Australia

JACKSON HEWETT: US president Donald Trump’s tariffs mean bad news for an already under-pressure Australian retail sector — and one hell of a Black Friday sale heading our way.

NICOLA SMITH: Anthony Albanese may have had a solid first week of the election campaign, but he must move out of his comfort zone if he wants to win over floating voters to avoid a minority government.

Anthony Albanese has told a public forum that he would not want to see Australians locked out of the country ever again after the border closures of the pandemic.

Australian shares tumble following the worst US market rout since COVID, driven by sweeping new tariffs and rising fears of a global economic slowdown.

AARON PATRICK: As global financial markets convulse under the weight of a presidential-initiated global trade war, there is one market that already looks like it may get a Trump bump: Australian property.

The MCG has promised a security crackdown at its next AFL match on Saturday as more details of how the men who brought the guns into the stadium were caught became public.

The prime minister has endured the roughest day on the election campaign so far as Australia cops a major Trump trade blow before he takes a different kind of leadership spill.

JACKSON HEWETT: Donald Trump’s unprecedented tariffs — the most sweeping in over a century — triggered a bloodbath on local markets.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been left puzzled by US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on Norfolk island, the Australian Territory with a population of just 2200.

JACKSON HEWETT: US President Donald Trump’s tariff plan will completely upend the global economy, throwing the trade system into chaos.

A ‘divisive’ Peter Dutton is more interested in clinching the nation's top job than working for his electorate, says an independent looking to oust him from his seat of Dickson.

Victoria Police’s top cop has resigned after just 41 days in the role, plunging the force into further turmoil as it grapples with soaring crime rates and leadership instability. 

AARON PATRICK: The former prime minister praised the rise of “teal” independents in previously Liberal seats, including his own.

JACKSON HEWETT: The US President’s willingness to stomp on the global trading order and reshore American manufacturing could be a power play on two levels.

ELLEN RANSLEY: Crime, rail and business in focus as Coalition campaign skirts struggle street.