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President Trump is travelling with the Tesla founder and tech multi-billionaire Elon Musk and the CEOs of several of America's biggest companies.
Here is the US president.
Donald Trump also told the Chinese president that they will, quote, have a fantastic future.
Health Minister Mark Butler says a number of Australians on board that Hantavirus-infected cruise ship will start their journey back home this afternoon.
Six passengers, including four Australian citizens, a permanent Australian resident and a New Zealander, were awaiting a plane from the Netherlands back to Perth.
That plane has now been secured and the passengers will head off shortly and are expected to land in WA tomorrow.
Minister Butler saying at this stage all those passengers are in good health.
The quarantine order for those six passengers will last at least three weeks to start with, with the situation then set to be reassessed.
As the opposition leader, Angus Taylor, prepares to deliver his budget reply speech tonight, the Labor Party has announced a new member.
Senator for Tasmania, Tammy Tyrrell, has switched to the Labor Party.
She was first elected into the federal Senate in 2022 as a member of the Jackie Lambie network.
Tyrrell represented that party until 2024 when she resigned and decided to sit as an independent.
Ms Tyrrell made the announcement today alongside Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and had this to say about why she is making the decision now.
The Labor Party now has 30 seats in the Senate out of 76.
And the impact of the government's federal budget is continuing with the major banks taking a massive hit on the Australian share market.
The Commonwealth Bank yesterday saw a 10.4% fall, wiping around $30 billion in its market value.
It's climbed back slightly today with the NAB, Westpac and ANZ also all dropping.
It comes after the federal government announced major changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax concessions in yesterday's budget.
Housing loans are the largest source of loans for Australia's banks and CBA and Westpac are the biggest mortgage lenders.
Now it's time to get into our deep dive on today's historic court decision that found Coles guilty of misleading consumers.