Treasurer Jim Chalmers says Australia is well prepared to deal with potential tariffs from the United States.

Also, the Greens are offering to support a partial ban on gambling ads in a bid to force the federal government to act on the issue before the election is called.

It's a compromise offer and would amend the Greens bill currently in the Senate.

And Mohammad Al-Halabi, a former manager for World Vision International in Gaza, has been released from an Israeli prison, as Palestinian prisoners and detainees and Israeli hostages continue to be exchanged as part of the ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel.

Mr Al-Halabi was convicted in 2022 of funnelling money from the program to Hamas, but both a forensic audit by World Vision and an Australian government review found no aid money was missing.

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The wait continues for the federal government to release its response to a 2023 inquiry which called for a total ban on gambling ads and time is running out before the election.

Independent MP Andrew Wilkie has been campaigning on gambling reform and told RN Breakfast he thinks it is unlikely Labor will legislate anything on gambling advertisements before the election.

The Sydney Morning Herald reported this morning that the party will put gambling ad reform on ice until after the election.

More than a decade ago, the Julia Gillard-led minority Government backed out of a deal on gambling reform with Mr Wilkie who says he has fears "history could repeat itself."

"The Labor party has a desire within its DNA to protect the gambling industry mind you to be fair to the Labor party, the opposition is not proposing a blanket ban of gambling advertising either," he said.

Also, all 64 passengers and crew on a US passenger plane — as well as three soldiers on a US military helicopter — are feared dead after the two aircraft collided in mid-air as they approached Washington's Ronald Reagan National Airport.

Meanwhile, Denmark is seeking support from NATO and European nations, as US President Donald Trump steps up his efforts to acquire Greenland.

It comes after President Trump this month declined to rule out military or economic coercion as he tries to gain control of the autonomous Danish territory.

And the bid for the most world's most powerful sporting figure has officially kicked off.

All seven candidates vying for the role of the next Olympics President have put forward their case to voting members of the International Olympics Committee (IOC).

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The Federal Government says an Australian prisoner of war captured by Russia while fighting in Ukraine may still be alive.

Footage emerged, last month, of 32 year Oscar Jenkins being interrogated by Russian troops. He was later reported to have been killed.

Meanwhile, authorities say the full might of Australia's security agencies are investigating a potential terror plot against the Jewish community revealed by New South Wales Police.

Authorities fear a caravan laden with explosives discovered in Sydney's north-west was to be used in an anti-Semitic attack.

United Nations officials are urging Israel to reverse its decision to ban UN aid agency, UNRWA, from operating in Israel or having any contact with Israel. 

It comes as the UN struggles to fulfil its duty to distribute humanitarian aid into Gaza. 

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It comes after the so-called M23 rebel group - backed by Rwanda - declared that the city of Goma was now under its control, although the Congolese government disputes this.

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And at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, regional Victoria-based business Med-Con was awarded a five year contract from the Morrison government to boost the nation's stockpile of surgical masks.

But contract is set to expire at the end of this year, throwing the business into limbo. 

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