Speaker 1: From The Daily Os.
Speaker 2: I'm Emma Gillespie, I'm Lucy Tassel.
Speaker 1: It's Tuesday, the twenty ninth of April. Here's what's making
Speaker 1: headlines this evening.
Speaker 2: The Australian stock market has reached a two month high
Speaker 2: with news the Trump administration is expected to soften automotive tariffs.
Speaker 2: It follows recent uncertainty across global markets off the back
Speaker 2: of the US president's sweeping Liberation Day tariffs, which included
Speaker 2: a twenty five percent tax on cars and car parts
Speaker 2: imported to America. Auto manufacturers warned the levee would lead
Speaker 2: to increased prices and decreased sales and quote make servicing
Speaker 2: and repairing vehicles both more expensive. Now, White House officials
Speaker 2: say Trump will reduce tariffs on foreign made car parts
Speaker 2: used in American manufactured cars. Vehicles made outside the US
Speaker 2: will still be subject to tariffs, but automakers won't have
Speaker 2: to pay stacked duties on things like allium and metals.
Speaker 2: News of the tariff relief has seen the best stay
Speaker 2: for Australian markets in eight weeks, with the ASX two
Speaker 2: hundred up by nearly one percent at close today.
Speaker 1: Queensland Police has charged a teenager after a vandalism attack
Speaker 1: on opposition leader Peter Dutton's office. It's the third time
Speaker 1: the Brisbane site has been targeted during this election campaign.
Speaker 1: Police were called to the office in Dutton's electorate of
Speaker 1: Dixon early this morning, where the facade of the building
Speaker 1: had been covered in red paint and anti Dutton posters.
Speaker 1: An eighteen year old woman has been charged with willful
Speaker 1: damage and is due in court next month, as police
Speaker 1: continue searching for three other people. Dutton faced further disruptions
Speaker 1: this afternoon, canceling a planned press conference due to anti
Speaker 1: nuclear protesters. The Liberal Party leader, who described the vandalism
Speaker 1: of his office as outrageous, said he supports democratic processes
Speaker 1: but doesn't want situations where people are being intimidated.
Speaker 2: Canada's Liberal Party has secured a fourth term of government
Speaker 2: in the country's snap election today, defying predictions from earlier
Speaker 2: this year. Former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stepped down as
Speaker 2: leader of the center left Liberals and retired from parliament
Speaker 2: earlier this year amid poor polls. His replacement, Mark Carney,
Speaker 2: called to the election within days of taking on the
Speaker 2: prime ministership. Analysts suggested Carney, who once led Canada and
Speaker 2: England Central Banks were seen as a safe choice to
Speaker 2: lead the country through economic turmoil brought on by US
Speaker 2: President Donald Trump's tariffs. Opposition leader Pierre Poillieve, who leads
Speaker 2: the Conservatives, conceded defeat earlier today and is projected to
Speaker 2: lose his seat in Ottawa. While it's not yet known
Speaker 2: if the Liberals will need to form a minority government,
Speaker 2: it is clear the country's smaller parties are facing their
Speaker 2: worst results in years, with the left leaning New Democratic Party,
Speaker 2: which has formed government with the centre left Liberals before,
Speaker 2: down more than a dozen seats.
Speaker 1: And today's good news, Researchers have discovered the oldest known
Speaker 1: ant fossil in Brazil. The one hundred and thirty one
Speaker 1: million year old specimen proves that ants existed around the
Speaker 1: world at the same time as dinosaurs. A team of
Speaker 1: experts from the University of Sal Paolo discovered the fossilized
Speaker 1: female ant in limestone from a well known geological site
Speaker 1: in Brazil's northeast. The specimen has been identified as the
Speaker 1: extinct wasp like hell ant. According to findings published in
Speaker 1: the journal Current Biology, it means ants spread through global
Speaker 1: ecosystems earlier than once believed. The discovery quote represents the
Speaker 1: earliest undisputed ant known to science.
Speaker 2: That's the latest from the Dallyos newsroom. If you're looking
Speaker 2: for something else, you can listen to today's deep Dive,
Speaker 2: where we take a close look at the minor parties
Speaker 2: and independents.
Speaker 1: For an explainer on all things to do with the Greens,
Speaker 1: One Nation, the Trumpet of Patriots and more plus key independence.
Speaker 1: Make sure you check out that one. We will be
Speaker 1: back tomorrow morning with another deep dive, but until then,
Speaker 1: have a great night.
Speaker 2: My name is Lily Maddon and I'm a proud Arunda
Speaker 2: Bungelung Calcuttin woman from Gadighl Country. The Daily oz acknowledges
Speaker 2: that this podcast is recorded on the lands of the
Speaker 2: Gadighl people and pays respect to all Aboriginal and Torres
Speaker 2: Strate island and nations. We pay our respects to the
Speaker 2: first peoples of these countries, both past and present.