After Singapore last week, the PM visits supplier of 9% of Australia’s diesel as treasurer travels to Washington for G20 finance ministers’ meeting
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Jim Chalmers will travel to Washington DC this morning to meet finance ministers, treasurers and central bank governors from around the world as the US-Israeli war on Iran wages on.
The treasurer said he will continue to call for an enduring ceasefire, an end to the conflict and the immediate re-opening of the strait of Hormuz after peace talks between the US and Iran failed over the weekend.
From an economic perspective, a proper end to this war can’t come soon enough. Australians are paying a hefty price for events on the other side of the world.
Continue reading...This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Martin Farrer.
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