Donald Trump defends war against Iran and says he believes the conflict will be over soon; Victorian Labor and Liberal conferences underway ahead of the state election; and in sport, Sydney FC take on Auckland in the A-League championship grand final.
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- Donald Trump defends war against Iran and says he believes the conflict will be over soon
- Victorian Labor and Liberal conferences underway ahead of the state election
- Sydney FC take on Auckland in the A-League championship grand final
Donald Trump is defending the country's war against Iran and says he believes the conflict will be over soon.
The US president says in his view Tehran wants to settle.
Mr Trump says costs will come down rapidly once the war ends.
"And we'll have that over with soon. It'll be over with, soon. And you're going to see numbers like you've never seen, both on the upside and also in terms of costs. You're going see costs go down."
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Energy Minister Chris Bowen says fuel rationing is not likely to be needed, as the federal government continues to work to shore up supplies.
In his weekly update, he says there are 43 days of petrol on hand, which is down one day on last week - but five days more than when the Iran crisis began.
He says there are 38 days of diesel, which is up two days from last week's update.
Mr Bowen says the increasing buffers are designed to get the country through the coming weeks and months and fuel rationing is not likely.
"We've developed a four stage plan with the states, we're currently at stage two, that's prudent, this is a volatile world, and it's prudent the government enters into preparing for the worst case scenario and governments do that and governments do that together and that's exactly what we've been doing but what we've been doing even more than that is arranging these extra supplies for Australia so that we have a buffer so we can avoid going to stage three let alone stage four."
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Both the Liberal and Labor parties are holding conferences in Victoria, ahead of a state election in November.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Angus Taylor are expected to attend the respective events, alongside state party leaders Jacinta Allan and Jess Wilson.
Recent polls indicate the Victorian Coalition holds a slight edge over Labor on a two-party-preferred basis.
But the Coalition needs a net gain of 16 seats to form majority government and end 12 consecutive years of Labor rule in Victoria.
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Peter Buckskin is being remembered as one of the country's most influential Aboriginal education leaders of the past four decades.
The Narungga man from the Yorke Peninsula began his career as a teacher, going on to hold senior executive roles at both a state and federal government level and also worked as a ministerial adviser - leading major reforms in Indigenous education.
Professor Buckskin served as Dean at the University of South Australia and also chaired the South Australian Aboriginal Training and Employment Consultative Committee.
Reconciliation Australia CEO, Karen Mundine, says his impact on the organisation's work in the education sector is immeasurable.
Federal Education Minister Jason Clare also paid tribute, saying he had an unwavering commitment to improving educational outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and educators, and a firm belief in the transformative power of education.
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A record number of climbers have scaled Mount Everest on the same day, including an Australian teenager.
The secretary general of the Expedition Operators Association of Nepal, Rishi Bhandari, says 274 people climbed the world's tallest peak from the Nepali side earlier this week - beating the previous record set in 2019.
Melbourne teenager Bianca Adler was among those climbing the mountain on Wednesday, making history as the youngest Australian to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
Speaking to SBS Nepali, the 18-year-old says she felt a tremendous sense of accomplishment reaching the top, but the challenge was also coming safely back down.
"Yeah, it does feel a lot higher than anything around, but it was also night time. I couldn't see too much. And it is a really amazing moment knowing you've reached the top of the world, but we also have to go down; and we're only halfway at the top; and most of the accidents happen on the way down. So we have to stay focused and not celebrate too much before we get back down to safety."
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And to sport, in the A-League,
Sydney FC captain Rhyan Grant says he would love to see his former captain and mentor Steve Corica become the first coach to win three A-League championships but not in tonight's grand final match up against his side in Auckland.
Corica has the chance to make history and lead Auckland FC to its first A-League title.
Grant says he holds Corica in high regard, but his side is playing to win.
"He was my captain when I first started and then obviously assistant coach; and then coach of Sydney FC. So I have seen what he can do up close and personal. And then when came to Auckland, I was hoping he did really well and obviously been great. I think they (the team) has been the benchmark the last couple of seasons. But yeah, hopefully he doesn't do too well. And we can get one over on him."
