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Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: ASX falls sharply as fallout continues from Trump tariffs; worst trading day on Wall Street since 2020 as $2.4 trillion wiped
Read all the headlines from day eight of the 2025 federal election campaign on Friday, April 4.
- by Nick Newling and Daniel Lo Surdo
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We asked Australians what they really think about this election. Here’s what they said
We spoke to 12 undecided voters and asked them how they felt about the May 3 election, what they thought the big issues were - and what they thought the result would be.
- by Angus Delaney, Nick Newling, Penry Buckley and Hannah Hammoud
Joyce, McKenzie jostle to keep Coalition frontbench roles after election
Nationals frontbenchers are hustling to keep their positions after the election as tensions flare again between party leader David Littleproud and predecessor Barnaby Joyce.
- by James Massola
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Victoria’s hot seats LIVE updates: Are you a Zionist?: Goldstein candidates grilled on Israel-Palestine conflict
Join us over the next five weeks for an in-depth look at the candidates, hot-button issues, and a breakdown of the policies and campaign promises in four key electorates.
- by Clay Lucas, Cara Waters, Rachael Dexter and Charlotte Grieve
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Australia’s best hope: wait for Americans to turn on Trump
Given the US president’s fraudulent tariffs, an honest Australian election campaign would confront the need for a national insurance policy against an unreliable ally.
- by David Crowe
The day Trump hijacked the Australian election, until the PM took to the stage
Neither party leader took a backwards step from US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Thursday. Then Anthony Albanese posed for a photo op.
- by Paul Sakkal and Matthew Knott
As it happened: ASX tumbles after Trump confirms 10 per cent tariffs on all Australian goods; PM says decision ‘unwarranted’
Read all the headlines from day seven of the 2025 federal election campaign on Thursday, April 3.
- by Nick Newling, Olivia Ireland and Lachlan Abbott
The tiny Australian islands no one expected to draw Trump’s fury
They’re uninhabited and are home to thousands of penguins and seals, but Donald Trump reckons they should be slapped with a 10 per cent tariff. Trump also didn’t forget Norfolk Island where locals are scratching their heads.
- by Shane Wright and Daniel Lo Surdo
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