# Albanese dismisses criticism from Leonardo DiCaprio over native forest clearing – as it happened

That’s where we’ll wrap it up this evening. Here’s a rundown of some of the main events today:

- The trade minister, **Don Farrell,** said the US had  by imposing tariffs on aluminium and steel imports, including from Australia.
- The prime minister, **Anthony Albanese,** said the federal budget on 25 March will include  campaign as a result.
- The deputy prime minister, **Richard Marles,** said retaliatory tariffs on the US would not be “in the interest of the Australian economy or Australian workers”.
- The opposition leader, **Peter Dutton**, responded to  among Coalition MPs.
- **Leonardo DiCaprio**  to the government’s decision to allow the mining company South32 to clear native forest in WA for bauxite mining. **Albanese** 
- Naplan tests were , causing a temporary delay for some Australian students this morning.
-  the organisation’s CEO, **Dr Cassandra Goldie**, says:
    - It’s a complete travesty that in one of the world’s wealthiest nations people are getting sick, skipping meals and delaying medical appointments because they can’t afford to cool and power their homes.
    - Climate change is making heatwaves more frequent and intense, with more deaths related to heat than all other natural disasters combined. We urgently need to help people improve the thermal performance of housing, electrify and access rooftop solar and home batteries, with the most help going to low-income and First Nations housing.
- People skipping meals to pay energy bills, ACOSS research reveals
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