Diesel drivers are gearing up for even more financial pain at the pump from next week as the Middle East conflict sends the price of oil through the roof.
Donald Trump’s promise of a quick end to the US-Israel attack on Iran did not appear to shift public perceptions of the war or the economic strife it’s causing.
Australia is standing firm on its commitment to cheaper medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme after US President Donald Trump slapped a 100 per cent tariff on pharmaceuticals overnight.
Defence minister Richard Marles is refusing to comment on the deployment of special forces to the Middle East but has made one thing ‘absolutely clear’.
All we know is that the US president has managed to give Iran the upper hand in this conflict while tanking the global economy and shredding America’s most important alliances.
Anthony Albanese has urged Australians to catch up with family and friends and take it easy on the roads over Easter, but made no mention of the fuel crisis that is cutting some holiday plans short.
LATIKA M BOURKE: France’s President Emmanuel Macron has pushed back on Donald Trump’s criticism, warning that world politics is serious as tensions rise over Iran.