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Trump didn't give India a tariff exemption. Is the Modi bromance dead?
Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi formed a bromance but can their MEGA partnership continue with the US president's new tariffs regime coming in?
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:
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US judge orders return of father deported to megaprison 'in error'
A US court orders the Trump administration to bring back a young father who was mistakenly deported to a notorious megaprison in El Salvador.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:More patients despair at lost teeth and savings after dentists suspended
More than 20 people have been left with unfinished dental implants, including a man who learnt in an ABC article that both his dentists had been suspended after he paid $55,500 for a major procedure.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Doohan's F1 team confirms he's 'OK' after Japanese Grand Prix crash
Australia's Jack Doohan walks away unscathed after his car loses grip on the fourth lap in the second free practice session at Suzuka.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Wave wall innovation helps oyster farm ride out Cyclone Alfred
In Queensland's Moreton Bay, one man's DIY wave wall is protecting precious oyster baskets and opening up new possibilities for the industry.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Crime figure Tony Mokbel marks first day of freedom with morning walk
Notorious underworld drug trafficker Tony Mokbel has marked his first full day of freedom in 18 years with an early morning walk.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:What are anti-dumping laws and why does Australia need them?
Trump’s tariffs could lead to cheap imports being ‘dumped’ on our shores. But is that always bad?Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastTrump’s sweeping new tariffs have left global markets in turmoil and Norfolk Islanders scratching their heads. Politicians, economists, and everyday people around the world have been scrambling to...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Is Anthony Albanese worried Jacinta Allan’s poor standing will hurt his election chances in Victoria?
The PM has so far avoided the Victorian premier on his campaign trail. It has some state Labor MPs worrying she could be made a scapegoatPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastDuring the 2022 election campaign,...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Townsville sets new annual rainfall record in just over three months
Australia's largest northern city has recorded its wettest year on record, and heavy rain is forecast to continue today.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Tasmania is not alone when it comes to the debates over salmon farming
Foreign companies now own Tasmania's big three salmon farming operations. Here's a look at how industrial fish farms are run overseas — and the problems operators have encountered when there's opposition to their practices.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Unmarked graves a hidden challenge in cemeteries running out of space
The discovery of 67 possible unmarked graves at a western Victorian cemetery heightens calls for more funding to map graveyards to avoid accidentally digging into occupied plots.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Chopper pilots 'angels from the sky' to flooded outback Queenslanders
Helicopter pilots saved the lives of Queenslanders as floodwater tore through their towns. Now they are providing life-saving supplies to isolated communities and their livestock.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Trump is out to destroy the global economic order, and it will cost us all
Donald Trump's tariffs are not a negotiation tactic, they are a very deliberate plan to destroy the liberal global trading and financial system the US itself established. And all of us could pay a heavy price for his attempt to reshape the world order.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Hospital food for patients standardised across NSW, including cake
A statewide menu is rolling out in public hospitals across New South Wales. It means every hospital will provide patients with the same selection of meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Rise in mosquito-borne viruses likely after outback flooding
The latest data from Queensland Health shows the number of confirmed dengue fever cases this year are more than four times higher than at the same time in the previous four years.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Hellenic Club loses bid to refer $1.2m fine challenge to Supreme Court
Canberra's Hellenic Club loses its bid to refer part of its challenge to a $1.2 million fine, imposed after the death by suicide of a man who was in debt due to problem gambling using its poker machines, to the ACT Supreme Court.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:A decade on, horror remains at brutal murder that shocked Australia
A close-knit southern NSW community still hurts 10 years after school teacher Stephanie Scott was abducted and killed.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:6.9-magnitude quake hits off Papua New Guinea coast
A 6.9-magnitude earthquake has struck off Papua New Guinea's coast on Saturday morning.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Watching Adolescence with my teen son left me with terrifying questions
My son is the same age as the teenager in Adolescence. Watching it together made me realise the reality of the school kids in the show is the shared reality of our own child.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:'This is a great time to get rich', says Trump as US markets experience biggest two-day loss since COVID
While Wall Street faces its worst crisis since the pandemic, Donald Trump has said "this is a great time to get rich".
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Thunderbirds to chase history as Super Netball launches season
Adelaide Thunderbirds coach Tania Obst says two key players will be fit to play as the side begins its quest for a record three consecutive national netball league titles.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Crushed by rabbits, bolting horses and childhood illness: the stories buried in outback NSW cemeteries
Historians have shared research on 106 gravestones to a mobile heritage app covering the far west towns of Menindee, Wilcannia, Ivanhoe and White CliffsElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastA small marble headstone sits in the rusty red outback dirt, a monument to two men described as “firm friends during life, now resting here”...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Spy thrillers are everywhere — why are they so popular?
Black Bag is the latest in a string of spy dramas to grace our big and small screens. But could our obsession with espionage reflect a deeper anxiety?
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Pierre Boulez was exacting – but never in a bad tempo | Letters
Celia Craig shares a fond memory of the late French composer and conductorIn 2005, I was chairman of the BBC Symphony Orchestra when Pierre Boulez (Editorial, 28 March) conducted a special concert for his 80th birthday. The all-French programme included Debussy, some of his own works, and then Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloe – an especially big date on the calendar for me as principal cor anglais. Boulez had previously been...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Jewish leaders unhappy at decision to block Greens candidate from Melbourne community forum
Exclusive: Two established groups push Labor to preference minor party last in ultra-marginal seat of MacnamaraElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:‘It just leaves us without anything’: why was Wodonga left reeling by sudden primary school closure?
‘There was really no communication,’ Daniel Dickinson says. ‘We found it out through the school and the media’Sign up for the Rural Network email newsletterThe Dickinsons have been sending their children to Bandiana primary school on the outskirts of Wodonga for more than eight years.But at the end of 2023, the community suddenly received notice the school would be closing when the lease for the site expires at the end...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Dirty laundry: what really happens to your clothes when you donate them to charity?
Only a fraction gets resold on the domestic secondhand market, but there are ways consumers can help reduce wasteChange by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household’s carbon footprintGot a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at changebydegrees@theguardian.comEvery year, Australians donate the equivalent of 250m pairs of jeans to charity...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Donald Trump in the White House seemed like a plus for Peter Dutton. But after this week, maybe not so much | Josh Butler
As Australians balk at rightwing populism, cosying up to the US president is no longer an election-winning formula. The opposition leader needs to find a new way to win attentionElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series:...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:A lucky rascal or a feral critter that ‘should be euthanised’? Hunt for Valerie the dachshund divides Kangaroo Island
Wildlife groups claim the resourceful miniature sausage dog was sighted again this week. But not everyone is on Team ValerieElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastThere’s a roo carcass on the side of the road, near the turnoff to one of Kangaroo Island’s many excellent cellar doors. Black ravens lift sullenly from their feast as...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Back to Back Barries: Trump tariffs wreak havoc on week one
The federal election campaign was barely a week old when Donald Trump rearranged the world trading order.And in Australia, the leaders covered a lot of ground. But in a campaign lacking inspiration, where is the promise of hope?Tony Barry and Barrie Cassidy examine the impact of new tariffs on Australia just four weeks out from the election. They also debate Dutton’s plan to cut public sector workers, and wonder: is it...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Inside the campaign cocoon, sure-footed Albanese outboxes dour Dutton
From the first moments, the Labor leader has shown confidence in the party’s positive message in contrast to his opponent’s more negative styleElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email,...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Albanese and Dutton both say they will return the Port of Darwin to Australian hands
The prime minister made the announcement after getting wind of the opposition’s planned announcement.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:No, that’s not what a trade deficit means – and that’s not how you calculate other nations’ tariffs
To calculate its ‘reciprocal tariffs’, the Trump administration has opted for a crude formula with no basis in trade theory. We are all going to pay the price.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:What’s it like to be showered with Trump dust? Election special podcast
What impact the Trump tariffs might have on Australia generally and the election in particular is among the issues discussed in this week’s election special podcast.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Hackers have hit major super funds. A cyber expert explains how to stop it happening again
Super funds may be missing a basic safeguard to protect retirement savings.
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