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• China hits back at Trump with 34 per cent tariffs as stock markets tumble

  04-04-2025 12:48 via abc.net.au
  
  The move to increase levies on US goods comes after Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on countries including China.
  
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• Live: Wall Street rises as tariff exemptions boost tech stocks

  14-04-2025 23:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares are poised to follow Wall Street gains. Shares in Apple rose on the news of an iPhone tariff exemption, while Donald Trump signalled a shift on auto tariffs. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Great Ocean Road campground to get a glow-up, but not everyone's happy

  14-04-2025 23:00 via abc.net.au
  
  A caravan park once known as a "sleepy hollow" will cut down the number of sites and introduce glamping, but some locals say it's not what the town and its visitors need.
  
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• In 2013, an Aussie journalist was arrested in Egypt. His story is now a movie

  14-04-2025 22:56 via abc.net.au
  
  After 400 days in prison in Egypt, Peter Greste was released in 2015. He turned the ordeal into a memoir about press freedom, and now a movie, starring Richard Roxburgh.
  
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• This town is a 'canary in the coal mine' as climate change threatens home ownership

  14-04-2025 21:14 via abc.net.au
  
  New data shows dozens of suburbs around the country are at risk of becoming uninsurable, triggering warnings of a "climate-induced credit crunch". 
  
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• 'Hurts me so much': How Trump caused chaos in the K-beauty world

  14-04-2025 20:36 via abc.net.au
  
  American beauty founders are warning prices are likely to go up as the global skincare and cosmetics industry comes to terms with Donald Trump's new tariff regime. 
  
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• Battle over windfalls in 'hold my beer' election that consigns fiscal rectitude to history books

  14-04-2025 19:54 via abc.net.au
  
  On Sunday alone, Labor and the Coalition unveiled almost $24 billion in spending. Neither side has detailed how the new promises will be funded, or where the offsetting savings or tax cuts will come from.
  
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• Battle over windfalls in 'hold my beer' election that consigns fiscal rectitude to history

  14-04-2025 19:54 via abc.net.au
  
  On Sunday alone, Labor and the Coalition unveiled almost $24 billion in spending. Neither side has detailed how the new promises will be funded, or where the offsetting savings or tax cuts will come from.
  
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• Australia's 'fat and unprepared' budget not helped by 'hold my beer' election

  14-04-2025 19:54 via abc.net.au
  
  On Sunday alone, Labor and the Coalition unveiled almost $24 billion in spending. Neither side has detailed how the new promises will be funded, or where the offsetting savings or tax cuts will come from.
  
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• Clorox fined $8.25m over misleading 'ocean plastic' claims on GLAD bags

  14-04-2025 11:11 via abc.net.au
  
  The manufacturer of GLAD waste disposal and food storage bags, hit with $8.25 million federal penalty for making incorrect product recycling claims.
  
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• Voters and economists united against major party housing policy promises

  14-04-2025 10:59 via abc.net.au
  
  New housing policies likely to increase house prices due to surging demand from first home buyers. 
  
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• 'Such a crisis': Housing debate erupts live on 7.30

  14-04-2025 08:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Jim Chalmers and Angus Taylor have clashed over housing policy during a heated debate about Australia's economy on 7.30.
  
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• 'Smart politics, dumb policy': Chalmers, Taylor to debate economic future

  14-04-2025 08:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Greens leader Adam Bandt has joined economists in criticising the housing policy pitches of both Labor and the Coalition, labelling them a "band-aid" solution.
  
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• Rival housing policies to dominate debate between Chalmers and Taylor

  14-04-2025 08:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Greens leader Adam Bandt has joined economists in criticising the housing policy pitches of both Labor and the Coalition, labelling them a "bandaid" solution.
  
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• Live: Rival housing policies to dominate debate between Chalmers and Taylor

  14-04-2025 08:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Jim Chalmers and Angus Taylor are set to debate the future of Australia's economy on 7.30, after both parties came under fire for their proposed housing policies.
  
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• Live: Chalmers and Taylor trade barbs on housing policy

  14-04-2025 08:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Jim Chalmers and Angus Taylor debate the future of Australia's economy on 7.30, after both parties came under fire for their proposed housing policies.
  
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• Live: Angus Taylor says Labor has ‘taken the budget off a cliff’

  14-04-2025 08:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Jim Chalmers and Angus Taylor are set to debate the future of Australia's economy on 7.30, after both parties came under fire for their proposed housing policies.
  
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• Trump to impose new chip tariffs, including on electronics exempted days ago

  14-04-2025 08:23 via abc.net.au
  
  Donald Trump says new levies on semiconductor imports into the US will be deployed in coming weeks, with their "national security" impacts to be investigated.
  
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• World-first certification for once 'severely overfished' Australian tuna

  14-04-2025 07:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian tuna producers are cheering after the industry received a sustainability certification following years of hard work.
  
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• Dutton says he wants house prices to 'steadily increase' in Australia

  14-04-2025 05:49 via abc.net.au
  
  Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says he wants to see house prices "steadily increase", as both leaders face questions over major policies targeting Australia's housing crisis. 
  
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• Bosses at trouble-plagued Qld power station step down after explosion

  14-04-2025 02:50 via abc.net.au
  
  The CEO and general manager of the trouble-plagued Callide Power Station in central Queensland have left the company after an explosion earlier this month.
  
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• The Australian companies facing China-sized tariffs on US imports

  14-04-2025 02:31 via abc.net.au
  
  From toy brands to fashion labels, some Australian firms are facing tariffs way above the 10 per cent "baseline". Company owners say they are not getting enough support as they navigate soaring tariffs to send Chinese-made goods into the US.
  
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• Australian companies caught in the US-China trade war

  14-04-2025 02:31 via abc.net.au
  
  From toy brands to fashion labels, some Australian firms are facing tariffs above the 10 per cent "baseline". Company owners say they're not getting enough support, as they navigate soaring tariffs to send Chinese-made goods into the US.
  
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• Kalgoorlie rail realignment hinges on 'complex' freight network negotiations

  13-04-2025 23:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Western Australia's premier says Kalgoorlie-Boulder is unlikely to be transformed into an inland port unless the state's rail freight network is back in government hands.
  
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• Inland port would improve freight movement with fewer trucks on the road

  13-04-2025 23:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Western Australia's premier says Kalgoorlie-Boulder is unlikely to be transformed into an inland port unless the state's rail freight network is back in government hands.
  
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• Live: ASX set to rise after Wall Street rally on Fed's assurances

  13-04-2025 23:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX is set to rise after Federal Reserve bosses' assurances sparked a Wall Street rally. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Live: ASX rises after Wall Street rallies on Fed's assurances, China bans rare earths exports

  13-04-2025 23:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX opens higher after Federal Reserve bosses' assurances spark a Wall Street rally, while China retaliates with a rare earths export ban. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.
  
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• ASX closes 1.3 per cent higher, China bans rare earths exports — as it happened

  13-04-2025 23:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX rose after Federal Reserve bosses' assurances sparked a Wall Street rally on Friday. Meanwhile China retaliated to tariffs with a rare earths export ban. See how the day unfolded on our live blog.
  
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• Workers exposed to 'unbelievable' risks at plant where silos collapsed

  13-04-2025 22:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Workers at a plant where two silos collapsed last year are at risk of serious injury or death, according to dozens of improvement notices issued by the NSW safety regulator.  
  
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• SafeWork finds dozens of safety breaches at plant where silos collapsed

  13-04-2025 22:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Workers at a plant where two silos collapsed last year are at risk of serious injury or death, according to dozens of improvement notices issued by the NSW safety regulator.  
  
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