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The Prime Minister has met with state and territory leaders and announced the setting up of a new fuel supply taskforce to co-ordinate a national response to the oil crisis.

Iran has attacked an airbase in the United Arab Emirates where Australian soldiers are stationed but none were injured.

In a blow to everyone struggling to pay off a mortgage and deal with rising fuel costs, the Reserve Bank has increased the cash rate 4.1 per cent.

The American president has asked NATO to help secure the Strait of Hormuz.

As the war in the Middle East continues, the Federal Government is set to release hundreds of millions of litres of fuel from Australia's national stockpiles, as farmers and motorists complain of shortages and soaring prices.

The price of oil has continued to rise as emergency reserves are released around the world. The International Energy Agency, agreed to release 400 million barrels of oil in an effort to maintain stable flow of fuel to try and prevent further price surges.

The Iranian regime has warns its citizens not to hold street protests and said if they do they will be treated as the enemy. The warning comes as rocket attacks across the Middle East escalated.

The US President says the war in the Middle East will be soon be over. Despite the president's statement, the Federal Government has deployed Australian military personnel to the conflict.

The Iranian regime has defied Donald Trump, choosing the son of the slain Ayatollah Khamenei as the country's new Supreme Leader.

The Prime Minister has confirmed that three Australian Navy personnel were on board the US submarine that sank an Iranian ship, but says they were not actively involved in the attack.

The Middle East war has widened with an American submarine sinking an Iranian warship in waters off Sri Lanka.

The Federal Government is deploying crisis teams to the Middle East to help more than 100,000 stranded Australians. 

As the war in the Middle East intensifies, there are growing concerns about how the conflict will affect fuel prices and the broader Australian economy.

The war against Iran has escalated with Israel and Hezbollah exchanging rocket fire and towns struck in Lebanon.

As the Liberal Party gears up for the Farrer by-election, it has been revealed the results of the party's review of its disastrous 2025 election campaign won't be made public.

Australians have been warned to leave parts of the Middle East as tensions between the United States and Iran continue to rise.

A bomb threat to the Prime Minister's Canberra residence has been linked to the opponents of a Chinese dance group.

The Royal Commission into antisemitism and social cohesion has begun. Eye witnesses to the Bondi terror attack have been ruled out of giving evidence to avoid prejudicing Naveed Akram's trial.

The Federal Opposition has called for new laws to be introduced which punish people who help families linked to Islamic State, return to Australia.

Some observers think the arrest of the former Prince Andrew will strengthen the campaign of Jeffrey Epstein's accusers and put pressure on US authorities to take action against the late billionaire's associates.