That’s a wrap – thank you for reading the Need to Know blog today. These were some of the main stories:

• PM stumbles off stage at union event: Anthony Albanese stumbled off the back of a stage while attending a union event in regional NSW.
• PM missed opportunities to soften tariff blow: Dutton: Peter Dutton has once again accused the prime minister of not doing enough to shield Australian industries from the latest round of tariffs from the US, stressing there were a number of negotiating tools at the government’s disposal not being used.
• ‘Reckless’: Wong ridicules Dutton’s alternative tariff bargaining tips: Peter Dutton’s proposal to use defence industry capabilities as a bargaining chip in tariff negotiations with the US is reckless and a risk to a key military partnership, according to Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong.

• Trade war another reason to abandon AUKUS, says Bob Carr: Former foreign minister Bob Carr says Australia’s alliance with the US “counts for nothing” after Donald Trump not only hit Australia with tariffs, but singled it out for humiliation at his Rose Garden press conference.

• Trump’s trade war a death-knell for NATO, erodes worth of ANZUS treaty: Keating: Donald Trump’s global trade war against friend and foe alike has cast doubt over the worth of the ANZUS treaty, former Labor prime minister Paul Keating has declared.