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Anthony Albanese has called a Thursday meeting of national cabinet to address the fuel supply crisis as his government prepares new measures to help shield households from the economic fallout of the war in Iran.
The prime minister told a car retailers conference the major economic reforms of the 1980s and 1990s were no longer sufficient for the economy. “It’s a different world now,” he said.
Albanese later confirmed no ADF personnel were injured when an Iranian projectile hit near Australia’s headquarters at the Al Minhad airbase in the UAE, damaging some facilities. And Iran has vowed revenge on Israel after an airstrike killed Ali Larijani, Tehran’s influential security chief.
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“This is a guy that does not respect smaller countries” – Malcolm Turnbull on Donald Trump.
The former PM said this morning that the president’s furious comments about Nato and other allies – including Australia – after Trump’s calls for back-up in the strait of Hormuz were rebuffed – underlined the importance of Australia becoming “more independent” from the US.
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Will One Nation go mainstream in South Australia’s election?
Analysts and politicians alike are watching Saturday’s vote because this will be One Nation’s first real test since its surge in opinion polls. Can this rightwing populist party translate those eye-opening numbers into seats?
Chief political correspondent Dan Jervis-Bardy went to Adelaide to find out.
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Honey is often described as a superfood with a laundry list of promised benefits: a treatment for coughs, an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory, a potential solution to combat drug-resistant superbugs. Donna Lu sorts through the claims to see what sticks and what’s just unfounded buzz.
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