Sophie Bridges

Sophie Bridges is an Australian economic writer with more than a decade of experience covering how policy decisions flow through households, business investment and financial markets. She began her career in regional newsrooms before moving to national reporting, where she specialised in economic analysis that is readable without losing analytical rigour. Over the years, Sophie has written explainers on inflation, industrial relations, and Australia’s productivity debate, and she frequently translates complex budget measures into practical impacts for working people and small firms. Her work has been recognised for clear data journalism and for interviews that draw out credible voices from Treasury, the Reserve Bank and industry stakeholders. In recent years, she has focused on the economics of energy transition, housing affordability, and supply-chain pressures, building a reputation for consistent, evidence-led reporting that connects macroeconomic signals to everyday outcomes. Sophie also mentors younger reporters on research discipline and verification practices.