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’
‘Nobody knows the details’: Trump’s secret plan
Mr Trump, who once called the word tariff the “most beautiful word in the dictionary,” has said his reciprocal plans would match US rates with higher levels charged by other countries and counteract their non-tariff barriers that he says disadvantage US exports.
Mr Trump’s trade adviser Peter Navarro said the car tariffs would return strategically vital manufacturing capabilities to the United States.
“This isn’t protectionism. It’s restoration,” he wrote in USA Today.
Doug Ford, premier of the Canadian province of Ontario, said he was not sure whether Trump officials understood the US car industry’s supply chain system, which is tightly linked with other countries.
“This is the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen,” he said on CNBC.
Outside economists have warned that tariffs could slow the global economy, raise the risk of recession and increase living costs for the average US family by thousands of dollars.
Businesses have complained that Mr Trump’s barrage of threats has made it difficult to plan their operations.
“I can’t recall a situation where the stakes were this high and yet the outcome was so unpredictable,” Steve Sosnick, chief strategist at Interactive Brokers, said.
“The devil is going to be in the details and nobody knows the details.”
World waits as Trump set to announce US tariffs
US President Donald Trump has proclaimed “Liberation Day” in the United States as he prepares to impose tariffs that could escalate trade disputes with global partners, increase prices and upend a decades-old trade order.
Mr Trump has kept the world guessing on the details of the tariff plans, which were still being formulated ahead of a White House Rose Garden announcement ceremony scheduled for 4pm ET on Wednesday (7am AEDT on Thursday).
A person familiar with the administration’s deliberations said the tariffs are expected to be significant and would hit a wide range of countries, including close allies.
The new duties, which would undo trade arrangements in place since 1947, are due to take effect immediately after Mr Trump announces them.
A separate 25 per cent global tariff on car imports will take effect on April 3.
But the White House has not yet published an official notice of either set of tariffs, as it is required to do before they take effect.
“IT’S LIBERATION DAY IN AMERICA!” Mr Trump wrote on his social media platform.
Welcome to Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’
Happy “Liberation Day” to those who celebrate it.
US President Donald Trump will shortly announce sweeping tariffs that will impact the global economy.
Mr Trump will make the announcement himself from the Rose Garden at the White House.
The US President will front up at 4pm local time (7am AEDT/ 4am AWST).
Stay up to date with The Nightly’s special coverage of Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” here.
