Politics

Minerals Council of Australia chair Andrew Michelmore accused unions of a “targeted campaign against BHP.”

Mining group accuses unions of ‘targeted’ anti-BHP campaign

The Pilbara’s status as Australia’s economic powerhouse is under threat from rising union activity that ‘doesn’t help productivity’, the head of mining’s peak lobby group says.

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Australians have been warned to brace for higher food prices and shortages in supermarkets.

Aussies warned about higher grocery prices as fuel costs hit

Australians have been warned to brace for higher prices in supermarkets, cafes and shops — and even shortages — in coming weeks as the deepening fuel crisis begins to ripple through supply chains.

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US is secretly testing the new Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile in South Australia.

US is secretly testing new hypersonic missile on Aussie soil

Secretive testing of an advanced hypersonic weapon capable of travelling at five times the speed of sound is believed to be underway in remote South Australia.

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Australia’s energy security shouldn’t be in the hands of a few Middle Eastern kings and caliphates.

Why the fuel crisis should be a wake-up call for Australia

Australia can no longer trust a bunch of kingdoms and caliphates in the Middle East to provide our fuel security.

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IEA boss warns oil and gas crisis ‘worse than 1970s shocks’

The world’s energy watchman has warned the oil and gas crisis prompted by the US-Israel-Iran war is worse than the energy shocks of the 1970s ‘which led the world to recession’.

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NSW Premier Chris Minns has revealed 105 service stations are now without diesel - “almost exclusively in the regions”.

‘Of course’ the government is considering fuel rations

Federal Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen confirmed fuel rationing has been reviewed by his department as more than 200 service stations ran out of petrol in NSW, Queensland and Victoria.

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Pauline Hanson in South Australian on election night.

Hanson’s popularity shows we’re catching up to US and UK

LATIKA M BOURKE: Australia is catching up with the anti-globalisation and anti-establishment sentiment that has swept through the UK and US.

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Viktor Orban, Hungary's PM,  faces an election next month.

Russian spooks proposed staging audacious PM assassination

Russia’s audacious bid to help their NATO ally maintain his grip on power.

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Tanya Plibersek & Barnaby Joyce explode in fiery clash on Sunrise, leaving host Nat Barr in shock

‘Be a grown-up’: Fuel debate between Plibersek and Joyce descends into chaos

The federal government is working to assure Australians there’s enough petrol for everyone.

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Fuel prices are rising in Australia and across the globe, with no end to the Iran war in sight. (Jay Kogler/AAP PHOTOS)

PM hits the phones in urgent attempt to get more fuel

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been phoning his global counterparts to try and shore up Australia’s fuel stocks over the coming weeks and months, as the Middle East war sends shockwaves through global supply chains.

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Pauline Hanson's One Nation has confirmed its arrival as a political force in the SA election. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

One Nation here to stay after state election uprising

Nationwide polling suggesting One Nation's primary vote has soared should be believed after a massive swing at the South Australian election, experts say.

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Advances in drone technology should prompt a rethink on anti-extremism, say experts. (AP PHOTO)

Australia warned to act fast on drone terror threat

Drone-based terror attacks pose an increasing threat to Australia's national security and urgent action is needed, a report warns.

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Australia releases list of priorities for data centres

The Albanese Government says it will prioritise data centre and AI infrastructure proposals which use clean energy, hire Australians, and don’t adversely impact communities they’re built in. 

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Defence Minister Richard Marles.

Australia signs on to help open Strait of Hormuz

Australia has joined 21 other countries in a joint commitment to safeguard oil tanker transit through the Strait of Hormuz amid the US-Israel-Iran war. 

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One Nation leader Senator Pauline Hanson celebrated the party’s good showing in the South Australian election on Saturday.

The SA election changes everything for the federal Liberals

AARON PATRICK: One Nation’s polling surge is not a statistical anomaly, and means Pauline Hanson is now as much a threat to the Coalition as Anthony Albanese.

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