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Opposition leader Peter Dutton and senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price visited a Darwin shopping centre, lured by the chance of a win in the seat of Solomon.

Dutton eyes better budget but will require cuts in homes and power

Whoever wins on Saturday faces budget deficits as far as the eye can see. Peter Dutton faces tough choices to meet his promises and cut spending.

  • Shane Wright

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Shein and Temu were both founded in China and are rapidly expanding overseas, including in Australia.

Americans are about to feel the Trump blowtorch of higher prices

A wall of consumer goods once sold from China to the US could be dumped on other markets such as Australia.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Jerome Powell and his officials hold rates steady as they resist Donald Trump’s calls to cut borrowing costs.

Regulators warned the US bond market was vulnerable. Trump is proving them right

The world’s traditional havens in times of stress have themselves become sources of stress.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton will unveil their signature cost of living and housing policies at their campaign launches.

Dutton offers $1200 tax cut against Albanese’s 100,000 homes in defining election pitch

Both leaders will use their campaign launches to unveil $10 billion policies, which also include a Labor plan to allow most first home buyers to enter the market with a 5 per cent deposit.

  • Matthew Knott and Paul Sakkal
Chocolate prices are up by 33 per cent as the Easter season kicks off.

‘As high as you could charge’: Why Easter egg prices have surged 33 per cent this year

Retail prices have soared as international cocoa producers are rocked by bad weather.

  • Nick Newling and Jessica Yun

Trump is making life very difficult for an old enemy

Fed chair Jerome Powell has, not for the first time, found himself between a rock and a hard place. It didn’t have to be like this.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Demonstrators rally against US President Donald Trump and his recent policies in Trafalgar Square, London, England.

Trump’s trade war is bad, but how bad is up to the rest of us

What matters most is the indirect effect on Australia from Trump’s attempts to start a trade war with the other big economies.

  • Ross Gittins

Dutton wants to know if you’re better off now. It’s a trick question

The opposition leader’s question is so seductive to people who don’t follow politics and the economy, and don’t want to use their grey matter.

  • Ross Gittins
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton.

Albanese lays down challenge for Dutton over wages

Labor will urge the workplace regulator to order a real increase in pay for 2.6 million workers after the RBA chose to keep interest rates on hold.

  • David Crowe and Millie Muroi
RBA governor Michele Bullock said it was a consensus decision to keep rates on hold.

Job losses not RBA’s priority as bank keeps rates on hold

Asked about the impact of incoming US tariffs, RBA governor Michele Bullock said inflation remained the bank’s main focus as it held interest rates steady at 4.1 per cent.

  • Shane Wright and Millie Muroi

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