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Anthony Albanese to address nation on Wednesday night as treasurer announces Covid-era support measures

Prime minister to deliver address live at 7pm AEDT as Jim Chalmers says Iran war having ‘extreme impact on global economy’

The Guardian - AU

Donald Trump Says Iran War Will ‘Come To An End’ Once US Withdraws Within ‘Two To Three Weeks’

“All I have to do is leave Iran and we’ll be doing that very soon.”

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Albanese rejects push from Special Minister of State Don Farrell to expand size of parliament

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has quashed a push by his Special Minister of State Don Farrell to increase the size of the federal parliament.

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Anonymous $200,000 donation to charity providing free meals – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Energy Lockdown Warnings Grow as Australia Announces Temporary Fuel Excise Cut

While officials insist Australia is not facing an immediate shortage, the government's latest move underscores how quickly the crisis is forcing nations to balance economic relief.

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Fuel excise halved and a national security plan: what Labor’s changes mean for the price of your petrol

In the short term, Australians should save about 26c a litre at the pump but analysts warn there may be more action required if the energy crisis worsens

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Fuel excise halved for three months; Dezi Freeman shot dead; and when moving abroad for love goes wrong

The move will save motorists 26 cents a litre at the pump from 1 April

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Fuel Excise Slashed, New Powers Unlocked: What The PM’s National Fuel Plan Actually Does

The PM’s new fuel crisis plan explained, including the three‑month fuel excise cut and state moves like free public transport.

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Did Anthony Albanese just cement a third interest rate hike in May by cutting the fuel excise?

Injecting $1.5bn via petrol subsidies into an inflated economy may change things for the Reserve Bank board at its next meeting

The Guardian - AU

Trump is impotently railing against the US’s allies. Albanese is right to avoid the president’s global catastrophe

The Australian government has little option but to live with Iranian control of the strait of Hormuz and counsel its once great friend to employ what’s left of its diplomatic brain

The Guardian - AU

Trump’s unpopularity shields Labor in Newspoll and other polls despite fuel crisis

Although Anthony Albanese’s ratings are down in three new federal polls, Labor has maintained a comfortable lead, with the combined vote for the Coalition and One Nation at 46–47% (steady in Newspoll, down one in Redbridge and down three in Fox & Hedgehog).

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Labor backs Greens inquiry into gas export tax – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Iran war impact bites Albanese according to new polls

One Nation is riding high in two new polls, indicating that despite new jockeys in the leadership saddles, the federal coalition is still in for a bumpy ride.

AAP

Truck tax cut backed as fuel-rationing threat looms

Business groups have urged the government to cut the road-user charge for trucks, but not the fuel excise for all motorists.

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Labor to use new fuel security powers to underwrite extra shipments to Australia

Albanese announces forthcoming legislation to guarantee private sector purchases of fuel and fertiliser

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Australia to be 'overprepared' for ongoing fuel woes

Australians are being urged to use common sense instead of stockpiling petrol and diesel as the government proposes new powers to secure supplies.

The Guardian - AU

‘It’s fired people up’: support grows, including within Labor, for new gas tax to curb wartime profits

Government, industry and opposition see growing public support for a new gas tax but the industry is fighting back

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Albanese Insists He Did Not Receive Formal Request for Help as Trump Singles Out Australia

Anthony Albanese is emphasizing yet again that he received no formal request from the US to help with the Middle East conflict.

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Australia PM tries to reassure public as panic buying sees fuel demand surge 400% in some regions

Albanese says Australia's supply of petrol, diesel and oil would be ‘same, if not higher, than it normally would be’

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Albanese gives tit-for-tat response to Trump’s criticism of Australia over Iran war

Anthony Albanese has pushed back at Donald Trump’s crack at Australia for not providing the United States with as much backing over the Iran war as the president believed it should.

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Coalition calls for cut to fuel tax as price woes mount

Cutting battery and EV subsidies would help pay for a coalition plan to halve the fuel excise amid a surge in oil prices caused by the Iran war.

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Grattan on Friday: Albanese government struggles under the ‘stress test’ posed by Middle East war

Crises “stress test” governments and countries. Memories remain vivid of COVID, which put immense pressures on the Australian economy, the federation and Commonwealth and state budgets.

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Stadium precinct plan gets federal funding green light

A waterfront precinct, which includes a new $1.13 billion roofed AFL stadium, has passed a federal funding approval milestone.

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Beef over EU deal boils over as security ties touted

A landmark free-trade deal with the European Union has riled meat farmers as the bloc's head stresses the continent's reliability in a time of instability.

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Prosecco makers lose out as Australia seals EU free-trade deal after 8 long years of talks

Nearly eight years ago Australia and the European Union (EU) launched trade negotiations. Finally, today Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and EU President Ursula von der Leyen signed an agreement in Canberra.

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