politics

Perhaps the prime minister was hoping US President Donald Trump was tuning in to Triple M when he claimed that the attack on Iran had now achieved its aims, and offered an off-ramp for the war to end. Source link

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has named Anthea Harris, a former chief of Australia’s energy regulator, as the national coordinator of the taskforce. Source link

Australia has made it clear it’s not planning to send a warship to the Strait of Hormuz and naval experts warn our ships would be of minimal help if they were deployed. Source link

The prime minister holds a national cabinet meeting of premiers and chief ministers today to discuss fuel shortages in some communities.  Source link

Damning testimony will not land former Robodebt bureaucrats inside a courtroom, because the law empowering Australia’s corruption watchdog to penetrate the right to silence is built with a shield. Source link

Koala habitat has been bulldozed in an apparent breach of new environment laws that took effect in December, with fears farmers are unaware of their new obligations. Source link

Even the best minds at Treasury can’t know what will happen with global oil supplies, or how Donald Trump plans to end this war, with or without the help of allies. Source link

Criminal gangs cashing in on Australia’s illicit tobacco boom will face tougher penalties and expanded police surveillance powers in a fresh crackdown on the black market. Source link

Ships carrying oil are continuing to come to Australia as expected and should do so for the next month, and the industry is urging that while the picture beyond that is uncertain and complicated, “the tankers have never stopped coming”. Source link

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has revealed that an Iranian projectile hit a road just outside the Al Minhad Air Base, but no Australians were injured.  Source link