Trump threatens more China tariffs, Dutton’s ‘isolationist’ student plan, Fowler fires up Matildas

Higher education | The peak body for higher education says the Coalition has played an isolationist “Donald Trump anti-migration card” with its election policy to slash international students.

Last chance | Populations of the world’s largest migratory bird have dwindled as their habit comes under threat. It’s the latest in our series on the extinction crisis that is being ignored this election.

Schoolyard politics | The education minister has written to the peak independent and Catholic school bodies, warning a Peter Dutton government will “dictate” what students are taught and promising private school funding will remain unchanged under Labor.

Doctor strike | The doctors’ union in NSW has called a strike from Tuesday to Thursday this week after pay negotiations with the government broke down. Here’s what you need to know.

Good dogs | Wildlife detection dogs have successfully sniffed out 13 critically endangered earless dragons in Melbourne’s west, thanks to a training program launched by Zoos Victoria in 2023.

Trump tariffs | Trump has threatened extra 50% tariffs on China if the country does not withdraw its retaliatory levies. Global stock markets have been plagued with volatility as the world economy reacts. The EU has said it offered the US a “zero-for-zero” tariff deal on cars and industrial goods weeks before Trump launched his trade war.

Leaders meeting | The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is in Washington for a second meeting with Trump since the US president’s return to office, where the pair are expected to discuss the 18-month-old war in Gaza, Iran’s nuclear threat and US tariffs. Follow the live blog here.

Music | Clem Burke, the drummer whose backbeats powered Blondie to huge chart success across multiple decades, has died of cancer aged 70.

Request denied | Director Yorgos Lanthimos was refused by Greece’s culture ministry when he applied to shoot scenes for sci-fi comedy Bugonia at the Acropolis.

Aristocratic subterfuge | Police in the Brazilian state of São Paulo have uncovered that a judge spent 23 years working under a false identity – and a distinctly British one: Edward Albert Lancelot Dodd Canterbury Caterham Wickfield.

Soccer | Mary Fowler gave the Matildas cause for optimism ahead of next year’s Asian Cup after a fine first-half finish and some second-half wizardry helped secure a second friendly victory over continental rivals South Korea.

Rugby | World Rugby insists there is no medical evidence that 7-1 bench splits will lead to more injuries and the governing body has no plans to outlaw the tactic as a result.

Athletics | A huge throw elevated Matthew Denny into rarefied air on Sunday as the discus athlete recorded the fifth longest effort of all time while becoming the first Australian to eclipse the 70m mark at the Oklahoma Throws series in the US.

Melbourne | A man charged with antisemitic abuse of federal and Victorian MPs will have his first hearing.

Wagga Wagga | There will be a hearing for the Pfas inquiry.

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