Australia news live: Marles says new US tariffs ‘make no sense’; Qantas long-range plane to land in Melbourne after 19-hour test flight from Toulouse

The Trump administration is levying a twelve point five percent tariff on Australian goods, part of a wave hitting more than eighty nations, The Guardian reports. The stated justification: countries have failed to enforce bans on goods made with forced labour. An Australian official pushed back, calling the tariffs nonsensical—while still backing the goal of fighting forced labour.

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