the approvals data, not the rate decision, is the number to watch this spring.

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Who produced this issue

Editor

Sox News Editorial Desk

Managing Editor

Sox News Editorial Desk

Standards Editor

Sox News Editorial Desk

Visual Editor

Sox News Editorial Desk

Commercial Lead

Sox News Editorial Desk

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Sox Media LLC

Place of publication

Nevada, United States

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