Luca Ittimani
Luca Ittimani links economic policy decisions to the way they filter through to borrowers, renters and investors. He is a business and economics reporter at Guardian Australia, covering interest rates, housing, tax and the broader cost of living. His work blends straightforward explainers, data-led analysis and reporting from the field in formats that range from written pieces to video and audio.
Interest rates and the Reserve Bank
Interest rate coverage is a core strand of Ittimani’s reporting, anchored in the decisions of the Reserve Bank of Australia and their impact on households and markets.
In his reporting on the official cash rate being held at 4.35%, he focuses on how the bank’s stance connects to inflation, mortgage costs and business conditions rather than treating the move as a narrow market update. He carries that approach into broadcast formats, where he interviews senior central bank figures about the balance between inflation control and employment and the reasons behind shifts after long periods of steady rates. Across these pieces he breaks down the bank’s tools, explains the transmission of rate changes through the economy and highlights who gains and who loses from each move.
Housing, tax and property investment
Ittimani devotes sustained coverage to the intersection of housing policy, tax settings and property investment.
In co-authored analysis on changing tax rules for property investors, he examines how measures such as land taxes and adjustments to negative gearing affect housing supply, rental prices and investor behaviour, using Victoria as a concrete case study. He extends this work in reporting on property investing more broadly, challenging pessimistic narratives by looking at investor loan trends and the resilience of demand despite tighter conditions.
His budget explainers and Q&A formats take this further by unpacking capital gains changes and investor-targeted tax shifts, linking them back to affordability, investment decisions and the structure of the housing market. This strand of coverage positions him as a reporter who treats housing as both a financial asset class and a social necessity, tracking how policy changes reverberate across both dimensions.
Budgets, cost of living and everyday impact
Fiscal policy and budgets form another recurring focus, tied closely to cost-of-living pressures. In his federal budget explainer, he responds to common questions about tax changes, capital gains and investor rules, translating technical documents into plain language about wages, household bills and disposable income.
He takes a similar lens to state budgets, writing about which groups benefit and which face setbacks when new spending plans and savings measures are announced. His coverage of Qantas fare hikes links volatile oil prices and geopolitical conflict to higher ticket prices, illustrating how global events move through commodity markets into travel costs for consumers.
Across these pieces he returns to a consistent concern: who pays more, who gets relief and how policy choices shape the financial reality of everyday life.
News features and social issues
Alongside finance, Ittimani reports on social and cultural stories, often with close attention to the lived experience of those involved. He has written a feature marking leap day, following couples whose first wedding anniversary formally arrives four years after their ceremony and using their stories to explore how people frame milestones and time.
In coverage of an anti-abortion rally, he speaks with both demonstrators and counter-protesters, presenting the arguments and emotions on each side of the street-level debate. Earlier reporting on a vandalised Jewish bagel shop shows the same interest in how public acts of hate affect communities and businesses.
These pieces demonstrate that, while his primary beat is business and economics, he is comfortable stepping into general news and social issues when they intersect with public life and the workplace.
Ittimani’s route into his current role ran through a Scott Trust cadetship, after which he was appointed as a business and economics reporter. Since then he has built a portfolio that moves between written analysis, live news formats, video explainers and podcast appearances, keeping economic policy grounded in clear, accessible reporting. His work consistently returns to the connection between policy, markets and everyday choices, making him a reporter whose stories sit at the juncture of finance and daily life.
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