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Minutes from the Reserve Bank's March meeting will attract attention from analysts after a debate over interest rates ended in a 5-4 split.

Counter-drone company says Australia remains drastically unprepared for next type of global warfare.

Petrol will be 26 cents-a-litre cheaper from Wednesday with a temporary cut to fuel excise. Here’s everything you need to know.

Australia’s commercial transport and logistics sector will be targeted in a suite of measures announced by the Federal Government to combat the fuel volatility sparked by the Iran war. 

A senior Trump administration official has told Australia’s mining sector that critical minerals will become one of the pillars of the US alliance as both nations work together to end their reliance on China.

The woman at the centre of AFL star Lachie Neale’s split from wife Jules has been spotted in public with her ex-husband for the first time since the scandal erupted. 

Defence Minister Richard Marles has sidestepped questions about explosive allegations of abuse within the ADF’s interrogation training program as pressure mounts on the government to respond.

Queensland Police confirmed they had charged a 35-year-old ute driver after footage emerged of him colliding with a bus carrying the Iranian women’s soccer team.

Iran has struck a Middle Eastern airbase where international military forces are located for the second time in the current war, but all Australian soldiers there are safe and accounted for.

State and territory leaders will hold emergency talks on the fuel crisis as the Treasurer warns motorists could be stuck with soaring petrol prices for another three years because of the Middle East conflict.

Mortgage holders have been slapped with another 25 basis point rate rise from the Reserve Bank, with governor Michele Bullock hinting aggressive monetary policy tightening could spark a recession.

Former Nationals leader David Littleproud has been dropped from key shadow portfolios a week after his resignation which elevated Senator Matt Canavan as party leader.

Australia has stepped up its efforts to get expats out of the Middle East as conflict escalates, opening a temporary bypass to passport rules to get people out of the conflict zone. 

Massive defence projects will no longer be subject to public scrutiny in a move described as the ‘final nail in the coffin of transparency and accountability’.