FOOD & FUEL CRISIS

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SPOTLIGHT

• Petrol price warning as oil soars

  Tuesday, 23rd September,2008

  The turbulence engulfing world markets has hit oil, too, with prices soaring by $US25 a barrel - leading to warnings prices at the bowser could rise soon. read more...

• Govt says GM crops needed to address global food crisis

  Wednesday, 3rd September,2008

  Australia should accept that genetically modified (GM) crops will be crucial in addressing the world food crisis, federal Agriculture Minister Tony Burke says. read more...

• Oil prices top $US147 a barrel

  Saturday, 12th July,2008

  Oil prices rocketed to records above $US147 today as traders seized on the weak US currency simmering tensions over crude producers Iran and Nigeria and news of a looming strike in Brazil. read more...

• Petrol to hit $8 a litre by 2018: CSIRO

  Friday, 11th July,2008

  The growing oil crisis and the introduction of a carbon emissions trading system could see Australians paying $8 a litre for petrol by 2018, the CSIRO has warned. read more...

• Inflation threat on G8 agenda

  Wednesday, 9th July,2008

  Rich nations and rising economic powers including China and India met to seek ways to rein in surging oil and food prices that are taking their toll on the global economy. read more...

• Govt has support for action on climate change

  Sunday, 6th July,2008

  Economist Professor Ross Garnaut says taking a hardline on climate change won't necessarily condemn the Rudd government to electoral defeat. read more...

• Petrol hikes should be made public: Opposition

  Saturday, 5th July,2008

  The federal opposition has called on Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to reveal any plans for petrol price hikes following the release of the Garnaut Report on climate change. read more...

• Energy efficiency a priority: EU

  Saturday, 5th July,2008

  European Union energy ministers on Friday vowed to place energy efficiency at the heart of plans to ease the soaring cost of fossil fuels and help meet the EU's goals on climate change. read more...

• Act soon on climate change: Garnaut

  Friday, 4th July,2008

  An effective response to climate change must take shape and be in place in the next few years, the federal government's top climate change adviser says. read more...

• Truckies threaten to blockade roads

  Tuesday, 1st July,2008

  European-style road blockades by disgruntled truck drivers are on the cards if petrol prices hit $2 a litre, an Australian union has warned. read more...

• Sydney truckies protest fuel costs

  Tuesday, 1st July,2008

  A go-slow protest by truck drivers on the F3 freeway north of Sydeny has done little to disrupt traffic during the morning commute, the Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) says. read more...

• Oil breaks record $US140 mark

  Friday, 27th June,2008

  Oil prices have crossed $US140 a barrel for the first time in New York and London amid a declining US dollar and a warning they could hit $US170 this year. read more...

• Indonesians riot over fuel costs

  Wednesday, 25th June,2008

  About 1,000 Indonesian protesters angered by the death of a student killed during a fuel-price protest, have burned cars and hurled stones at police outside Parliament. read more...

• Government 'delivered a feather at oil summit'

  Monday, 23rd June,2008

  The Rudd government promised a petrol price blowtorch but delivered a feather at the Jeddah oil meeting, the opposition says. read more...

• Saudi king lambasts oil speculators

  Monday, 23rd June,2008

  Saudi King Abdullah has launched an offensive against "speculators" at a summit on the soaring price of crude. read more...