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Mar 19, 2026 - World

World-leading laws to be tested before South Australian election, complicated by Hanson and Bernardi’s political statusFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCory Bernardi says he will pay for multiple flights with Pauline Hanson in a plane registered to Gina Rinehart’s company amid confusion about whether the trips may contravene South Australia’s new laws banning political donations.Saturday’s SA election is the first since the new laws came into effect. There are a range of exemptions to the ban, but it is not clear if any of them apply to One Nation as parties, candidates and the electoral commission work through the “world-leading” laws for the first time. Continue reading...

Mar 19, 2026 - World

Fuel retailers put on notice as watchdog promises to come down hard on those doing the wrong thingFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe competition watchdog has received more than 500 reports of possible price-gouging at petrol stations since the breakout of war in Iran, with retailers on notice over cost increases for motorists within hours of the first US and Israeli-led strikes.Gina Cass-Gottlieb, the chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), told Guardian Australia she was receiving further information about fuel price increases moving faster than petrol price cycles in the first days of the war, promising to come down hard against retailers found to be doing the wrong thing. Continue reading...

Mar 19, 2026 - World

President Trump confirmed Thursday that he may ask Congress for an additional $200 billion to fund the war in Iran, saying the money is worth every cent because it will ensure the U.S. military has the best equipment available for the conflict.

Mar 19, 2026 - World

Mojtaba Khamenei's appointment to succeed his father as Iran's supreme leader is unlikely to settle the question of who ultimately holds power in post-war Tehran.

Mar 19, 2026 - World

President Trump said Thursday that he's not deploying additional troops to the Mideast due to the Iran war.