Australian news and politics recap April 3: Anthony Albanese falls off stage on campaign trail in NSW
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Key events
03 Apr 2025 - 02:35 PM
Dutton announces $16.2m package to upgrade Busselton airport
03 Apr 2025 - 12:49 PM
Anthony Albanese tumbles onstage on campaign trail
03 Apr 2025 - 12:26 PM
Albo promotes ‘same job, same pay’ policy
03 Apr 2025 - 12:18 PM
Tariffs may accelerate rate cuts
03 Apr 2025 - 12:17 PM
Peter Dutton speaks at Midland mining company
03 Apr 2025 - 11:22 AM
Trump tariff maths ‘dumb’: Economists
03 Apr 2025 - 11:19 AM
Two climate protesters crash Albo’s media conference
03 Apr 2025 - 11:02 AM
Not all products get a tariff: Here are the carve-outs
03 Apr 2025 - 10:24 AM
Keating says Trump’s tariffs are the ‘death-knell of NATO’
03 Apr 2025 - 10:03 AM
Albo calls out Trump imposing tariff on tiny island
03 Apr 2025 - 09:48 AM
Hancock boss hits out at ‘whingeing and moaning’ over tariffs
03 Apr 2025 - 09:35 AM
Date for second leaders’ debate confirmed
03 Apr 2025 - 09:31 AM
PM confirms Aussie beef won’t be banned
03 Apr 2025 - 09:17 AM
Dutton holds line in fiery press conference
03 Apr 2025 - 08:59 AM
Dutton grilled on critical minerals
03 Apr 2025 - 08:56 AM
Dutton: ‘The deal is there to be done’
03 Apr 2025 - 08:52 AM
Dutton: News media bargaining and social media age limit non-negotiable
03 Apr 2025 - 08:48 AM
Dutton: I could have achieved a different outcome
03 Apr 2025 - 08:44 AM
Dutton: I will stand up and fight for Australia
03 Apr 2025 - 08:40 AM
Dutton: Albo not up to building successful relationship with Trump
03 Apr 2025 - 08:37 AM
Dutton slams PM for not speaking to Trump
03 Apr 2025 - 08:32 AM
‘Bad day’: Peter Dutton responds to tariffs
03 Apr 2025 - 07:56 AM
Investors bolt as Trump tariffs drops a bomb on ASX200
03 Apr 2025 - 07:23 AM
Albanese backs Australia’s pharmaceuticals subsidy scheme
03 Apr 2025 - 07:21 AM
Greens call for Australian ‘Liberation Day’
03 Apr 2025 - 07:19 AM
No beef ban, senior government sources say
03 Apr 2025 - 06:45 AM
Dutton slam’s Albo-Rudd-Trump ‘dysfunctional relationship’
03 Apr 2025 - 06:36 AM
US tariffs threaten global economic stability, Prime Minister warns
03 Apr 2025 - 06:31 AM
PM announces five-point response plan to US tariffs on Australia
03 Apr 2025 - 06:03 AM
PM says US won’t bully Australia on social media regulation
03 Apr 2025 - 06:00 AM
Ai Group warns of “ominous signal” for economic future
03 Apr 2025 - 06:00 AM
Farmers warn biosecurity must not be undermined
03 Apr 2025 - 05:59 AM
Trade Minister to meet with European counterpart to explore reopening trade links
03 Apr 2025 - 05:45 AM
Big business ‘deeply disappointed’ by Trump tariffs
03 Apr 2025 - 05:25 AM
Anthony Albanese responds to Donald Trump’s tariffs
03 Apr 2025 - 05:19 AM
Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs explained
03 Apr 2025 - 05:17 AM
Nationals Farmers’ Federation respond to Trump tariff
03 Apr 2025 - 04:55 AM
Australia hit with ‘baseline’ tariff
03 Apr 2025 - 04:50 AM
EU scores discounted tariff rate
03 Apr 2025 - 04:48 AM
Not all tariffs reciprocal: China scores Trump discount
03 Apr 2025 - 04:41 AM
Donald Trump unveils tariff board
03 Apr 2025 - 04:36 AM
Australia’s tariff rate revealed
03 Apr 2025 - 04:31 AM
‘Starting tomorrow’: Tariffs announced
03 Apr 2025 - 04:22 AM
Trump calls out Australian beef in tariff announcement
03 Apr 2025 - 04:18 AM
Trump hits out at other countries
03 Apr 2025 - 04:15 AM
‘We are going to come back very strongly’
03 Apr 2025 - 04:14 AM
‘Declaration of economic independence’
03 Apr 2025 - 04:11 AM
Tariffs revealed: Trump to sign executive order to implement reciprocal tariffs
03 Apr 2025 - 04:09 AM
‘We have some very good news today’
03 Apr 2025 - 04:07 AM
Trump arrives with MAGA hat
03 Apr 2025 - 04:05 AM
JD Vance arrives for tariff announcment
03 Apr 2025 - 04:01 AM
Trump about to make tariff announcement
03 Apr 2025 - 03:49 AM
Beer and aluminium cans to be hit with tariffs
03 Apr 2025 - 03:47 AM
Before Trump makes his announcement, what is a tariff?
03 Apr 2025 - 03:44 AM
White House issues first article on ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs
03 Apr 2025 - 03:25 AM
‘Nobody knows the details’: Trump’s secret plan
03 Apr 2025 - 03:20 AM
World waits as Trump set to announce US tariffs
03 Apr 2025 - 03:03 AM
Welcome to Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’
‘We are going to come back very strongly’
“Jobs in factories will come roaring back into our country and you see it happening already,” Mr Trump said.
“We will supercharge our domestic industrial base, we will open foreign markets and break down foreign trade barriers and, ultimately, more production at home will mean strong competition and lower prices for consumers.
“This will be, indeed, the golden age of Americans coming back.
“We are going to come back very strongly.”
‘Declaration of economic independence’
“This is one of the moss important days, in my opinion, in American history,” Mr Trump said.
“It is our declaration of economic independence.
“For years, hard working American citizens were forced to sit on the sidelines as other nations get rich and powerful, much at our expense but now it is our time to prosper and in so doing use trillions and trillions of dollars to reduce our taxes and paydown our national bent.
“It will all happen very quickly. We are going to make America great again.
“Greater than ever before.”
Tariffs revealed: Trump to sign executive order to implement reciprocal tariffs
“In a few moments I will sign an historic executive order instituting reciprocal tariffs on countries throughout the world,” Mr Trump revealed.
“That means they do it to us and we do it to them.
“Very simple.
“Can’t get any simpler than that.”
‘We have some very good news today’
“My fellow Americans, this is Liberation Day!” Mr Trump said as he spoke from the White House.
“April 2nd, 2025 will forever be remembered as the day American industry was rebon, the day thatAmerica’s destiny was reclaimed andthe day that we began to makeAmerica wealthy again.”
“For decades, our country has been looted, pill aged, raped and plundered by nations near and far, friend and foe alike.
“Men, steelworkers, autoworkers, farmers and skilled craftsmen, we have a lot of them here with us today.
“They have suffered gravely and watched inarrange win as foreign leaders have stolen our jobs.”
Trump arrives with MAGA hat
US President Donald Trump has arrived.
The Republican walked into cheers as he entered the Rose Garden.
Mr Trump held a red Make America Great Again hat as he approached the podium.
JD Vance arrives for tariff announcment
US Vice President JD Vance is now seated in the Rose Garden at the White House, waiting for US President Donald Trump to walk from the Oval Office to make his “Liberation Day” tariff announcement.
Trump about to make tariff announcement
US President Donald Trump is about to speak from the Rose Garden at the White House.
Watch the announcement live in the video player above.
Beer and aluminium cans to be hit with tariffs
The Trump administration is adding imports of beer and empty aluminum cans to its 25 per cent tariffs on derivative aluminum products, according to a notice posted Wednesday in the Federal Register.
The notice from the Commerce Department said the adjusted tariffs would take effect after midnight Friday.
One of the two product tariff codes referenced in the notice applies to “beer made from malt.” The other applies to aluminum casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers with a capacity no greater than 20 liters.
The notice does not include a separate code that would encompass beer in glass containers.
- From CNBC
Before Trump makes his announcement, what is a tariff?
As US President Donald Trump prepares to announce his new tariffs, some may still be left asking: “What is a tariff?”
Tariffs are taxes on goods imported from other countries. They are usually a percentage of the product’s value.
Companies that bring the goods into the country pay the tax to the Government and often they then choose to pass that additional cost onto consumers.
White House issues first article on ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs
The White House has issued an article ahead of US President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff announcment, claiming the United States will soon be back on a “level playing field”.
“For the first time in decades, the United States will see fair trade as President Donald J. Trump announces tariffs to level the playing field for American workers and businesses,” the article said.
“Despite the rhetoric from politicians and the media, studies have repeatedly shown tariffs are an effective tool for achieving economic and strategic objectives — just as they did in President Trump’s first term.”
