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Australia’s system requires employers to contribute a mandated percentage of workers’ salaries into private retirement funds.
During a White House news conference on Dec. 2, Trump suggested his administration is looking into an Australian-retirement program known as "Superannuation."
As interest in US politics surges and Australians' views shift for the worse, Americans reflect on what it's like to be an expat down under.
During a White House press conference on Tuesday in which President Trump discussed the upcoming launch of Trump accounts, he appeared to endorse the Australian retirement system, known as the superannuation,
Australia is emerging as a quiet winner amid the Trump administration’s tariff campaign as surging gold and beef exports improve its trade balance with the US.
A YouTube video posted in December 2025 claimed the EU, the U.K., Canada and Australia had announced sanctions against U.S. President Donald Trump.
Police said the shooting, which injured at least 40 people, was a terror attack targeting the Jewish community. A gunman was also killed; another suspect was injured.
Donald Trump condemned global attacks, vowing retaliation after US casualties in Syria and praising a Sydney hero following the Bondi Beach antisemitic shooting.