2 h. ago How the West was lost by Trump, a predator upon his own allies

Donald Trump has abandoned “the West” and, with it, America’s role as “leader of the free world”.

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2 h. ago The fiery training centre where CFA volunteers are put through the wringer

Ever wondered if you have what it takes to be a firefighter? An Age reporter geared up and faced the flames to find out.

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4 h. ago Billionaires poised to lose nearly a trillion dollars in two days

The world’s 500 richest people suffered the biggest two-day loss ever in the fallout from US President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements.

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4 h. ago Trump’s tariffs raise risk of global recession this year to 60%, JP Morgan warns

America’s biggest investment bank has torn up its growth forecasts for the US after global stocks tumbled.

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4 h. ago Trump’s tariffs raise risk of global recession this year to 60 per cent, JP Morgan warns

America’s biggest investment bank has torn up its growth forecasts for the US after global stocks tumbled.

Events

24 h. ago ‘Ticked the box’: Small $437k Thornbury unit ignites auction bidding war

A small apartment in Thornbury sparked a quick-fire bidding war, selling for well above its reserve at $437,000 to a first home buyer.

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24 h. ago Federal election 2025 as it happened: Trump tariff fallout lingers as PM, Dutton continue campaigns; leaders clash on Port of Darwin Chinese ownership

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton launch into the second week of their campaign.

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28 h. ago Super Rugby LIVE: Suaalii on fire as Waratahs take early lead against Moana Pasifika in Auckland

The Waratahs were thumped by the Hurricanes last week across the ditch. Now they’re back in New Zealand for a tantalising clash against Moana Pasifika. Follow the action live.

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29 h. ago After $10.4 trillion wipeout, US expected to fall into recession ‘under weight of tariffs’

While the White House says Trump’s plan is working, some Republicans have joined Democrats to introduce a bill to terminate new tariffs unless the US Congress approves them.

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32 h. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: Trump tariff fallout lingers as PM, Dutton continue campaigns; protester crashes Treasurer’s press conference

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton launch into the second week of their campaign.

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34 h. ago Trump extends lifeline for TikTok amid growing trade war with Beijing

The US president acknowledged the tariffs on China may complicate a potential deal, and said he did not want the app to “go dark” in the meantime.

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35 h. ago Trump wants to close off America. If he succeeds, the global consequences will be catastrophic

Under Donald Trump, the country that created the global free market is bringing it to an end, not soberly but vengefully. The entire episode would be comically clownish if it weren’t so serious.

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35 h. ago Australia must bolster other partnerships as Trump pursues magical thinking

The effects of Donald Trump’s tariffs on China and our other Asian trading partners will have inescapable economic consequences for us.

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42 h. ago China fires back at Trump with 34 per cent tariffs on American goods

Beijing’s response, its most comprehensive to date in the ratcheting tariff exchange, signals it has no intention of surrendering to the US president’s punitive trade measures.

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46 h. ago As it happened: ASX falls sharply as fallout continues from Trump tariffs; worst trading day on Wall Street since 2020 as $2.4 trillion wiped

Read all the headlines from day eight of the 2025 federal election campaign on Friday, April 4.

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48 h. ago Trump’s beef attack rejected by top Australian biosecurity experts

American farmers are calling for their beef exports to be welcomed into Australia, but their imports are the problem.

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48 h. ago Trump ousts national security boss after meeting with conspiracy theorist

A US official said Laura Loomer, a far-right activist and outside adviser to President Donald Trump, called for Timothy Haugh’s removal during an extraordinary meeting in the Oval Office.

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48 h. ago Trumpet of Patriots ad shown 10 million times before Google removal

The ad featured a segment from a two-decade-old documentary which claimed to expose “the truth about climate change”.

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49 h. ago Melting down: Trump has put America on the road to a deep economic crisis

Donald Trump thought markets would help beat his victims into submission. Instead, they have turned on him.

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49 h. ago Dramatic fall for former lawyer who went from political novice to president in just a year

South Korea’s Constitutional Court removed impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol from office on Friday, ending his tumultuous presidency.

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