In a move that has everyone scratching their heads, the US has slapped a 12.5% tariff on Australian exports, citing Australia's 'failure' to ban goods produced with forced labour. The Trump administration, in its latest round of tariffs targeting over 80 nations, seems to have confused Australia with a country that actually has a forced labour problem.

Liberal MP Julian Leeser, meanwhile, told a royal commission that his son no longer feels safe at Jewish events after the Bondi terror attack. And in other news, Barnaby Joyce's wife has banned ABC's 7.30 from their farm, presumably because they didn't like the coverage of the last time a politician was caught on camera doing something embarrassing.

As for the tariff, the Australian government expressed confusion: 'Forced labour is definitely something which needs to be combated, so we support that objective. But this tariff makes no sense.' They also called for the Strait of Hormuz to remain open for commercial shipping, because apparently that's related somehow.

In summary: Australia gets slapped with a tariff it didn't deserve, a politician's kid is scared, and a farm is now a media-free zone. Just another day in the land down under.