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‘Same shit, different year’: Australia records hottest 12 months and warmest March on record
ANU climate scientist says ‘everyone is getting fatigued these records keep falling – it’s now incredibly predictable’Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia has experienced its hottest 12-month period on record, ending with its hottest March on record, with last month seeing temperatures 2.41C above average, the Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed.The bureau said its data going back to 1910 showed the 12 months ending in March 2025 averaged 1.61C above average – the hottest of any 12-month period, beating the previous 1.51C mark set from January to December 2019.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...
Donald Trump Announces Reciprocal Tariffs On Countries. See Full List
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday acted on his campaign promises to "build that wall" and announced a raft of tariffs targeting countries around the world, including some of America's closest trading partners, in a move that risks sparking a rui
War-torn and struggling countries among those facing steepest Trump reciprocal tariffs
Myanmar, which is reeling from a huge earthquake and civil war, faces 44% rate amid suspicions that the underlying target is ChinaMarkets react to Trump tariff announcement – business liveDeveloping nations in South-east Asia, including war-torn and earthquake-hit Myanmar, and several African nations are among the trading partners facing the highest tariffs set by US President Donald Trump.Upending decades of US trade policy and threatening to unleash a global trade war, Trump on Wednesday announced a raft of tariffs he said were designed to stop the US economy from being “cheated”. Continue reading...
Donald Trump Announces 26% "Discounted Reciprocal Tariff" On India
President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced huge new tariffs of 34 percent on imports from China and 20 percent on imports from the European Union -- two of the main US trade partners.
Tim Wilson questioned over whether ‘tradie’ in Victorian ad is Liberal campaigner
Social media ads show former MP talking to a man in hi-vis who online viewers say closely resembles member of Liberal Goldstein campaignElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastAustralian elections have many proud traditions: democracy sausages, Akubra hats, and of course, salt of the earth “tradies” in campaign ads.The tradition continues down in Victoria, where a young man in an orange hi-vis vest, complete with a hard hat, makes an appearance in a campaign video for the former Liberal MP Tim Wilson. He also appears to be part of Wilson’s campaign to regain the seat of Goldstein, won by the teal independent Zoe Daniel in 2022.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...
‘War’ and ‘pain’: what the papers say about Donald Trump’s trade tariffs
The US president has announced new taxes on imports to the US starting at a baseline of 10% – here is the front-page reaction in BritainDonald Trump’s tariff “day of liberation” arrived with the US president imposing markups on imports while accusing other nations, including allies, of “looting, pillaging, raping and plundering” the US.The UK got off relatively lightly with the basic 10%. Here is how major British newspapers see it. Continue reading...
Donald Trump hits Australian exporters with 10% tariffs in ‘liberation day’ speech
Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese says ‘no one has got a better deal’ but adds ‘that doesn’t mean it’s a good thing’Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia has been hit with a 10% tariff on all imports to the US as part of a global tariff regime imposed by the US president, Donald Trump.In his “liberation day” speech, the president held up a board listing countries and their rates of tariffs. It claimed Australia imposed a 10% tariff on US goods, “including currency manipulation and other trade barriers”.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...
Reeves defends Labour’s £40bn tax rise as businesses prepare for NICs hike
Chancellor says autumn budget enabled £25bn of extra investment into NHS and shorter waiting lists Rachel Reeves has defended the £40bn in tax increases in autumn’s budget as businesses brace for their impact, saying NHS waiting lists would now be higher if she had not taken action.Employers are set for a £25bn increase in national insurance contributions (NICs), which comes into force on 6 April, at the same time as consumers are being hit by a slew of increases in bills for everything from utilities to car tax. Continue reading...
Samoa suffering energy crisis after weeks of power outages
Pacific country this week declared state of emergency over power cuts that have caused huge disruption to businesses and daily lifeSamoa is in the grip of an “energy crisis” prime minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa said this week, as she declared a state of emergency over power outages that have swept the country for weeks, causing huge disruption to businesses and daily life.The government is scrambling to provide relief to affected businesses and households, with temporary power generation units due to arrive next week. Continue reading...
Healthy but lonely gen Zers drive UK gym membership to record high
More health-conscious young people take total to 11.5m memberships, report finds, as experts cite social aspect alongside fitnessRecord numbers of Britons are going to the gym, as the desire of many gen Zers to socialise while getting fit instead of drinking in the pub drives an unprecedented surge in membership, a report shows.In all, 11.5 million people aged 16 and over– a new high – now belong to a gym in the UK, a rise of 1.6 million from 2022. It means one in six people have taken out a membership. Continue reading...
Doctors urge government to fight poverty after rise in patients with Victorian diseases
Survey finds vast majority of doctors are concerned at impact of health inequalities on their patientsDoctors have reported a rise in the number of patients with Victorian diseases such as scabies, as the Royal College of Physicians urged the government to do more to fight poverty.The survey of 882 doctors found 89% were concerned about the impact of health inequalities on their patients, while 72% had seen more patients in the past three months with illnesses related to poor-quality housing, air pollution and access to transport. Continue reading...
India's parliament passes controversial bill that would change Muslim endowments
India’s parliament has passed a controversial bill moved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government to amend laws governing Muslim land endowments
