Australian fuel prices set to rise by 30c as global markets react to ‘deadly cocktail’

Global oil price at its highest since May while investors dump stocks and bonds after Donald Trump’s $5,000 ‘dividend’ promiseFuel prices are on track to climb a further 20 to 30 cents over coming weeks as the escalating Middle East conflict pushed the global oil price to its highest since mid-May.As investors dumped stocks and bonds in an increasingly febrile environment, Donald Trump’s promise to give every US adult citizen a $US5,000 “dividend” after the November mid-terms added to alarm arou...

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