Politics

AARON PATRICK: Apart from petrol price increases, the economic effects of the conflict in the Middle East on Australia could be mildly positive, experts say.

Aviation experts have issued a warning for Aussies with plans to travel to Europe any time in the next five months.

The country-based party needs to fundamentally change how it recruits parliamentary candidates to get more ‘high-calibre women’ elected, a secret document recommends.

Australian producers are being affected as the war in the Middle East escalates, shutting down crucial shipping lanes.

US President Donald Trump is set to defy Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz, bringing in the US military might after Iran threatened to blow up any unauthorised ship.

The change could help reduce stress and burnout, which could end up saving businesses more in the long run.

The US President took aim at Britain’s limited support for airstrikes on Iran and threatened to cut trade with Spain, deepening tensions with key European allies.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has confirmed the US consulate in Dubai has been struck by a missile.

Australia is being accused of dodging questions about the legality of US-Israeli strikes on Iran and ignoring its role to help maintain world order.

Fresh exchanges between Hezbollah and Israel have opened a new front in the regional conflict, forcing thousands of Lebanese civilians to flee.

Donald Trump claimed overwhelming military gains in Iran while embassies closed, oil prices spike and fighting expanded to Lebanon and the Gulf.

US President Donald Trump says the strikes that killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei and his family brought forward a new wave of leaders who have also been eliminated.

Iran broadened its retaliatory attacks on American targets in the Gulf region Monday and early Tuesday, as Trump and other top officials signalled that strikes could intensify and continue for weeks or more.

The Federal Government is reviewing a $670,000 election pledge to an Islamic community group in Melbourne after it held a gathering to mourn Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.