Morning everyone. The end of the Iran war “can’t come soon enough” for Australia, Jim Chalmers said last night, as the government considers allowing more ethanol to be used in petrol and farmers warn of higher food prices. And as bombing continues in the Middle East, and Lebanon faces an “existential threat”, our poll shows many Australians think we should start distancing ourselves from the US.
Elsewhere, the Married at First Sight star Mel Schilling has died, we look at why people are paying large sums for unnecessary health tests spruiked online, and Alice Zaslavsky has a recipe for fish in the bag.
