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AUS POLITICS
Liberal leader Peter Dutton pledged to slash migration by 25 per cent to tackle the housing crisis, lower the cost of gas bills and offer a one-off cut to petrol excise if he is elected Prime Minister. He argued that this would provide financial releif faster than the tax cuts.

The cost of living is the centrepiece of his election pitch, with the opposition leader promising to allow workers to raid their super for up to $50,000 for a house deposit and a plan to deliver cheaper gas, cheaper petrol and reining in inflation.

Mr Dutton said a Liberal Government would also invest $5 billion in essential infrastructure to get stalled housing projects off the ground and unlock 500,000 homes.

“Your electricity bill hasn’t come down by $275, as Labor promised on 97 occasions. Rather, Australians are paying up to $1,300 more than Labor promised.”

After weeks of mixed messaging about the scale of the Coalition’s planned cuts to federal public servants, Dutton confirmed all 41,000 positions created under Labor would be culled.

He said the mass sackings would save the budget $7bn a year “once in place”, and more than $10bn over the forward estimates.

ELECTION TO BE CALLED
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, is expected to call the federal election later today and if not, Sunday for a polling day on May 3.

AMSTERDAM ATTACK
At least four people have been wounded in a stabbing attack in the Netherlands capital of Amsterdam, police have said.

One suspect has been arrested after the incident on Thursday near the central Dam Square.

Footage shared on social media showed a helicopter landing in the square, as four people - including an elderly woman and girl - were seriously injured.

Police said the motive behind the attack remains unclear.

TARIFFS
President Trump announced tariffs of 25 per cent on cars not made in the US would be levied.

Critics have warned the cross border nature of North America’s vehicle industry could see thousands of dollars added to the price of a car.

Mr Trump has insisted its short term pain for longer term gain and that car manufacturers will simply make more in the US to avoid tariffs.

However, US neighbour Canada, which could see its auto industry wrecked, has decided on a new tactic – trolling Trump’s tariffs on billboard throughout states that voted Republican at the election.

Meanwhile, car manufacturers can simply set up factories inside the US to avoid he tariffs like Rolls Royce and Hyundai have announced.

Auto Workers for Trump founder Brian Pannebacker on President Trump's auto tariffs: "To hear an announcement like this that's going to force the auto companies to build their assembly plants in the United States instead of right across the border in Mexico is music to our ears."

CANADA EXPECTED TO WALK BACK US RESISTANCE
Ian Bremmer, the President of the Eurasia group—an American, high-powered consulting firm—published a detailed analysis of the state of the United States' transatlantic relationship under President Donald Trump's administration.

Saying he expects Ottawa will quietly fold shortly after the vote to ensure that ongoing relations with the US remain functional."

WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION

BREAKING: The Trump Administration cuts all funding to the World Trade Organization.

In a major blow to globalist institutions, Trump has officially halted all U.S. funding to the World Trade Organization, declaring it "obsolete" and "anti-American."

STEFANIK WITHDRAWN FROM UN AMBASSADOR NOMINATION

Rep. Elise Stefanik's nomination to be U.N. ambassador has been withdrawn, President Trump confirmed Thursday, with the president saying he's asked her to remain in Congress.
The president's decision to pull her nomination ends two months of limbo for the New York Republican.

Trump said, “I have asked Elise, as one of my biggest Allies, to remain in Congress to help me deliver Historic Tax Cuts, GREAT Jobs, Record Economic Growth, a Secure Border, Energy Dominance, Peace Through Strength, and much more, so we can MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. With a very tight Majority, I don't want to take a chance on anyone else running for Elise's seat."

MS-13 GANG LEADER ARREST

Federal authorities announced Thursday the arrest in Virginia of a person they described as one of the top three MS-13 gang leaders in the United States. Authorities are yet to name him.

6 DEAD AS SUB SINKS
Six people are dead and four more are fighting for their lives after a recreational submarine sank off the coast of Egypt.

Russian officials have said two of the dead are children.

At least 38 tourists, all of them Russian, were on board the vessel which sank about a kilometre off the coast of the Egyptian Red Sea resort city of Hurghada, on Thursday morning local time.

In total 45 people, including children, were on board the Sindbad submarine, The Sun reports, which enables viewing of marine life and coral.

There are some reports that the vessel may have crashed into a reef.

At least 39 people were rescued, according to a statement from the Red Sea governorate, and nine were injured, including four who have been left fighting for their lives in a critical condition.

What caused the Sindbad to sink is also not yet clear and an investigation has now been launched by Egyptian authorities.

CHINA MAKES MOVE ON TAIWAN
A string of cutting-edge maritime innovations out of China have sounded alarms for defence analysts across the globe, with fears growing that the new technologies could be used in a potential invasion of Taiwan.

Among the innovations China has fast-tracked are large modular landing barges capable of rapidly unloading heavy equipment and new designs for cutting undersea cables, which could play a key role in an amphibious assault on the island nation that Beijing covets.

TESLA VANDAL CHARGED
A Tesla vandal who was seen keying a Tesla in Washington has been identified as 55-year-old millionaire Kamelia Enzler, according to the Daily Mail.

In footage obtained by Jonathan Choe, Enzler was seen getting out of her car before slashing the Tesla.

Enzler is married to lead DocuSign engineer Jeff Enzler. The couple also owns fitness company IPEAK Fitness, according to public records.

The couple lives in a $1.5M home in Seattle.

Enzler was smacked with charges of Malicious Mischief in the Third Degree

TRUMP ADMIN LAUNCHES PODCAST ROW

Today US Press Secretary has launched podcast row where independent podcasters will get direct access to cabinet members within the White House.

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