Australians are casting their final votes Saturday in a national election campaign dominated by cost-of-living concerns that’s being closely watched abroad for signs of a Donald Trump-inspired swing against conservative candidates.

From sausage sizzles to “donkey votes,” Australian elections are never boring. This time around, there’s some added spice with President Donald Trump and his tariffs.

Australians vote in an election dominated by soaring house prices, and the shadow of Trump. Release date: 03 May 2025

The president said the news outlets don’t present “a fair, accurate or unbiased portrayal of current events to taxpaying citizens.”

US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order calling for all federal funding to the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR) to be blocked. On Thursday evening, Trump alleged that both organisations have engaged with "biased and partisan news coverage".

The president’s $1.7 trillion discretionary budget blueprint would cut $163 billion for the 2026 fiscal year, offering an outline of his vision for Washington and dramatically curtailing the role and reach of the federal government.

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Friday proposed a $163 billion cut to the federal budget that would sharply reduce spending on education, housing and medical research next year, while increasing outlays for defense and border security.

President Trump's budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 would cut spending at the majority of departments and agencies.

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would nominate outgoing national security adviser Mike Waltz to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Waltz, a former congressman from Florida, has been on shaky ground with Trump since March after he inadvertently added a journalist to a private chat on the messaging app Signal with other top national security officials to discuss military strikes in Yemen.

White House national security adviser Mike Waltz is set to depart the administration, according to two people familiar with the matter on Thursday, marking the first major staff shakeup of President Donald Trump’s second term.