Michael Thompson

We've got all the negativity out of the way, Sean.

No, there's more to come, but we live in hope that there might be a silver lining somewhere back in a moment with the rest of the day's business news.

Sean Woolworth's boss, Amanda Bardwell, expects prices of vegetables, milk, and bread to rise as suppliers get hit by fuel and fertilizer shortages thanks to the Middle East conflict.

The war so far has had limited impact on supermarket prices, but it's coming, judging from supplier commentary to the retail giant.

Ouch.

There were a few big confessions yesterday from corporate Australia shown on the back of rising energy prices and US tariffs.

Top 50 ASX stock mineral resources said that it is expecting a doubling in diesel prices to hit all of its lithium and iron ore mines.

Every 24 hours.

I get kind of anxious now filling up just with 80 litres of diesel once a fortnight going, this is costing a fortune.

Can you imagine the fuel bill for 120,000 litres?

Outrageous, Michael.

Can you believe it's only been a year since the US tariffs was all anybody was talking about?

And now the war in the Middle East has just entirely overtaken the tariffs as the big issue affecting everyone right around the world.

Anyway, onto this one, Sean.

This is a really serious story, this one.

The Royal Commission into the Bondi terror shooting yesterday detailed repeated Jewish community requests for more security at the Hanukkah event where 15 people were killed.

Releasing the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion interim report yesterday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese highlighted its finding that

No urgent reforms were required, but committed his government to implementing all the recommendations that applied to it.

Yeah, and particularly anything with a public-facing element, right?

Yeah.