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• Breaking: Albanese threatens to use 'dispute resolution' powers against sweeping US tariffs

  02-04-2025 23:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australians have "every right" to view US President Donald Trump's tariffs as undermining the relationship, warning the country has powers to take the United States to court over the trade punishments.
  
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• Albanese threatens to use 'dispute resolution' powers against sweeping US tariffs

  02-04-2025 23:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australians have "every right" to view US President Donald Trump's tariffs as undermining the relationship, warning the country has powers to take the United States to court over the trade punishments.
  
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• Breaking: Australian beef singled out as Donald Trump outlines latest tariffs

  02-04-2025 23:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia will be subject to a baseline 10 per cent reciprocal tariff and while Donald Trump is signalling big impacts on Australian beef, he is yet to detail just how large the tariff will be.
  
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• Australian beef singled out as Donald Trump outlines latest tariffs

  02-04-2025 23:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia will be subject to a 10 per cent reciprocal tariff and while Donald Trump is signalling big impacts on Australian beef, he is yet to detail just how large the tariff will be.
  
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• Trump puts tariffs of at least 10pc on imports, including from Australia

  02-04-2025 22:58 via abc.net.au
  
  The US will place tariffs of at least 10 per cent on foreign imports from Saturday, after President Donald Trump finally unveiled his long-awaited "liberation day" trade policy.
  
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• Breaking: Trump puts tariffs of at least 10pc on imports, including from Australia

  02-04-2025 22:58 via abc.net.au
  
  The US will place tariffs of at least 10 per cent on foreign imports from Saturday, after President Donald Trump finally unveiled his long-awaited "liberation day" trade policy.
  
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• Darwin becomes second-most-expensive capital city to rent a house

  02-04-2025 22:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Darwin, Australia's smallest capital city, has been ranked the country's second-most-expensive place to rent a house, along with Canberra. A local shelter says the city is in desperate need of more affordable housing.
  
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• Australia's smallest capital city has second highest rental house prices

  02-04-2025 22:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Darwin, Australia's smallest capital city, has been ranked the country's second-most-expensive place to rent a house, along with Canberra. A local shelter says the city is in desperate need of more affordable housing.
  
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• Loophole in timber logging ban leaves ecologist baffled

  02-04-2025 22:26 via abc.net.au
  
  The Victorian government has tasked councils with approving native timber logging projects for private land, which can allow harvesting despite statewide bans.
  
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• Loophole in native timber ban allows scope for private logging

  02-04-2025 22:26 via abc.net.au
  
  The Victorian government has tasked councils with approving native timber logging projects for private land, creating a loophole that allows harvesting despite a statewide ban.
  
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• 'I'm still your wingman': The 39-year friendship of Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer

  02-04-2025 22:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Since they met on the set of Top Gun in 1986 as bitter fictional rivals, Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer have shared a close friendship.
  
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• How Top Gun sparked a decades-long bond between Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer

  02-04-2025 22:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Since they met on the set of Top Gun in 1986 as bitter fictional rivals, Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer have shared a close friendship.
  
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• Calls for regulation as another Kmart customer experiences skin damage

  02-04-2025 21:55 via abc.net.au
  
  A customer suffering a severe reaction to a skincare balm says she warned Kmart a month before a teen was hospitalised.
  
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• Insurance can't keep building 'like for like' after disasters, study finds

  02-04-2025 21:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Study calls for for state and federal leaders to help home owners future-proof their properties before they're lost entirely. 
  
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• Iconic Hobart seafood restaurant removes Tasmanian salmon from menu

  02-04-2025 21:09 via abc.net.au
  
  A Tasmanian seafood business has pulled salmon from menus after negative attention on salmon farming practices. Its fishmongers and retail outlets will not follow suit.
  
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• Fire levy changes have Victorian farmers fuming ahead of vote

  02-04-2025 20:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Legislation to replace Victoria's Fire Services Levy with an expanded tax could be voted through by the Legislative Council today, but farmers are calling for it to be blocked.
  
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• Farmers say hike to fire tax would be unfair on 'everyday Victorians'

  02-04-2025 20:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Legislation to replace Victoria's Fire Services Levy with an expanded tax could be voted through by the Legislative Council today, but farmers are calling for it to be blocked.
  
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• Spender urges 'permanent' power bill relief through efficient appliance plan

  02-04-2025 20:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Independent Allegra Spender is pitching a scheme to help "permanently" cut the power bills of owners and renters through zero-interest loans for home batteries and other appliances, saying the major parties are only offering temporary relief that will expire within months.
  
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• Spender says Coalition's gas plan could influence hung parliament negotiations

  02-04-2025 20:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Independent Allegra Spender is pitching a scheme to help "permanently" cut the power bills of owners and renters through zero-interest loans for home batteries and other appliances, saying the major parties are only offering temporary relief that will expire within months.
  
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• Live: Trump will impose a 'minimum baseline tariff' of 10 per cent on Australian imports to US

  02-04-2025 19:00 via abc.net.au
  
  US President Donald Trump speaks at the White House this morning to unveil a raft of global tariffs, with ramifications for America's trading partners, financial markets, Australian exporters and political leaders. Follow live.
  
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• Live: PM labels Trump's tariffs 'not the act of a friend' and 'totally unwarranted'

  02-04-2025 19:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Anthony Albanese has responded after US President Donald Trump unveiled a raft of global tariffs, including a 10 per cent reciprocal ban on Australian imports to the US. Follow live.
  
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• Live: PM has labelled Trump's tariffs 'not the act of a friend' and 'totally unwarranted'

  02-04-2025 19:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Anthony Albanese has responded after US President Donald Trump unveiled a raft of global tariffs, including a 10 per cent reciprocal ban on Australian imports to the US. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Global apprehension as Donald Trump set to reveal sweeping US tariffs

  02-04-2025 19:00 via abc.net.au
  
  America's trading partners, financial markets, Australian exporters and political leaders are bracing for an announcement from the US President, who is due to speak at the White House this morning. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Dutton puts defence on negotiating table on Trump's tariffs

  02-04-2025 19:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Anthony Albanese vows to avoid a "race to the bottom" after US President Donald Trump unveiled a raft of global tariffs, including a 10 per cent reciprocal tariff on Australian imports to the US. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Donald Trump unveils scope of new tariffs to hit countries around the globe

  02-04-2025 19:00 via abc.net.au
  
  US President Donald Trump speaks at the White House this morning to unveil a raft of global tariffs, with ramifications for America's trading partners, financial markets, Australian exporters and political leaders. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Donald Trump to reveal size and scope of US tariffs

  02-04-2025 19:00 via abc.net.au
  
  America's trading partners, financial markets, Australian exporters and political leaders are bracing for an announcement from the US President, who is due to speak at the White House this morning. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Australian stocks slide as Trump's tariffs shock global markets

  02-04-2025 19:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX and markets across Asia are in the red and Wall Street is set for more turbulence, after US President Donald Trump unveiled a raft of global tariffs, including a 10 per cent reciprocal tariff on Australian imports to the US. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Albanese vows to avoid "race to the bottom" as Trump imposes 10 per cent tariff on Australian imports to US

  02-04-2025 19:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Anthony Albanese has responded after US President Donald Trump unveiled a raft of global tariffs, including a 10% reciprocal ban on Australian imports to the US. Follow live.
  
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• Australian stocks slide as Trump's tariffs shock global markets — as it happened

  02-04-2025 19:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX fell sharply and Wall Street is set for more turbulence, after US President Donald Trump unveiled a raft of global tariffs, including a 10 per cent reciprocal tariff on Australian imports to the US. As it happened.
  
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• How the world has been preparing for Trump's 'liberation day' tariffs

  02-04-2025 17:32 via abc.net.au
  
  The European Union and major Asian economies have begun putting in place measures, ahead of Donald Trump's announcement at the White House.
  
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• Tesla quarterly sales plummet amid Elon Musk backlash

  02-04-2025 16:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Elon Musk's electric vehicle company has also been targeted by vandals in recent months amid backlash to his embrace of far-right politics.
  
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• Why millions of mortgage borrowers could be sorely disappointed this year

  02-04-2025 08:29 via abc.net.au
  
  The RBA has said it may not cut interest rates again this year, but few are listening.
  
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• Relief in sight for customers as troubled builder goes under

  02-04-2025 08:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Building company Inspired Homes says it has gone into voluntary administration, allowing customers with long-overdue building projects to access funds and employ new builders.
  
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• Tracking how Australia got to where we are in the cost of living crisis

  02-04-2025 08:18 via abc.net.au
  
  The pandemic then the war in Ukraine helped to kick off the current cost-of-living crisis. It will be front of mind for many voters this election, but is there really much politicians can do to ease it?
  
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• Cost-of-living crisis: How we got here and can politicians actually do anything about it?

  02-04-2025 08:18 via abc.net.au
  
  The pandemic then the war in Ukraine helped to kick off the current cost-of-living crisis. It will be front of mind for many voters this election, but is there really much politicians can do to ease it?
  
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• Star Entertainment back at risk of collapse as rescue funding deal fails

  02-04-2025 07:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Casino owner Star is once again searching for a backer after its proposed $750 million deal with investment manager Salter Brothers fell through. 
  
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• Why a decade-old NSW corruption scandal could play into Trump's tariff call

  02-04-2025 07:25 via abc.net.au
  
  America's renewed complaint with Australia about a saga involving a NSW mining company comes ahead of US President Donald Trump's pending announcement on tariffs.
  
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• More Asians are eating a Western diet, offering an opportunity to Australian farmers

  02-04-2025 07:22 via abc.net.au
  
  As Western fast food chains expand their reach and disposable incomes rise, more people across Asia are shifting away from traditional diets.
  
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• Investors accuse MinRes of misconduct that artificially inflated shares

  02-04-2025 07:07 via abc.net.au
  
  A class action launched by shareholders claims miner Mineral Resources breached its disclosure obligations around the time of an alleged tax scandal involving managing director Christopher Ellison.
  
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• Australia wanted to make Meta and X pay. That might upset Donald Trump

  02-04-2025 05:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's News Media Bargaining Code has been name-checked in the annual US Foreign Trade Barriers report, making it a target for Donald Trump's looming "liberation day" tariffs.
  
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• Dutton flags cuts to 'wasteful' spending on education, health and ABC

  02-04-2025 04:42 via abc.net.au
  
  The opposition leader says he will take a razor to "wasteful government spending" on education, health and the ABC if elected.
  
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• Adelaide reservoir levels drop to historic lows as parts of the state experience 'pretty serious drought'

  02-04-2025 04:22 via abc.net.au
  
  The total reservoir levels across metropolitan Adelaide are at 38 per cent compared to 50 per cent at the same day last year, SA Water data shows.
  
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• Labor prepares to challenge Trump tariffs at WTO

  02-04-2025 04:21 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian government would accuse the US of breaching the Free Trade Agreement between the two countries. 
  
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• Mining industry living 'on luck' after another explosion causes 'alarm'

  02-04-2025 03:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Queensland's mine safety regulator has issued a directive to suspend re-entry into the Moranbah North coalmine until site executives can show there's an "acceptable level of risk" . 
  
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• Dingoes bite three women on K'gari, as school holiday influx looms

  02-04-2025 03:19 via abc.net.au
  
  Three women in their 20s on tour have been treated for lacerations by paramedics after being bitten by dingoes on the island off the Queensland coast.
  
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• White House to hold meeting on TikTok deal

  02-04-2025 03:05 via abc.net.au
  
  US President Donald Trump and his cabinet will meet to consider a proposal ahead of an April 5 deadline for the app to find a non-Chinese buyer or be banned in the United States.
  
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• ACCC loses High Court appeal over anti-competitive behaviour in $600 million project

  02-04-2025 02:22 via abc.net.au
  
  The ACCC alleged there was anti-competitive behaviour between the CFMEU and a builder on a $600 million project in Brisbane after a subcontractor's contract was terminated. The High Court disagreed.
  
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• Treated effluent water to grow crops, saving rivers and oceans

  02-04-2025 00:47 via abc.net.au
  
  An irrigation scheme will divert nutrient-rich, treated effluent water to crops instead of into sensitive waterways after a $120 million project secured final approval in south-east Queensland.
  
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• Australia will soon be second in the world for retirement savings

  02-04-2025 00:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Our superannuation funds have to find $3.2 billion worth of things to invest in, every week. Is that pool of money a risk to our financial stability?
  
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