Australia’s re-elected Labour Party government stated that US tariffs on foreign-made films are unjustified. The minister for social services, Amanda Rishworth, today said that the government’s whole team, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, would present a very strong case to the United States against the new tariffs following Labour’s landslide victory in Saturday’s election.

Earlier, US President Donald Trump announced a 100 per cent tariff on films produced outside the United States on Monday.

Addressing reporters in Canberra yesterday, Albanese said that he had spoken to Trump following the election and that they had discussed tariffs. Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong said that the US administration would be made aware of the re-elected government’s opposition to the film tariffs.