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Jim Walker with his cattle on his property at Rawsonville just outside Dubbo.

As Albanese plans Trump talks, Jim is worried about his farm

The prime minister has declared he will never imperil Australia’s prized strict biosecurity standards in his tariff negotiations with the president.

  • Mike Foley and Paul Sakkal

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Donald Trump speaks from the McDonald’s drive-thru window in Pennsylvania.

Albanese to put beef on the table in Trump trade talks

The government is aiming to secure a carve-out from steel and aluminum tariffs which Trump unexpectedly doubled last week at a rally in Pennsylvania.

  • Paul Sakkal and Mike Foley
Pictures of the tree stumps left after tree removal due to the Polyphagous shot hole borer, on the edge of Kings Park, fronting Mounts Bay Road in Perth.

Perth got millions for new trees. Not a single one has been planted

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now. So why won’t $7 million in funding for new trees be used until winter 2026?

  • Sarah Brookes
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
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
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
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A beetle is killing some of Perth’s grandest trees. The eastern states could be next

In the WA capital, century-old Moreton Bay figs are among the trees falling victim to an alarming pest – and the city is taking extreme measures to counter it.

  • Victoria Laurie
Only three numbers matter to Donald Trump: the average US tariff rate on other countries is 3 per cent; Europe’s is 5 per cent; and China’s is 10 per cent.

Farmers warned to brace for 10 per cent tariffs as Trump targets $7b industry

President Donald Trump is expected to impose tariffs on $7 billion worth of Australian farm produce which enters the United States each year.

  • David Crowe, Mike Foley, Michael Koziol and Shane Wright
Fire ants rafting in Queensland floodwaters following Cyclone Alfred.

The venomous fire ants Cyclone Alfred is sending our way

The invasive pest has already colonised the United States – now recent flooding is raising fears it will do the same in Australia.

  • Mike Foley
The egg shortage is partly the result of bird flu outbreaks.

‘Crazy jump in price’: Shoppers, farmers brace for years-long egg shortage

Bird flu outbreaks have choked the nation’s supply of eggs – and frustrated egg farmers say the proposed ban on caged eggs is exacerbating the problem.

  • Jessica Yun

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