51 h. ago As it happened: Dutton hints at ABC cuts, speaks on crime in Victoria as PM ignites wages fight; Trump tariffs set to begin

Read all the headlines from day six of the 2025 federal election campaign on Wednesday, April 2.

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60 h. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: Dutton hints at ABC cuts, speaks on crime in Victoria as PM ignites wages fight; Trump tariffs set to begin

Public service job cuts are among the topics dominating the leaders’ agendas as the federal election campaign enters its sixth day.

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4 d. ago China and Russia already have boots on the ground in Myanmar. The US is nowhere to be seen

The United States, the richest country in the world and once its most generous provider of foreign aid, has so far sent nothing to the earthquake disaster zone.

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7 d. ago Albanese vows to govern ‘the Australian way’, Dutton says ‘the sledge

Standing in the prime minister’s courtyard at 8am, Anthony Albanese implied Peter Dutton was taking a Trump-lite strategy on public service cuts.

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7 d. ago Albanese vows to govern ‘the Australian way’, grows emotional in election call

Standing in the prime minister’s courtyard at 8am, Anthony Albanese implied Peter Dutton was taking a Trump-lite strategy on public service cuts.

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1 week ago Trump’s cuts could affect Australia’s capacity to predict storms

A wholesale gutting of the United States weather service is placing international weather and climate modelling at risk.

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