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Good afternoon. Australia will lift restrictions on imports of US beef, a concession is expected to help pave the way for Anthony Albanese to argue for exemptions from Donald Trump’s 50% tariff on steel and aluminium and a looming 200% tariff on pharmaceuticals.
The agriculture minister, Julie Collins, says her department is “satisfied” by strengthened control measures in the US to “manage biosecurity risks” and denied the move was related to Trump’s escalating tariff war.
The US has had access to Australia’s beef market since 2019, but this will significantly expand access for US farmers to export beef sourced from cattle born in Canada or Mexico which are legally imported and slaughtered in the US.
The opposition says it’s “cautious” about lifting restrictions on US beef, while the government has said Australia’s biosecurity won’t be “compromised”.
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“The people say they’re from the country – get it right. Steers don’t fight. We castrate them so they don’t, right? Steers have their testicles removed … Bulls moo. Bulls fight.” – Barnaby Joyce
The Nationals MP can’t seem to get enough of the press gallery this week, returning to have another crack at Dan Tehan, who referred to Joyce and Michael McCormack yesterday as “two steers fighting in the neighbour’s paddock”. (Tehan is from the country, holds a regional seat and his father ran a cattle and sheep farm.) All of this stems from an ongoing fight in the Nationals party room over net zero policy and the future of David Littleproud’s leadership.
The Ivy League university announced a much-anticipated deal with the Trump administration meant to bring a resolution to the threat of massive funding cuts to the school after May protests against Israel’s attack on Gaza. Under the agreement, the school will pay a $200m settlement over three years to the US government and $21m to settle investigations brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, as well as codifying changes to the university’s student disciplinary process and adopting a controversial new definition of antisemitism.
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