Hastie Slams US-Iran Move, Aussie Fuel Crisis

0:00It's March 29, I'm Cory with the story, and this is Melbourne News Today, your AI-powered local news. Liberal MP Andrew Hastie, a Special Forces veteran, is calling out the United States for jumping into war with Iran without warning allies like Australia. He says that lack of heads-up has left us scrambling with a serious fuel shortage right now. On ABC's insiders, Hastie made it clear he's pro-America and backs the fight against Iran's nuclear ambitions, but he slammed President Trump's move. As a huge miscalculation, last year, Trump claimed victory after strikes, but Hastie argues no consultation meant no time to secure fuel supplies down under. Aussies are filling the pinch hard with high interest rates, sticky inflation, falling markets, and now this oil shock piling on. We're at the end of a long supply chain, so the pain hits extra deep, and Hastie worries its fracturing support for the U.S. alliance as costs rise. Iran's still blockading the straight-of-war moves, hitting Gulf neighbors, and firing off

1:03through Yemen proxies while dismissing peace-talk claims. Trump even called Australia's response not great, but the Albanese government insists they've done all that's asked. This mix of loyalty and tough questions from Hastie shows how tight alliances can strain under real-world fallout, leaving us all watching fuel pumps, and global moves closely.