9 Apr 2025

Trump fallout, Darwin Port, medical drone trial, Mokbel free

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 9 April 2025
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Australia correspondent Karen Middleton looks at the impact Donald Trump's tariff wars are having on the ASX 200 index and what it's done to the Australian dollar. 

The Darwin Port has been drawn into the election campaign, with both main parties in a battle to outdo each other on who's more committed to stripping Chinese-owned company 

Landbridge of its 99-year lease. Medical drones are being trialed in the Northern Territory to bring supplies and tests to remote indigenous communities and notorious gangland figure Tony Mokbel has bene freed after almost 20 years in jail.

Karen Middleton is a political journalist based in Canberra