Trump seeking new Australian trade deal: adviser

One of US President Donald Trump’s top trade advisers has raised speculation the US will attempt to negotiate a new free trade deal with Australia.

Trump vows to dump trade agreement on day one

US president-elect Donald Trump says he’ll begin to withdraw the United States from the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal on his first day in office.

Shorten and Turnbull are both running presidential-style campaigns, but to whom are their respective parties appealing? Photo: Mick Tsikas, AAP.

Richardson: Left, right, left - the confused march of the neverending election campaign

Arguments about protecting Australian jobs have ignited an otherwise dreary election campaign. But, as Tom Richardson writes, the rhetoric exposes inherent ideological contradictions within both major parties.