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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Claire Keenan

Afternoon Update: Shorten urges ‘push back’ on tariffs; wombat grabber leaves Australia; and Donatella Versace’s path to fashion icon

Bill Shorten and Anthony Albanese
Bill Shorten has urged to government to push back against US tariffs, ‘dollar-for-dollar’, but the PM has not been in support so far. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Former Labor minister Bill Shorten has weighed in on Trump’s trade war and urged the government to “push back” harder with our own “dollar-for-dollar” tariffs on US products.

Anthony Albanese said “a range of propositions” have been sent to the US, but no reciprocal tariffs have been mentioned. Meanwhile, Peter Dutton has expressed concern that the US could impose more tariffs on other Australian goods, but said he does not think the government should retaliate.

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