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The US’s shock and awe tactics have given way to qualifying statements on the longevity of war on Iran.

‘Metrics are shifting’: Why Iran war is just getting started

LATIKA M BOURKE: The US’s shock and awe tactics have given way to qualifying statements on the longevity of war on Iran.

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President Donald Trump speaks during an event about the Ratepayer Protection Pledge, in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House.

Trump says US will no longer be ‘pushed around’

US President Donald Trump has provided an update on the US military action ‘wiping out’ Iran’s leadership and a disturbing reminder about their quest for a nuclear weapon..

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has called for middle powers to unite amid an increasingly fractured world order.

Canada’s PM urges middle powers to unite for strength

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has called for middle powers to unite amid an increasingly fractured world order in a highly-anticipated address to Australia’s Parliament.

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Jim Chalmers says motorists shouldn’t be taken for mugs by fuel companies introducing ‘unwarranted’ hikes at the bowser.

‘Mugs’: Treasurer issues stern warning to servo price gougers

Jim Chalmers says motorists shouldn’t be taken for mugs by fuel companies introducing ‘unwarranted’ hikes at the bowser.

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Iranian official behind alleged Donald Trump assassination plot hunted down

‘I got him before he got me’: Trump after Iran figure killed

US Defense Secretary ‌Pete Hegseth says an Iranian official who oversaw an alleged assassination plot against US President Donald Trump has been killed.

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More than 200 passengers have returned to Australia on a flight from the United Arab Emirates.

War-trapped Aussies arrive home on first Dubai flight

Australians stranded for days in Dubai have touched down on the first Sydney flight out of the UAE city since the US and Israel conflict with Iran erupted.

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A US submarine has struck an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, the first such attack since WWII. (AP PHOTO)

US sub sinks Iran warship off Sri Lanka, killing dozens

An American submarine has sunk an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean as the US and Israel intensify their bombardment of Iran's security forces.

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China No.1 source of new cars sparking intelligence warning

China is the biggest monthly source for new Australian cars for the first time ever and dominates the EV market. Japan had been the uninterrupted No.1 since 1998. Here’s why intelligence experts are worried.

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Spy Plane

REVEALED: US spy planes make secret Australian stopover

Two high-tech surveillance aircraft made a stopover in Australia just days after the Trump administration began bombing Iran, but officials are refusing to discuss details of the visit. 

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Questioning the repatriation of the children of radical jihadists to Australia doesn’t make me a monster, it makes me a realist.

Compassion for ISIS kids must be limited by common sense

Questioning the repatriation of the children of radical jihadists to Australia doesn’t make me a monster, it makes me a realist.

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

How Middle East conflict could be good for Aussie economy

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.

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

Grim flight news for Aussies doing Euro summer

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

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The Nationals want to attract more ‘high calibre women’ according to a leaked internal document.

Leaked Nationals review seeks ‘high-calibre’ women

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

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Minister for Trade Senator Don Farrell  is urgently meeting with the country’s 40 peak bodies representing exporters.

Trade chief in urgent talks over $15bn threat to Aussie exporters

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

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Donald Trump says the US Navy will start escorting ships through the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump’s massive move over Strait of Hormuz

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.

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