Bakers’ delights, a spiky surprise and a Mardi Gras marriage – Guardian Australia’s pick of the month’s most arresting images

• The Free, Gay n Happy float – in pictures

In the short term, Australians should save about 26c a litre at the pump but analysts warn there may be more action required if the energy crisis worsens

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• Labor cuts fuel excise for three months, saving Australians 26c a litre on petrol and diesel

• Dezi Freeman shot dead by police after seven-month manhunt

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Injecting $1.5bn via petrol subsidies into an inflated economy may change things for the Reserve Bank board at its next meeting

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The split comes as some MPs raise the prospect of a new conversation about the party’s leadership

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The Australian government has little option but to live with Iranian control of the strait of Hormuz and counsel its once great friend to employ what’s left of its diplomatic brain

We have all come to expect demeaning and graceless behaviour from

The Wurundjeri and Ngurai Illum Wurrung woman – who went from high school dropout to Harvard – reveals her ultimate dream for her new role

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State and federal leaders due to discuss assistance for business sectors but petrol rationing not expected to find backing

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With the government warning of a ‘long tail’ to the current fuel crisis, Jim Chalmers’ May budget will have even more demands on spending than usual

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When the new Nationals leader, Matt Canavan, addressed the media earlier this month, he shared a vision of a ‘hyper’ Australia with ‘more Australian babies’.

The statement attracted headlines but it’s not the first time a politic

PM did not rule out later fuel rationing or work-from-home measures but said he strongly preferred ‘voluntary arrangements’

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The Australian government will take on

The Nationals have canvassed a vision of the future with bigger families. Pronatalist policies aren’t new – but they’re looking increasingly partisan

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Ahead of the Farrer byelection, a return to issues that are fundamental to Australians could help stall Hanson’s rise

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Albury hospital is in a critical condition.

Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry go for a deep dive into the South Australian election outcome and what it means for federal politics. They examine what the results tell us about preferences and why the Liberals should be cautious when placing One Nation

Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry go for a deep dive into the South Australian election outcome and what it means for federal politics. They examine what the results tell us about preferences and why the Liberals should be

ABC projects rightwing populist party will pick up the electorate of Hammond from the Liberals

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One Nation has secured a second seat in South Australia, according

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• Pauline Hanson’s One Nation likely to win second South Australian seat

• Albanese government says fuel supply ‘same, if not higher’ in coming weeks as Coalition calls for halving of excise

Latest figures from ACCC show diesel and unleaded petrol prices across the five largest cities up 10% and 8% respectively

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PM downplay’s Trump’s claims after US president criticises lack of support for war against Iran

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Rationing is not under consideration yet as hundreds of retailers report being without one or more types of fuel

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After Australia became one of the first countries to back the US’s war on Iran, this month’s poll shows voters are questioning Canberra’s relationship with the US and an increasingly unpredictable Donald Trump.

Political reporter Josh But

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• Auction clearance rate slumps to 57% nationwide as interest rate hikes prompt Australians to sell

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Exclusive: Speaking with the Australian Politics podcast, the Liberal frontbencher says a sovereign wealth fund would set Australians up for generations to come

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This week, as fallout from the US-Israel war on Iran continues, the fuel crisis hit Australian hip pockets harder than ever before. Meanwhile the Liberal party faces its own existential reckoning: voters moving further right towards One Nation.

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This week, as fallout from the US-Israel war on Iran continues, the fuel crisis hit Australian hip pockets harder than ever before. Meanwhile the Liberal party faces its own existential reckoning: voters moving further right towards One Nation.

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Exclusive: Indonesia reports growing number of attempts by Chinese nationals to organise boat journeys, as Australian authorities refuse to reveal details

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Businesses ranging from vegetable growers to miners warn of disruption from rising petrol prices and lack of supply

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Independent petrol station operators and miner

We asked Guardian Australia readers how they are affected by surging petrol prices and shortages. Here’s what they told us

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Fuel stocks at same level as when US and Israel launched their war on Iran a month ago, energy minister says

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• Australia prepares for oil prices above US$120 a barrel as diesel passes $3 a litre nationwide

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The government has an

One Nation leader says voters ‘want to get rid of the Labor party, by all means’ but rejects possibility of formal power-sharing partnership

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The impacts of the Iran war and crisis in the Middle East are reshaping the global economy – should Australia change the way it thinks about energy? Climate and environment editor Adam

Foreign minister reiterates condemnation of Iran over the strait of Hormuz and says Australia does not want to see occupation of southern Lebanon by Israel

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The report also recommends government do more to make tech companies liable for ‘psychosocial harms’

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Just as many people are ready to blame the government for its spending as they do global inflationary headwinds, making reform difficult for Albanese

• Guardian Essential poll: only a quarter of Australians approve of US-Israel war on Iran

Pauline Hanson’s party will have at least two seats in the upper house and at least one and likely more in the lower house

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It’s worth comparing the One Nation MP’s views with those of an expert – the executive director of the International Energy Agency

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Treasurer admits the end of the war ‘can’t come soon enough’ for Australia as small miners scale back operations

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Poll also finds Australians keener for government to forge closer ties with middle powers such as Canada and Japan

• Peter Lewis: Labor is copping the blame for US ‘excursion’ in Iran. Can they get Trump out of the driver’s seat?

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Independent senator David Pocock has recounted stories of young men he says have confided in him about their gambling addiction. The senator says numerous young men have opened up to him about the losses and the shame they feel and how 'damn hard i

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• Australia lowers diesel standards in bid to increase supply as number of service stations running empty surges

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Vehicle numbers on key Sydney and Melbourne roads hold steady, as calls grow for free or cheaper public transport to encourage people to drive less

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Australian manufacturers can call their wares parmesan and kransky, but terms like feta, romano and gruyere will eventually be phased out

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The One Nation leader is not as grounded as you think

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Australia’s gas belongs to all of us. The benefits should be shared fairly rather than hoarded by companies that pay some of the lowest taxes in the world

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Pauline Hanson’s One Nation surged ahead of the Liberal party and secured seats in both sides of the South Australian parliament in the recent state election.

It’s the first time the rightwing anti-immigration party has won a low

Australia does not have a government-backed stockpile, experts say, and even if we did still store oil in the US, it would not be much

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Five undeclared flights in under six months. Whether deliberate or absent-minded, the One Nation leader has concealed the extent of support for her from Rinehart, Australia’s richest person

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Treasury modelling 25% levy on gas exports, changes to the PRRT and corporate tax tweaks, but Fatih Birol says sudden changes could disincentivise investment

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