Trump Demands Low Oil Prices After U.S. Attacks on Iran – Rolling Stone

  1. Trump Demands Low Oil Prices After U.S. Attacks on Iran  Rolling Stone
  2. Trump Team Weighed Range of Options for Oil Supply Disruptions  Bloomberg.com
  3. Trump says 'everyone' should keep oil prices lower or they're playing 'into the hands of the enemy'  CNBC
  4. Republican House speaker dismisses efforts to check Trump’s military power against Iran – US politics live  The Guardian
  5. Trump calls for more crude drilling amid jitters that Iran may close critical shipping lane  PBS
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Queensland budget 2025: Crisafulli vows no austerity despite state facing $218bn debt

Premier says you can ‘respect people’s money’ and still lift public services as LNP hands down first budget since 2014

The Queensland premier, David Crisafulli, has promised no austerity in his first budget, despite the state facing a forecast $218bn in debt.

Tuesday’s state budget will be the Liberal National party’s first since 2014. Then led by premier Campbell Newman, the LNP lost government in 2015 after slashing tens of thousands of public service positions and proposing the sell-off of public assets to balance the books.

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Exclusive: Iranian retaliation against U.S. forces could come soon, U.S. officials say – Reuters

  1. Exclusive: Iranian retaliation against U.S. forces could come soon, U.S. officials say  Reuters
  2. Live updates: Trump says Israel and Iran have agreed to 'total ceasefire'  NBC News
  3. What we know about US strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites  BBC
  4. Iran Positions Missile Launchers for Potential Attack on U.S. Forces, U.S. Officials Say  WSJ
  5. What are the main US military bases in the Middle East?  Reuters
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