New polling shows Australians are losing hope in their Labour led government ahead of an election middle of next year.

The Redbridge Poll found half of all voters think the country is headed in the wrong direction, with less than a third seeing it as on track.

Australian Correspondent Steve Price says this is very bad news for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Price says voters are concerned about the government’s focus and 6% of Australians agree strongly that the government is focused on the right issues.

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The US President-elect is pledging to hit Canada and Mexico with large taxes.

Donald Trump says of many first executive orders, one will be charging the neighbouring countries 25% goods tariffs.

He says they'll continue until they clamp down on illegal border crossings of drugs and migrants.

US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking that the last time Trump played the tariff game it was with China, which resulted in Trump having to give US farmers bailouts worth $23 billion.

He says economists are speculating that the tariffs taking shape in the way Trump is illuding could add up to $2,600 extra a year for consumers.

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The Government's being accused of having no vision for the struggling health sector.

The Health Minister's announced $20 million dollars to hire 50 senior doctors, and $10 million for senior specialist nurses and allied health professionals.

The Nurses Organisation says the funding is only a 0.2% increase in investment for nurses.

Association of Salaried Medical Specialists Executive Director Sarah Dalton told Mike Hosking she doesn’t want to rain on the parade, but she doesn’t think it achieves anything.

She says it’s disappointing, given the report released last year that states New Zealand is short by 1,700 doctors and GPs.

Dalton says nothing that has happened since has referred to that data or tried to address it in any concrete or tangible way.

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