Chris Spyrou

But by finding a backdoor out of the strait, the UAE is positioning itself as, you know, a more reliable supplier while its neighbors are stuck behind a blockade should the strait be closed again.

Because, you know, this war and this conflict has shown just how critical that strait is.

While we are talking about energy very briefly, Penny Wong, she's continuing her tour of Asian countries.

She's had meetings in Japan,

hand, effectively telling leaders there that Australia is a reliable exporter of energy and food and to continue being one, we need diesel, jet fuel and petrol.

That message that Anthony Albanese was kind of sending not too long ago.

She will continue that message to China, which is next on her trip and then to South Korea.

Yeah, Labor is in front on 30%, then One Nation with 25%.

The Coalition, 24%.

The Greens on 11%.

Independence, 5%.

And Don't Know on 5%.

The poll asks the same benchmark question every survey about how Australians are feeling about how the country is going.

And this latest result showing a continuing increase in pessimism.

with 54% of respondents saying Australia is on the wrong track and 30% saying it's going in the right direction.

If the offer is accepted, it'd make Victorian teachers the highest paid in the country.

Right now, they're the lowest paid.

It comes after major protests last month saw more than 30,000 teachers, principals and support staff walk off the job for the first time in 13 years.

Half-day shutdowns are planned for next Wednesday, the same day the government is handing down its pre-election budget.

Yeah, and I mean, if you are someone that's impacted by this, if you work at a school in Victoria, Phil,