World news | The Guardian4d ago
Bosses of Santos, Woodside, Chevron and Shell asked to give evidence to Greens-led gas tax inquiry https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/13/gas-tax-inquiry-greens-labor-santos-woodside-chevron-shell #Energy #Gas #Business #AustralianPolitics #AustralianGreens #AnthonyAlbanese #JimChalmers #AustraliaNews #FossilFuels #Environment
Bosses of Santos, Woodside, Chevron and Shell asked to give evidence to Greens-led gas tax inquiry

Labor is under pressure to impose a new 25% export tax amid soaring prices from the global fuel shock

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World news | The GuardianApr 8
Cuts to NDIS to be focus of Labor’s quietly launched ‘razor gang’ ahead of May budget https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/09/ndis-cuts-razor-gang-2026-federal-budget #NationalDisabilityInsuranceScheme #AustralianPolitics #Health #MarkButler #JimChalmers #AnthonyAlbanese #AustraliaNews
Cuts to NDIS to be focus of Labor’s quietly launched ‘razor gang’ ahead of May budget

Exclusive: Taskforce led by former Treasury official Anthea Long will advise on cost-cutting options for $52bn program

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World news | The GuardianApr 1
Chalmers says small business ‘paying the price’ for Middle East conflict as he unveils support measures https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/01/chalmers-says-small-business-paying-the-price-for-middle-east-conflict-as-he-unveils-support-measures #JimChalmers #AustraliaNews #Iran
Chalmers says small business ‘paying the price’ for Middle East conflict as he unveils support measures

Australian treasurer says Iran war having ‘extreme impact on global economy’ as Albanese to address nation about fuel crisis

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World news | The GuardianMar 31
Debit and credit card surcharges to be removed in Australia by October https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/31/debit-credit-card-surcharges-ban-australia #Business #ReserveBankOfAustralia #AustraliaNews #JimChalmers #AustralianPolitics
Debit and credit card surcharges to be removed in Australia by October

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says changes will help with cost of living and ‘Australians hate paying’ the surcharges

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World news | The GuardianMar 30
Distancing himself from Trump and a badly waged war in Iran might be the smartest move Albanese can make https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/30/albanese-trump-iran-energy-crisis-analysis #PetrolPrices #AnthonyAlbanese #DonaldTrump #JimChalmers #UsisraelWarOnIran #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #AustralianForeignPolicy
Distancing himself from Trump and a badly waged war in Iran might be the smartest move Albanese can make

The US president thumbs his nose at concerns about the most serious energy crisis in global history. But Australia, like other countries, is paying a high price

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World news | The GuardianMar 30
Did Anthony Albanese just cement a third interest rate hike in May by cutting the fuel excise? https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/30/interest-rates-rba-fuel-excise-australia-albanese #PetrolPrices #AustralianEconomy #InterestRates #ReserveBankOfAustralia #AnthonyAlbanese #JimChalmers #AustralianPolitics #Energy #Business #AustraliaNews
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

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World news | The GuardianMar 25
Australians can expect high fuel costs to linger for far longer than the war in Iran https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/25/australians-can-expect-high-fuel-costs-to-linger-for-far-longer-than-the-war-in-iran #UsisraelWarOnIran #PetrolPrices #AustralianEconomy #AustraliaNews #ReserveBankOfAustralia #JimChalmers
Australians can expect high fuel costs to linger for far longer than the war in Iran

Rising inflation and unemployment mean effects of Iran war could be even worse than the post-Covid cost-of-living crisis

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World news | The GuardianMar 25
Small petrol stations urge Albanese government to crack down on fuel wholesalers as operators run dry https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/25/australian-government-fuel-wholesalers-petrol-stations-run-dry #PetrolPrices #Business #CostoflivingCrisis #AustralianEconomy #AustralianPolitics #JimChalmers #AustraliaNews #UsisraelWarOnIran
Small petrol stations urge Albanese government to crack down on fuel wholesalers as operators run dry

Businesses ranging from vegetable growers to miners warn of disruption from rising petrol prices and lack of supply

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US news | The GuardianMar 20
Trump has made it clear Australia is a friend in name only. For Albanese, the pressure at home is rising | Tom McIlroy https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2026/mar/21/trump-has-made-it-clear-australia-is-a-friend-in-name-only-for-albanese-the-pressure-at-home-is-rising #UsisraelWarOnIran #DonaldTrump #AnthonyAlbanese #JimChalmers #AustralianPolitics #AustralianForeignPolicy
Trump has made it clear Australia is a friend in name only. For Albanese, the pressure at home is rising

Three weeks into the US-Israeli war of choice in Iran, Labor is warning of financial pain. But the economic cost isn’t the only risk here

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RBA Raises Rates to 4.10% Amid Inflation and Iran War Pressures http://dlvr.it/TRZM6B #Australia #AustraliaPolitics #BreakingNews #JimChalmers