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Albanese offers Brunei food for fertiliser, fuel as farmers stop planting
The prime minister has used Australia’s food exports in a bid to boost fuel and fertiliser imports, as up to half of the nation’s grain growers may not plant a crop this season due to unprecedented price rises.
- Mike Foley
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Australia joins strait-talking summit with France and UK, and without the US
Australia will join a summit organised by France and Britain, but excluding the US, to organise a coalition to safeguard shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
- Matthew Knott and Michael Koziol
Untold price of war cannot be measured in money
The IMF’s report on the economic impact of the Middle East conflict is chilling – but it ignores the massive cost in human lives and the untold damage to infrastructure.
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- Middle East at war
Albanese steps in on fuel supply as Coalition floats Russian sanctions pause
The government for the first time acknowledged the potential benefit of Australians working from home and cutting back on fuel consumption.
- Paul Sakkal
Warning to Australia: Work from home, avoid air travel and cut speed limits to guard against oil shock
As the Albanese government avoids alarm, the International Energy Agency issued a global plea for countries to take some drastic actions on Friday.
- Paul Sakkal
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- Resolve Political Monitor
Australians want no part in Iran conflict as Hastie unloads on ‘petulant’ Trump
Most Australians want the country to stay out of the war in Iran, with fewer than one in three voters backing the Albanese government’s support for US strikes.
- Matthew Knott
Trump is rallying nations to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz. Australia is wary
The US president has not asked Canberra to send a warship to the critical choke point as he seeks to form a coalition to protect global oil trade.
- Matthew Knott
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- Middle East at war
Lessons from the Iran crisis: Australia looking to ramp up missile production
The prime minister said Australia would be operating in a defensive capacity only. But one analyst says Iran would make no distinction.
- Paul Sakkal and Brittany Busch
Australia weighs sending ‘world-class’ surveillance aircraft to defend against Iran drones
The country’s most sophisticated military surveillance plane could be deployed to help Gulf nations defend against Iranian missile and drone attacks.
- Matthew Knott
Wong dispatches crisis squads to Middle East to help stranded Australians - but no rescue planes yet
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has warned of the historic challenge of repatriating Australians from the Middle East, with the ADF standing ready to support the operation.
- Nick Newling and Daniel Lo Surdo