Anthony Albanese accuses Peter Dutton of 'walking away' from bipartisan Ukraine position — as it happened

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Off the back of the US steel and aluminium tariffs, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been pushing hard for shoppers to buy Aussie made. Just look at his Instagram.

Over in Canada, local media is reporting that a push to buy Canadian is taking off, with red maple leafs and prominent displays highlighting locally-made goods.

CBC reports that retailers have launched marketing campaigns to capture the consumer demand, while there's news, too, that customers are quickly turning away from American products.

Perhaps that's because the anti-Trump sentiment from the government has been building for a while now.

But what about Australia? Will we see more green and gold at the shops?

I reached out to Coles, Woolworths and Aldi to see if they'd seen a rise in shoppers flocking to Australian goods and abandoning American products.

Coles didn't answer that question, but said it already works to ensure packaged goods clearly show where they were made and packed.

The supermarket also pointed out the vast majority of its fresh produce is sourced locally.

Woolworths and Aldi chose not to comment.

But it's possible this "Team Australia" approach will grow further. A government source has flagged the upcoming budget will have a Buy Australian flavour to it.

There's also growing concern US President Donald Trump's tariff agenda will only continue.

Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell said he was most concerned about tariffs potentially hitting agricultural and pharmaceutical goods because Australia sells a lot of those products to the US.

Earlier Anthony Albanese was asked about the international call for world leaders to discuss a potential peacekeeping mission in Ukraine.

The call is set to take place tomorrow night.

You can read more about who will be on the call and what it may include here:

In a joint press release from the PM, the industry and science minister and the climate change and energy minister, the Labor government has announced a $750 million to boost development of new technologies to ensure Australia's metals manufacturers remain globally competitive.

It will be administered independently through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).

The press release said this latest investment is part of more than $5 billion now allocated to supercharge Australian metals industry.

"That's why we are allocating funding to back our local metals manufacturers to seize the opportunities of the future.

"We've got the resources, the workers, and the know-how — the only thing we don't have is time to waste," Albanese said.

Anthony Albanese has accused Opposition Leader Peter Dutton of walking away from supporting Ukraine.

"Australia has of course stood with Ukraine since the beginning of this process. It did have a bipartisan position. It appears that Mr Dutton has walked away from that. That’s a decision for him.

"But we stand with Ukraine and we stand against and remain committed to opposing the actions of Vladimir Putin."

Anthony Albanese was asked if the GST deal with WA was a bit like the show MAFS (Married at First Sight), where it feels like a marriage that is hard for you to defend at the dinner table with the other states.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese dodged the question by saying: "I am pro marriage, I hope to have one this year."

Anthony Albanese will join a phone hook-up with world leaders to discuss a potential peacekeeping mission to Ukraine.

He says the government is looking forward to there being peace in the Ukraine.

"But we don't have to think very hard about which side we are on in this conflict.

"Russia is the aggressor. Russia invaded a sovereign nation in Ukraine and has had committed atrocities against civilians," he says.

"It is an illegal and immoral war. This can end tomorrow if Vladimir Putin ends this illegal and immoral invasion and goes back to his own borders."

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is speaking now in Perth.

You can watch the presser from the top of the page.

Shadow Minister for Home Affairs James Paterson said while he agrees US influencer Sam Jones behaved "appallingly", he wished the immigration minister "put as much effort into cancelling the visas of hardened criminals".

He had this to say on 4BC breakfast this morning in an interview with Peter Fegan:

I have to say, I wish Tony Burke put as much effort into cancelling the visas of hardened criminals released into the community who have committed crimes against Australians and Hezbollah and Hamas supporters that this government has brought into our country.

By all means, deport this person who's been cruel to a wombat.

But how about terrorist supporters and violent criminals get deported too?

The Greens are questioning whether Labor rushed mandatory sentencing laws through parliament under "false pretences" after the Dural caravan plot was revealed to be a hoax.

Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi has demanded the laws be revisited and repealed when parliament next meets.

You can read more here in the exclusive story by Jake Evans:

A controversy is brewing in higher education with Australian researchers and unions accusing the Trump administration of foreign interference.

Under Trump, the US government has made deep cuts to research funding, which has hit Australian scientists and academics working on projects jointly funded by American agencies.

Last week some of those Australian researchers were sent a "show cause" notice asking them to justify their funding, along with a questionnaire grilling them on a host of issues — including their institution's links with China and the Trump administration's edicts recognising only two sexes.

The Group of Eight — which represents Australia's largest universities — said the US has now "suspended or terminated research grants with six of the eight member universities" and sent researchers a "number of questions [which] relate to the priorities of the Trump government".

It also says it has "sought Australian Government intervention and is seeking urgent guidance from the US Government at the highest levels, including an extension of time to appropriately address and respond to the requirements".

The NTEU's national president, Alison Barnes, has issued a furious statement, saying the government must "guarantee Australian researchers would be protected from foreign influence.

"The Federal Government must push back on the Trump administration's blatant foreign interference in our independent research in the strongest possible terms," she said.

"Donald Trump's hateful agenda is racist, transphobic and misogynistic. The idea of research funding being tied to any of those values is sickening."

A US influencer who has left the country after receiving a backlash for snatching a baby wombat from its mother, has been filmed in a different video, this time picking up and patting an echidna.

You can watch the video here:

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was on Triple M in Perth earlier this morning, where he said he has had two conversations with US President Donald Trump about the tariffs.

"They're of the view that tariffs somehow are the most beautiful world in the English language, according to him [Donald Trump]," Albanese told Triple M.

"The truth is that it's an act of economic self harm. Tariffs increase costs for Americans who are buying those products, and we don't think it is in the US's interest or Australia's interest.

"People who are buying those products will agree too and when they realise that it is in fact a tax on them, that then goes to their government," Albanese said.

"We will continue to argue our case [and] will do it constructively and respectfully."

Dutton has also been asked to comment on Bill Shorten's comments on tariffs.

The former Labor leader, who exited parliament just weeks ago, said earlier if US President Donald Trump's tariffs on Australia continue, the government will have to retaliate with its own dollar-for-dollar punishments.

Dutton called it an "interesting intervention" by Shorten.

"If Bill Shorten believes Anthony Albanese is out of his depth and does not know what to do, think Australia is right in drawing the same conclusion," he says.

"They see a prime minister who is weak and out of his depth and that is what Bill Shorten sees as well."

He continues by saying Australian ambassador to the US Kevin Rudd has "no respect and has no relationship" with the Trump administration.

"I'm sure he's well intentioned but he cannot open any doors," Dutton adds.

"That is a real problem for Australia but ultimately the responsibility of the prime minister is we have to respond to events and unfortunately the prime minister has not been nimble enough to do that."

Peter Dutton has been asked about the alleged mastermind behind the caravan terror plot reportedly leaving by boat while on bail, and what it means for Australian border forces.

"It just shows that if you're living in Gaza, in a terrorist controlled zone, you have got a better chance of getting into Australia than almost anyone else," Dutton says.

"Three thousand people were brought into our country without the requisite security checks and yet somebody who is alleged to have been involved in a serious crime here in Australia, is able to leave undetected."

He said it shows the government doesn't have control of Australia's borders.

Dutton has also been asked about Anthony Albanese's decision to join other world leaders to discuss potentially sending peacekeepers to Ukraine.

He says the PM has been "overruled" by the defence minister and the assistant defence minister.

"If the prime minister is wanting to commit thousands of our troops to go and serve in Europe, it just doesn't make any sense," he says.

"I think the prime minister's out of his depth when it comes to national security."

He goes on to call the decision "reckless" .

"He didn't even consult with the chief of the defence force on this announcement and now his colleagues are trying to wind it back."

When asked if the Coaltion would be willing to send peacekeepers to Ukraine, Dutton says he does support Ukraine.

"As defence minister I was incredibly proud to stand with Ukraine ambassador to put the first load of Bushmasters," he says.

"But not with troops on the ground and this was a thought bubble by the prime minister."

Immigration Minister Tony Burke has just released a short statement on the departure of the US influencer Sam Jones. 

The ABC has confirmed Jones — who describes herself on social media as a "wildlife biologist and environmental scientist" — departed Australia this morning.

"There's never been a better day to be a baby wombat in Australia," Burke said.

Peter Dutton has been asked a question about the US influencer who snatched a baby wombat.

The ABC has confirmed Sam Jones — who describes herself on social media as a "wildlife biologist and environmental scientist" — departed Australia this morning.

Mr Dutton says he won't give more publicity to someone like Ms Jones who "craves it".

"Look, thought it was a cruel act, to be honest, and I'm glad that the influencer has now left," he says, before turning his attention to energy bill increases.

Shadow Trade Minister Kevin Hogan has linked AUKUS to negotiations with the US on tariffs, saying Australia's promise to plough billions into the US submarine industrial base hands it "leverage" with the Trump administration.

The comments are likely to draw fire from the government, given both the prime minister and the opposition leader have been adamant that the trade stoush should have no impact on AUKUS or Australia's plan to develop nuclear power submarines with the US.

Earlier this week the prime minister rejected suggestions he should bring up AUKUS when bargaining with the US, saying it was already a "good deal" for Australia and not a "favour" to the US.

But Hogan struck a slightly different tone this morning on RN Breakfast.

"We have the $800 million AUKUS cheque that Richard Marles just went over and threw on the table as part of the deal with AUKUS," he said.

"So we actually believe we have more leverage points with America now than when we got the exemption a few years ago."

It's not clear whether the shadow minister was actually suggesting that Australia should threaten to withdraw AUKUS payments in trade negotiations with the US, or whether he was simply saying the deal should put Australia in a stronger position to get tariff exemptions.

But Peter Dutton is likely to field questions on this as he holds his press conference now.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is currently speaking to media in Erina, on NSW's Central Coast.

He says his party will improve local road infrastructure, making a $112 million road upgrade promise if elected.

"We will invest more into local road infrastructure so people spending hours and hours in their car each day, going to work or coming home in the afternoon, can completed the trip more quickly," he says.