Australian domestic policy headlines reveal a focus on unions calling for stricter AI restrictions in workplaces, Labor's approval of more gas projects, banks being forced to take action on high-fee accounts, and cheaper medicines on the way for patients, alongside ongoing debates about net-zero policy splintering the Coalition and calls for a royal commission into Albanese's environmental record, with additional attention given to visa fee cuts failing to fix the ELICOS sector and a **controversy at The King’s School**.
International trade headlines highlight Trump considering a significant world tariff that impacts global trade, especially as hope for Australia's tariff carve-out wanes while Trump strikes deals with other nations, and US and China engaging in new talks to extend a tariff truce.
Australian foreign policy discussions center on the Prime Minister staring down internal pressure for Palestine recognition and allegations that Albanese has outsourced Australian foreign policy to Netanyahu regarding Palestinian statehood.
US political coverage features **Trump’s reckoning over the Epstein scandal**, suggesting increasing scrutiny on the former president's past associations.