Tessa Randello

It comes as the US President Donald Trump says talks with Iran could resume in Pakistan over the next two days, but confirmed that Iran must give up its nuclear ambitions in order for the US to agree to a lasting peace deal.

Meantime, the US says no ships have made it past its blockade in the Strait of Hormuz with its first 24 hours, confirming six merchant ships followed their orders and turned around.

The IMF's chief economist has warned that the United States' blockage of the Strait of Hormuz puts more pressure on the world's economy and that reopening the strait is the top priority to limiting the damage.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is set to hold bilateral meetings with his foreign counterparts from Australia's major fuel suppliers.

They include South Korea, Singapore, Japan and China while he's in Washington.

A small New South Wales city has been shaken overnight by a magnitude 4.5 earthquake.

Around 2,000 people reported feeling the shock near a gold mine in the central west region, with some people saying they felt it more than three hours' drive away in Sydney.

The tremor, which hit around 8.20pm last night, is the largest ever recorded in the area, on the edge of the cannibalist's state forest and struck at a depth of five kilometres.

In a statement, a Newmont Acadia spokesperson said it was committed to safe and responsible mining, saying that sensors detected seismic activity in the region at approximately 8.20 and safety procedures functioned efficiently to ensure the safety of the workforce.

The club says it'll continue to support him and has not ruled out appealing the decision.

St Kilda now have five days to lodge an appeal.

In the last year, Mitch Brown became the first openly queer player in the league's 129-year history, coming out as bisexual.

He doesn't play anymore, but in a video posted before the decision was made, he called on the AFL clubs to take some stronger leadership.

And you may remember these comments made by Oscar-nominated actor Timothee Chalamet.

But now the head of the Royal Ballet and Opera is thanking him for boosting ticket sales at the London Institution.

I'm not sure if it happened in the right timeline.

Everyone was thinking, you know, oh, he's going to win it, he's going to win it.

And then maybe the opera comments have had an impact.

But I think all of the votes were in before he made the comments.

So I think as much as we would love to kind of see this all turn into a big Oscar fiasco, I just don't think that that maybe is what happened behind the scenes.