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When was the last time egg prices were $4.20?

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton were asked about the price of eggs – and one politician’s answer was much further off the mark than the other.

  • Jessica Yun

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The big dry in Colac. South-west Victoria is in the midst of drought.

These Victorian towns have water restrictions. Remember them?

Western Victoria is in drought even though Melbourne has been spared. But for some towns, water restrictions are back.

  • Benjamin Preiss
Donald Trump holds up his chart of “reciprocal tariffs” at the announcement event in Washington.

Australia must bolster other partnerships as Trump pursues magical thinking

The effects of Donald Trump’s tariffs on China and our other Asian trading partners will have inescapable economic consequences for us.

  • The Age's View
Cattle farmers have reacted angrily to US tariffs on Australian beef.

Trump’s beef attack rejected by top Australian biosecurity experts

American farmers are calling for their beef exports to be welcomed into Australia, but their imports are the problem.

  • Mike Foley and James Massola
French President Emmanuel Macron holds a meeting in Paris on Thursday with representatives of industries affected by the US tariffs.

‘Brutal’: Macron vows to protect Europe after US lands shock trade blow

The French president has called on EU nations to stop all investment in the United States after Donald Trump announced a 20 per cent tariff on European imports.

  • James Crisp, Nick Squires, James Rothwell and Sarah Newey
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, left, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick listen as President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Lutnick calls Australian biosecurity rules ‘nonsense’, says Trump won’t back off

As global markets roiled from the US president’s tariff overhaul, his commerce secretary said the time for negotiation was over and other countries had to “change their ways”.

  • Michael Koziol
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Cattle farmer Fiona Conroy at her farm in St Leonards.

Cattle farmers would rather cop Trump’s tariffs than diseases from American beef

Farmers have reacted defiantly as the US president singled out Australia’s beef in his trade crackdown as Albanese and Dutton say they would never compromise biosecurity.

  • Mike Foley, Angus Delaney and Jessica McSweeney
Opposition leader Peter Dutton and Nationals Leader David Littleproud meet with John Ferguson Bulloo Shire Mayor at Thargomindah where there’s major flooding events.

Queensland graziers count staggering cost of record flooding

State and federal emergency agencies have begun bringing aid to graziers hit by an inland sea of floodwater in the west of the state.

  • Nick O'Malley
US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House.

‘Not on my watch’: Albanese says key US trade grievances are not negotiable

The US trade office has added to its list of grievances with Australia just before the Trump administration unveils a new tranche of tariffs.

  • Michael Koziol
China’s dominance of global shipbuilding is comprehensive.

The new Trump threat to Australia-US trade – and it’s not tariffs

Australia’s shipping industry says a US proposal to impose “extreme” fees on China-linked ships that visit its ports will hurt trade and could lead to business failures and job losses.

  • Michael Koziol

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