Fuel retailers will face a ‘compliance blitz’ from both State and Federal levels amid widespread concerns over price gouging. Here’s what that means.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Donald Trump is ramping up pressure on allies to help protect the crucial shipping lane.
Andrew Greene and Caitlyn Rintoul
Former Nationals leader David Littleproud has been dropped from key shadow portfolios a week after his resignation which elevated Senator Matt Canavan as party leader.
Australia has ruled out sending naval vessels to the Strait of Hormuz, despite US calls for allies to help protect oil tankers from Iranian attacks.
Australia has stepped up its efforts to get expats out of the Middle East as conflict escalates, opening a temporary bypass to passport rules to get people out of the conflict zone.
Home Affairs officials have revealed there are 234,000 backpackers in Australia, accounting for more than half of the nation’s high net overseas migration figure.
Australia has now ordered all non-essential officials and their families from both Israel and the United Arab Emirates to leave the Middle East as the US-Israel-Iran war escalates.
Labor has continued to obfuscate basic questions about what military or logistical support the United States has asked Australia to provide in the US-Israel-Iran war.
Australian expats in the Middle East have been urged to leave the region on commercial flights before they ‘dry up’.
Defence Minister Richard Marles would not say whether Australia will agree to a Trump administration request for military support in the war against Iran.
Caitlyn Rintoul and Andrew Greene
After the shock resignation of David Littleproud, Matt Canavan has been elected as the leader of the Nationals Party.
Only last year, the mining billionaire said he was too old for politics, but it seems he’s changed his mind after announcing his plans to run for a Liberal-held seat in Queensland.
