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US President Donald Trump says he will impose a 50 per cent tariff on copper imports.

US to hike tariffs on copper to 50 per cent, Trump says

US President Donald Trump has hinted that more steep sector-specific duties are on the way.

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US President Donald Trump has indicated a potential 200 per cent tariff on a major Australian export.

‘They’re going to be tariffed’: Trump’s threat to Australia

US President Donald Trump has indicated a potential 200 per cent tariff on a major Australian export, as well as 50 per cent on copper, which would hit BHP and Rio Tinto.

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President Donald Trump directed his ire at Russian President Vladimir Putin at a cabinet meeting. (AP PHOTO)

Trump blasts Putin’s ‘bulls***’, approves Ukraine weapons

US President Donald Trump says he's ‘not happy’ with Russian President Vladimir Putin and blames him for ‘killing a lot of people’ in Ukraine.

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Murray Watt has pushed back against a draft UNESCO recommendation which would require the ‘decommissioning of all industrial activity’ in the Burrup Peninsula.

‘Incredible ask’: Watt pushes back on decommissioning call

Murray Watt has taken a swipe at ‘politically driven’ groups seeking to impact the Government’s bid for the World Heritage Committee to recognise rock art near the North West Shelf gas project. 

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Michele Bullock has detailed why the RBA kept rates on hold.

Aussies snubbed, RBA split: Why Bullock held cash rate

JACKSON HEWETT: Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock has joined her global peers in adopting caution in keeping rates on hold, as turmoil in the RBA ranks sparks division.

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Of course big companies are avoiding investment in Australia, the Government are making it too hard.

Macquarie investing in run-down US dump? Something is wrong

ANDREW CARSWELL: There is not much to get you excited in Ellendale, North Dakota, so it seems a strange place for Australia’s own Macquarie Group to invest $5 billion, then again, it doesn’t.

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The  Opposition Leader Sussan Ley visits the East Melbourne Synagogue in Victoria. NewsWire/ David Crosling

No more talking: Jewish leaders plead for different tack

The Jewish community and the Coalition are calling on the Federal Government to do more after a Melbourne synagogue was targeted in an alleged arson attack on Friday night while worshippers gathered inside.

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US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick spoke at length with negotiators from Japan (pictured Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba)

Tariffs in Asia will send a trade shockwave here

JACKSON HEWETT: If anyone thought sense had permeated the US Administration during the tariff pause, they were wrong.

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Anthony Albanese says his Government will keep trying to convince Donald Trump not to hit Australia with tariffs.

Anthony Albanese vows he won’t give up on tariff negotiation

Anthony Albanese says his Government will keep trying to convince Donald Trump not to hit Australia with tariffs, as the US President forges ahead with his isolationist trade agenda.

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Elon Musk

Is Musk’s America Party doomed to fail?

THE WASHINGTON POST: Musk is obviously bent on revenge against Trump for ignoring his warnings about runaway spending, but says his America Party is a viable option to challenge both Democrats and Republicans.

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Susan Ley with members of the East Melbourne Synagogue community and Jewish leaders at East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation.

Opposition demands action on anti-Semitism ‘rising tide’

Sussan Ley has called for Anthony Albanese to adopt an action plan put forward by the country’s peak Jewish body to combat the ‘rising tide of anti-Semitism’ in Australia.

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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has handed US President Donald Trump the letter for his Nobel Peace Prize nomination.

‘Forging peace’: Israeli PM nominates Trump for Nobel Prize

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has nominated US President Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending the 12-day war with Iran.

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Anthony Albanese has confirmed he is travelling to China where he is expected to meet President Xi Jinping.

Albanese set to travel to Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed his visit to China from Saturday, when he is heading to Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu.

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