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This is not over. The hard stuff is only just beginning. And it’s going to get bumpy, testing the nation’s resilience and its political leadership. Source link

Australia and Singapore have agreed to make “maximum efforts” to meet each other’s fuel and gas needs as the crisis in the Middle East continues, with the prime minister securing an encouraging but not legally binding deal.  Source link

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has touched down in Singapore for talks with his counterpart as he tries to shore up fuel supplies. Follow live. Source link

If you want a basic measure of the difference between Liberal leader Angus Taylor and Nationals leader Matt Canavan, compare their reactions to US President Donald Trump’s extraordinary threat this week that “a whole civilisation will die tonight”. Source link

The NDIS’s reputation isn’t just at risk of coming under pressure, it’s well and truly crumbling, write Nas Campanella and Evan Young. Source link

Contractors, business owners and economists warn that thousands of construction industry businesses could go bust as a result of supply chain disruptions caused by the Iran War, unless the government intervenes. Source link

Australia’s chief of defence says Australia could “absolutely” deploy a warship to the Strait of Hormuz if asked by the federal government. Source link

With retro shades, big rhetoric and a rejection of net zero, Matt Canavan is hoping to reshape the Nationals. His first big test is just weeks away.  Source link

The man’s permanent visa was automatically cancelled when he was jailed in 2024 for sexually abusing a nine-year-old girl, but a tribunal has upheld his appeal in part due to his “ill health”. Source link

Australia has signed a joint statement calling for the protection of aid workers in Lebanon, and an urgent end to hostilities in the country. It’s feared hundreds of people have been killed in Lebanon after an intense wave of Israeli strikes across the country against claimed Hezbollah targets. Follow live.  Source link