Now that the United States and Iran have put the war on pause, the voyage through the Strait of Hormuz may be less dangerous. But it is no less challenging politically or diplomatically.
The government agency that keeps a list of draft-eligible men will begin automatically registering names later this year, abandoning a decades-old requirement that they register themselves.
A gas export tax could make it harder for Australia to secure imported fuel from Asia, with a Senate committee examining the idea as Anthony Albanese is in Singapore meeting with its PM Lawrence Wong.
The US military is making a major change to enrolment, affecting all ‘eligible men’, with the White House saying Donald Trump now has ‘options on the table’.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has given an instruction to begin peace talks with Lebanon including on the topic of disarming Hezbollah.