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Australian investors have followed a positive lead from Wall Street overnight, pinned on hopes of an 11th-hour peace deal between the US and Iran.

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Prices for diesel surged again over Easter on worries the Middle East war could extend for weeks or months.

In the first comments from a senior executive about the growing risk, Westpac chief executive Anthony Miller said Australia needed to acknowledge the ‘chance’ of recession amid the Iran war.

Labor’s workplace laws introduced in 2023 risk causing Australia to suffer from stagflation, a University of New South Wales professor has warned.

Mike Dorrell grew up in the country town of Griffith the son of a teacher, and is now among Australia’s 10 richest and a neighbour of Donald Trump in Florida.

The US President disappointed investors hoping for a quick resolution to the conflict now in its fifth week.

Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan both considered invading it. Saddam Hussein bombed it. In 1988 Donald Trump said that were he president, he would ‘do a number’ on the island. 

The Government has warned Australia could face shortages of gas over winter as the Resources Minister says she’s considering using the gas trigger to keep gas on home soil.

The financial services regulator’s final report into the ASX has questioned its management and governance after years of operational bungles.

The prime minister is set to unveil interest-free loans for freight, fuel and fertiliser companies hurt by the spike in fuel prices spurred on by the Iran war.

The boss of Australian Energy Producers has joined an attack on ‘anti fossil fuel activists’ for dictating the nation’s energy policy and warned any windfall tax would lead to job losses.