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Trump celebrates end of Australia’s US beef ban, will use it to pressure other nations
The Albanese government has insisted the move has nothing to do with trade talks with the US but the White House has vowed to use it to pressure other countries.
- by Nick Bonyhady
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- by Millie Muroi
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Interest rates
Workers facing $14,000-a-year penalty if Australia can’t find its mojo
Business, university, technology and farming groups have combined to propose a raft of solutions to Australia’s growth malaise.
- by Shane Wright and Jessica McSweeney
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Trade
Australian farmers fear risks as Trump administration claims win on US beef ban
The government insists the move to allow US beef into Australia is the result of a biosecurity review rather than trade talks, but the Trump administration undercut that on Thursday.
- by Matthew Knott, Paul Sakkal, Nick Bonyhady and Benjamin Preiss
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Trump diplomacy
Albanese and Rudd will have to sell very different messages on US beef ban’s end
Donald Trump has been peeved by restrictions on beef exports to Australia, but a change to biosecurity rules is unlikely to prove a tariff game changer.
- by Matthew Knott
International student surge probably contributed to post-pandemic inflation: RBA
International students spend twice as much as Australian residents and work fewer hours on average, but they were just one of many factors that fuelled inflation.
- by Millie Muroi
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