sadan01

I am not going to cop the ABC - or other left wing media - complaining that we have not done enough to guarantee petrol and diesel supplies. For years these organisations have run activist campaigns against my attempts (and others) to drill, baby, drill. They can't turn around now and whinge ... where are the fossil fuels! Maybe after an equal number of pro oil, pro gas and pro coal stories they can be forgiven, but I won't hold my breath!

A very concerning look for Narelle on infrared satellite imagery now. The central convection pool is so dense and so bitterly cold that it is tightly consolidating a potential pinhole eye (where sea-level pressures have dropped into the 960s mbar). Northern Queensland, Australia is definitely in line for a major impact from this frigid Coral Sea Cyclone.

More: Iran claims it has carried out strikes on oil sites across the region linked to U.S. interests, escalating the ongoing war as Tehran vows retaliation for repeated U.S. and Israeli attacks on its own energy infrastructure (including recent hits on South Pars gas field, Kharg Island military sites, and facilities near Bushehr/Asaluyeh). Iranian state media and the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) announced the strikes late on March 18, 2026, describing them as targeted responses to “aggression” that has already disrupted global energy flows. Specific claims include: Hits on U.S.-tied or shared facilities in Gulf states (e.g., sites in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, potentially including refineries, petrochemical complexes, or export terminals with American company involvement or stakes). Warnings that more “legitimate targets” will follow if attacks on Iranian energy assets continue, with prior threats naming places like Saudi’s Jubail Petrochemical Complex, UAE’s Al Hosn Gas Field, and Qatar’s Ras Laffan/Mesaieed sites. This follows Iran’s pattern of retaliatory barrages (missiles, drones) on Gulf neighbors hosting U.S. bases/assets, amid the broader conflict now in its third week. Gulf states (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar) report intercepting incoming projectiles, with some debris causing fires/smoke at oil facilities (e.g., earlier incidents in Fujairah, UAE).

JUST IN: President Trump says he is thinking about leaving NATO, says he doesn't need approval from Congress. Reporter: Are you rethinking the United States' relationship with NATO? Possibly getting out? Trump: I'm disappointed in NATO that we spend trillions of dollars on NATO... I don't need Congress for that decision.