Headlines: Australia and EU sign free-trade deal

Headlines: Australia and EU sign free-trade deal

Published: March 24, 2026

Duration: 4:19

Today's headlines include:

Australia and the European Union have agreed to a new free-trade deal, aimed at reducing tariffs and expanding exports. Under 16-year-olds in Queensland will be banned from riding e‑scooters and e‑bikes, while riders over 16 must hold at least a learner’s licence, the State Government has announced.  At least 66 people have died and dozens are injured after a Colombian military plane crashed in the country’s southern Amazon region. And today’s good news: A decades-long archeological dig in Egypt has uncovered to-do lists and receipts dating back 3,000 years.

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