Politics

The Energy Minister has lowered fuel quality standards in a bid to get an extra 100 million litres a month more petrol into the Australia market amid fears shortages could cripple transport and food supplies.

Labor has continued to obfuscate basic questions about what military or logistical support the United States has asked Australia to provide in the US-Israel-Iran war. 

Australians may now be realising that a vast continent with only two oil refineries has been engaged in risky business when it comes to fuel supplies.

The senior bureaucrat’s dramatic and poorly explained departure will shake confidence in the anti-Semitism inquiry.

The International Energy Agency will release 400 million barrels of oil, it’s largest ever release as Iran threatens to send oil prices to $200 a barrel.

MARK RILEY: Matt Canavan is a political enigma. And he is exactly the person the Nationals need to prevent them from following the dinosaurs into extinction.

The US is investigating what it considers unfair trade practices by dozens of countries, opening the door to further tariffs as Donald Trump seeks to replace duties struck down by the Supreme Court.

The Albanese Government will allow dirtier fuel to be used in Australia to combat the record-high petrol price crisis.

Files released on Thursday show Keir Starmer was explicitly warned about Peter Mandelson’s links to the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein

Dennis Richardson says he wasn’t doing enough on the anti-Semitism royal commission to justify his mammoth $5500 a day pay

THE NEW YORK TIMES: An ongoing military investigation has determined the US is responsible for a deadly Tomahawk missile strike on an Iranian elementary school, and the likely reason for the deadly bungle.

Iran’s aspiration to conduct a surprise drone strike on the United States has been revealed, with the FBI urgently warning local law enforcement over the threat.

The International Energy Agency will release a record 400 million barrels of emergency oil reserves as the Iran-Israel conflict threatens global supply routes.

Police have been criticised for releasing a man accused of threatening children and shouting racist abuse at Muslims gathering for a dinner during Ramadan.