Iran's foreign minister has flown to Moscow to seek Russian support, while Donald Trump says Tehran can phone the US if it wants to discuss ending the war.
President Donald Trump is sending his special negotiators to Pakistan to revive ceasefire talks with Iran, but Tehran's officials don't intend to meet them.
Two decades after the Beaconsfield mining disaster, a community reflects on the tragedy and the survival of two men from deep underground.
A multimillion-dollar pilot program will test whether Australia can produce more materials for electric vehicle batteries with less impact on the environment.
The minister responsible for gas in Australia has poured cold water on calls for an export tax as industry figures insist they pay their fair share.
Washington has helped broker an extended ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah but President Donald Trump says he won't be rushed into making a deal with Iran.
Iran has fired on three ships and seized two of them as it denies agreeing to President Donald Trump's ceasefire extension and slams a continued US blockade.
With millions of solar power systems installed across the country, a national research centre will probe what to do with the panels at the end of their lives.
Iran is intensifying its assault on ships in the Strait of Hormuz, seizing two vessels and complicating faltering efforts to resume Washington-Tehran talks.
An Australian company will create a recycling plant for the batteries used in households and electric cars after a multimillion-dollar investment.
The treasurer is playing down talk of an improvement to the federal budget bottom line after economists tipped an Iran war-driven revenue boon.
Australian motorists are caught between the US and Iran as the Islamic republic backflips on a promise to reopen a critical shipping route.
Dozens of oil tankers are on their way to Australia through the Strait of Hormuz as an international mission gets under way to ensure the waterway remains open.
A by-election date has been confirmed after an MP's sudden death, triggering debate about a state government's handling of the fuel crisis.
An increase in Australia's fuel security level is not being considered, despite a major fire at an oil refinery disrupting 40 per cent of petrol production.
Iran's foreign minister says the Strait of Hormuz is declared open for all commercial vessels for the remainder of a 10-day truce between Israel and Hezbollah.
Anthony Albanese will return to Australia early from overseas following a major blaze at one of the nation's two remaining fuel refineries.
The US and Iran feel good about resuming talks to end the Middle East war, but differences remain over Iran's nuclear program.
Australia will lean more heavily on fuel imports after a fire caused by a suspected gas leak ripped through one of the nation's two oil refineries.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has wrapped up his visit to Brunei by sealing a deal with the country's sultan for fuel to flow to Australia.
President Donald Trump is talking up the chances of the Iran war ending amid revived peace talks, while US forces continue their blockade of Iranian ports.
Billionaire Gina Rinehart will be forced to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to two rival mining dynasties after a bitter legal feud over iron ore riches.
Australia's peak union body is calling for fuel allowances for workers to be increased to help them meet rising costs at the bowser.
Efforts are under way for a second round of US-Iran talks that might resume within days as the showdown in the Strait of Hormuz showdown endures.
A state government has launched an inquiry into new environmental laws as it calls for a national interest exemption for an oil exploration project.
The gas lobby says a new levy on LNG exports will make Australia "uninvestable", arguing comparisons to countries like Norway don't stack up.
A showdown looms as the US prepares for a blockade of all Iranian ports and Iran warns that no port in the region will be safe if American forces carry it out.
A cashed-up state government could build its own emergency fuel reserve while still expecting to receive its cut of the national stockpile.
The impacts of the energy crisis will likely continue even if a Middle East ceasefire holds, the government warns as it prepares to roll out an ad campaign.
Cutting public transport fares is great for people who already catch it but doesn't do much to help those for whom it is too inaccessible or infrequent.
Iran and the US are set for talks while their truce remains shaky, as Israel and Hezbollah trade fire and Tehran keeps its stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz.
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