Biosecurity
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- Agriculture
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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- Trade
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
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
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- Farming
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
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 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
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
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- Trade wars
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
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
‘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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