Australia Post hikes delivery companies’ fuel surcharge – as it happened

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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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Striking teachers take pay fight to state parliament

Tens of thousands of Victorian teachers will down tools after a last-ditch call to avoid school strike chaos fell on deaf ears, AAP reports.

Whilst all schools are expected to be open … many schools will only be able to provide supervision for a limited number of students.

Schools will communicate any changes to school programs directly to parents and carers.

I will be announcing some measures to support truckies, in particular, to make sure that they get a fair go and that some of the costs we’re seeing are fairly shared across the supply chain.

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