Yiying Li
Yiying Li reports on how money, markets and policy decisions translate into everyday financial choices, with a recurring focus on electric vehicles, consumer risks and cost-of-living pressures. She works as a digital reporter and producer with the business reporting team at ABC News, covering financial markets and economic policy alongside longer explanatory pieces. Her coverage links data and expert analysis to concrete household decisions, from buying a car or a home to navigating scams and investment markets. Across live blogs and feature articles she keeps the emphasis on what complex economic shifts mean for consumers, savers and borrowers.
Electric vehicles and everyday running costs
Li’s electric vehicle coverage looks at EVs as a financial decision rather than a lifestyle badge. In her explainer on electric vehicle running and maintenance costs, she breaks down how the national EV fleet has grown and what that means for servicing, parts and long-term ownership costs. She uses government fact sheets and industry bodies to quantify differences between EV and internal combustion engine servicing, including evidence that scheduled maintenance is generally cheaper because there are fewer moving parts to service. Her reporting sets out how annual servicing, battery health and roadside assistance fit into the total cost of ownership, rather than treating EVs only as a climate or technology story. In live markets coverage she also picks up key milestones, such as EVs making up one in four new cars sold and outselling petrol and diesel vehicles for the first time, framing these as turning points in the broader transport and energy transition.
Financial markets, interest rates and debt
Li is a regular contributor to ABC News business live blogs, where she reports on moves in the ASX 200 index, sector performance and global market drivers. Her updates track intraday shifts across utilities, energy and technology stocks, and link those moves to oil prices, bond yields and geopolitical tensions.
She follows decisions by the Reserve Bank and major banks, explaining how cash rate hikes flow through to variable home loans, deposits and small business borrowing.
In coverage of rate decisions and public debt she reports on milestones such as national debt passing the trillion-dollar mark and the implications of higher borrowing costs for governments and households. She uses market snapshots, charts and economist commentary to show how inflation, bond yields and currency exposures shape the wider economic environment for investors and consumers. Her business live work also brings in housing indicators, such as falling home values and dwelling approvals, tying property trends back to interest rate and market dynamics.
Consumer scams, online risk and protection
Li’s consumer reporting focuses on how scams and online fraud affect ordinary Australians, particularly younger job seekers and online shoppers.
In her piece on fake job scams, she sets out how fraudulent recruiters exploit social media and job platforms, and highlights the emotional and financial toll on victims. She includes practical steps for those caught up in scams, pointing them towards banks, specialist identity support services and official reporting channels. In coverage of “clone” retail websites, she examines how scam operators mimic legitimate brands to capture payments and personal data from unsuspecting shoppers.
These stories blend case studies with clear explanations of how the scams work, making the mechanics and warning signs accessible to readers who may not follow business news closely. Her consistent invitations for confidential tip-offs signal an ongoing focus on uncovering new scam tactics and giving affected consumers a voice.
Housing, construction and household assets
Li also reports on housing and construction, looking at how building practices and property market stresses filter through to homeowners and buyers. In her feature on the dominance of double brick homes in one city, she explores how ingrained construction preferences affect build times, costs and the capacity of the industry to respond to demand.
She combines interviews with homeowners and builders to show how different construction methods play out over the course of a project, from planning to completion.
In business live coverage she returns to housing as an asset class, reporting on credit rating changes, housing slumps and stalled apartment developments that leave buyers with unfinished homes and financial uncertainty. Her work on diamonds and other high-value purchases also touches on household assets, explaining what consumers need to know before choosing between lab-grown and natural stones.
Across these pieces she treats housing and major purchases as financial decisions embedded in broader market and policy settings, rather than isolated lifestyle choices.
Earlier experience as a general reporter and business and resources journalist gives Li a wide lens on how energy, construction and markets intersect. At ABC News she uses that background to connect breaking developments in markets and policy with clear, practical implications for consumers, investors and households.
4 more automobile journalists.
Aditya Nadkarni
Aditya Nadkarni turns new model launches and first drive reviews into clear, buyer-facing information, with a strong focus on detail and incremental updates. He is principal correspondent at CarWale, where he covers passenger vehicles with an emphasis on launch news, facelifts and road-test impressions for mainstream and premium cars. His core news work tracks new introductions and lifecycle updates, explaining what changes, when the car goes on sale, and how each variant is configured. He writes “variants explained” pieces and structured first drive reviews that link driving impressions to a model’s place in the market and its recent update or launch. His reporting is factual, methodical and model-specific, avoiding broad commentary and treating even minor tweaks and new features as news. His bylines also appear at Mobility Outlook and CarTrade, with the same detail-first style.
Alexis Hooi
Alexis Hooi reports on how China’s partnerships in electric vehicles, green technology, tourism and agriculture reshape markets and communities, with a focus on Australia and the wider Asia-Pacific. He writes for China Daily, drawing on experience as a national news page editor, columnist and long-form reporter, and earlier work in other media and organizations. His beat covers Chinese EVs in Australia, green transition projects, innovation hubs, wine, geothermal energy and agricultural cooperation, treating each sector as a lens on China–Oceania economic ties and sustainable growth. He follows concrete outcomes like shifts in car choices, visitor numbers, exports and investment, and reports through project-focused stories and personality-driven features. He also covers culture and identity, diaspora roots, tourism flows, animal attractions and commentary on perception and language, grounding China–Australia relations in everyday experiences.
Antonina Joson
Antonina Joson covers how Southeast Asia’s car markets and fleet decisions respond to new technologies, environmental pressures, and policy shifts. She writes for AfMA, focusing on the automobile sector and its implications for fleets and mobility services, and works as a communications officer with a background in writing, digital marketing, and content creation. Her reporting tracks month‑to‑month changes in car sales in Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore, linking sales data, segment performance, and national policy to corporate strategy. She reports on electric vehicles as strategic assets tied to air quality, energy policy, and industrial ambitions, and follows regional moves such as XPENG’s entry into Indonesia and calls for Toyota to shift production. She also covers safety campaigns, mobility platforms, online marketplaces, book recommendations for fleet professionals, and contributes to FleetDrive advertising and content planning, bringing a commercial, cross‑industry perspective to fleet‑focused coverage.
Aranya Mondal
Aranya Mondal is a business and technical writer who edits and writes analytical coverage of the global aluminium industry for AL Circle, with a through-line of connecting trade patterns and supply risks to aluminium competitiveness. She focuses on aluminium trade flows, bauxite diplomacy, tariffs, scrap imports and strategic materials adjacent to aluminium such as gallium. Her beat spans scrap, recycling and the shift from linear to circular aluminium markets, alumina and aluminium production trends, regional vulnerabilities and project developments, as well as automotive and mobility uses of aluminium including product launches like the Anytec A28-T boat. She works mainly on long-form explainers and recurring formats such as weekly sustainability recaps, using clear language, trade data and value-chain context to unpack production, policy and energy trends for an industry audience.