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Peter Dutton will super-charge his fight against Labor over housing with a promise that first-time buyers of newly built homes would be able to deduct mortgage payments from income taxes.

The US dollar slumps and European markets wobble after Xi Jinping hikes tariffs on US goods to 125 per cent.

New data from the ABC's Vote Compass survey shows respondents are divided on nuclear energy, while support for climate change action appears to have softened.

The ongoing US-China trade war is taking its toll on Beijing. But here's how China is softening the blow, and how it could hit back against US tariffs.

The prime minister alleges he was also the subject of a "serious incident," while the AFP has warned the overall number of reported threats to politicians has increased.