The Wire
Everything read before a view is formed.
Ordered from primary to interpretation. If an argument on this site rests on a number, it should be traceable to something in the first two groups.
A source is a link only once the URL has been confirmed live.
0 of 8 have been. The rest are listed by name without a link, because a name you can search is more use than a link that 404s. No check has been run yet — run npm run check:wire.
0 of 8 have been. The rest are listed by name without a link, because a name you can search is more use than a link that 404s. No check has been run yet — run npm run check:wire.
Primary — Australia
Where the number is actually published. Everything downstream is someone's reading of these.
- dailyRBA — monetary policy decisionsThe decision itself, on the day, in the Board's own words.
- dailyRBA — media releasesEverything the Bank announces, including payments and market operations.
- cycleRBA — Statement on Monetary PolicyQuarterly forecasts and the reasoning behind them. February, May, August, November.
- dailyRBA — news and speechesSpeeches often move more than the statement does.
- dailyABS — Consumer Price IndexThe complete Monthly CPI, published monthly since October 2025.
- cycleABS — Monthly CPI indicatorThe older partial indicator series, superseded by the complete Monthly CPI.
- dailyASIC — media releasesEnforcement, bannings and regulatory action.
- cycleASIC — reports and publicationsRegulatory guides, consultation papers, market reports.
- dailyABS — Labour Force, National Accounts, Retail TradeThe rest of the macro series. Exact release URLs not yet confirmed.
- dailyTreasuryConsultations, exposure drafts, Budget and MYEFO. URL not yet confirmed.
- cycleAPRAQuarterly ADI and superannuation statistics, prudential standards. URL not yet confirmed.
- cycleATOLaw companion rulings, taxpayer alerts, new-legislation guidance. URL not yet confirmed.
- dailyFederal Register of LegislationActs and regulations as made — the actual text. URL not yet confirmed.
- dailyParliament of AustraliaBills tracker, Hansard, Senate Economics Committee submissions. URL not yet confirmed.
- cycleAUSTRACAML supervision, now including digital asset providers. URL not yet confirmed.
- cycleAFCADeterminations — where the rules meet an actual customer. URL not yet confirmed.
Primary — offshore
Australian rates are not set in Sydney alone.
- dailyUS Federal ReserveFOMC statements, minutes, projections, Beige Book. URL not yet confirmed.
- cycleBank of EnglandURL not yet confirmed.
- cycleEuropean Central BankURL not yet confirmed.
- cycleReserve Bank of New ZealandURL not yet confirmed.
- cycleReserve Bank of IndiaURL not yet confirmed.
- cycleBank for International SettlementsQuarterly Review — the best early warning on financial plumbing. URL not yet confirmed.
- cycleSEC EDGARFilings and material disclosures. URL not yet confirmed.
- cycleIMF, OECD, World BankWEO, Global Financial Stability Report, Article IV. URLs not yet confirmed.
Press and wires
Breaks the story. Read for the fact, not the frame.
- dailyAustralian Financial ReviewThe daily of record for Australian business and policy.
- dailyABC News businessFree, and consistently good on the RBA and household economics.
- dailyReutersWire copy — first and usually cleanest.
- dailyBloombergMarkets and credit.
- dailyFinancial TimesOffshore macro and deals.
- cycleThe Guardian Australia, SMH, The AustralianBusiness desks.
Specialist trade press
Where legislation gets pulled apart line by line before it reaches the dailies.
- cycleSMSF AdviserThe Division 296 detail, argued by people who advise on it.
- cycleMoney Management, Professional PlannerAdvice and licensee news.
- cycleBanking DayDaily banking and credit.
- cycleFirstlinksFree, high quality, argumentative.
- cycleFinTech AustraliaIndustry policy submissions, on the record.
Law and political deliberation
The part most commentary misses until it is already law.
- dailyExposure drafts and explanatory memorandaThe design argument in the government's own words.
- dailySenate Economics Legislation CommitteeIndustry submissions — the lobbying, on the record.
- dailyTreasury consultation hubOpen consultations and every submission received.
- cycleAustLII, Federal Court, High CourtJudgments — the ruling before the summary.
- cycleBudget papers and PBO costings
Why so few links.
Every URL here was copied from a live search result, never written from memory — a model reconstructs the shape of a plausible URL rather than recalling a real one, which is how sites end up citing pages that have never existed. Sources that could not be confirmed that way are listed unlinked rather than guessed at. In fintech that trade is not close.
Every URL here was copied from a live search result, never written from memory — a model reconstructs the shape of a plausible URL rather than recalling a real one, which is how sites end up citing pages that have never existed. Sources that could not be confirmed that way are listed unlinked rather than guessed at. In fintech that trade is not close.