Push for US to Honour Free Trade with Australia & BAFTAs Highlights

Trade Minister Don Farrell will return to the US to press the case for the removal of American tariffs, after President Donald Trump instituted a fresh round of the economic measures; A senior government minister says the opposition's push to punish those who help Islamic State-linked families return home from Syria appears to be trying to criminalise the work of aid organisations; Charles Darwin University says vice-chancellor and president Scott Bowman has stepped down from his position, following an accreditation scandal that impacted almost 300 TAFE students; The Mexican Army says it has killed the leader of one of the country’s most powerful drug cartels, El Mencho; And Robert Aramayo wins Best Actor in BAFTAs upset.

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