40 m. ago Trump ‘pauses’ most tariffs but hits China harder in stunning reversal

The so-called “reciprocal tariffs” had only been in place for hours when the US president announced his stunning backflip, sending US share markets skyrocketing.

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91 m. ago Is the Coalition ready to lead Australia? All evidence suggests not

Sure, tenderising your opponents with vigorous critiques is satisfying. But as Peter Dutton is finding out, it ultimately makes for empty calories.

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2 h. ago Trump ‘pauses’ tariffs for 90 days but hits China harder in stunning reversal

The so-called “reciprocal tariffs” had only been in place for hours when the US president announced his stunning backflip, sending US share markets skyrocketing.

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9 h. ago Federal election 2025 as it happened: Jim Chalmers and Angus Taylor go head

Read the live blog for rolling coverage of the second week of the 2025 federal election campaign.

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10 h. ago Federal election 2025: Jim Chalmers and Angus Taylor go head

Read the live blog for rolling coverage of the second week of the 2025 federal election campaign.

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12 h. ago Trump’s chaos makes an Australian inquiry into AUKUS common sense

An English parliamentary inquiry is investigating if AUKUS is on track.

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13 h. ago ‘He saved himself’: Firefighter rescues boy held captive for decades until he set his room on fire

In the ambulance, an emergency worker commented on the overpowering smell. The patient said it had been more than a year since he had been permitted to shower.

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13 h. ago Train timetables are stuck in ‘the 1990s’ for Melbourne’s north and west

New analysis shows Melbourne’s north and west have far fewer hours of frequent train services each week compared the city’s south-east, or similar rail lines in Sydney and Perth.

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15 h. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: Trump’s 104 per cent tariffs on Chinese imports begin; Dutton commits to further cuts to migration, announces gas policy

Read the live blog for rolling coverage of the second week of the 2025 federal election campaign.

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16 h. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: Dutton commits to further cuts to migration, announces gas policy; PM won’t confirm request for call with Trump

Read the live blog for rolling coverage of the second week of the 2025 federal election campaign.

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18 h. ago Trump mocks world leaders, claims they are ‘kissing my ass’ to make a deal on tariffs

Trump was speaking at a Republican Party black tie dinner after his own trade representative was grilled at a Senate hearing about why the US whacked tariffs on Australian goods.

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18 h. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE: Peter Dutton announces Liberal Party’s gas policy; PM won’t confirm request for call with Trump

Read the live blog for rolling coverage of the second week of the 2025 federal election campaign.

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18 h. ago Australia’s submarine deal under scrutiny as global alliances shift

Britain has called into question Australia’s nuclear submarines deal with the UK and the United States, as concerns are raised on the other side of the Atlantic about the continued reliability of the US as a security partner.

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18 h. ago The problem with going after ‘woke’ diversity? It’s actually good for us

The kindest thing that can be said about dismantling diversity programs is that it’s retrograde. And by retrograde, I’m not just referring to a Happy Days self-image of society.

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18 h. ago Trapped victim rang president before she died in roof collapse

Nelsy Cruz - a politician whose brother is a Major League Baseball star - rang the president of the Dominican Republic in the midst of the tragedy, which has left at least 79 people dead.

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19 h. ago Chinese soldiers captured fighting for Russia in Ukraine, Zelensky says

Beijing is a close diplomatic ally of Moscow but is not publicly known to have directly aided in the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion and Zelensky did not say whether Ukraine believed the men were acting on Beijing’s orders.

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19 h. ago Chinese men captured fighting for Russia in Ukraine, Zelensky says

Beijing is a close diplomatic ally of Moscow but is not publicly known to have directly aided in the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion and Zelensky did not say whether Ukraine believed the men were acting on Beijing’s orders.

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19 h. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE: PM says Dutton ‘focused on measuring up the curtains at Kirribilli’ after being named winner of first leaders’ debate

Read the live blog for rolling coverage of the second week of the 2025 federal election campaign.

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20 h. ago ‘We’re hearing some sounds’: Scramble to find survivors after nightclub roof collapse kills more than 60

Politicians, athletes and others were attending a concert at an iconic nightclub in the Dominican Republic when the roof suddenly fell. Rescue crews now focusing three areas in the wreckage as they search for survivors.

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21 h. ago Scramble to find survivors after more than 60 killed in nightclub roof collapse

Politicians, athletes and others were attending a concert when the roof fell in at an iconic nightclub in the Dominican Republic, injuring 160 others.

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