Milk, bread prices to increase within weeks due to war in Iran (www.abc.net.au)

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Regional areas will be hit hardest by the price rises, as more fuel is required to transport goods further distances from metropolitan distribution centres.

"The cost of fuel and fertiliser is flowing through the supply chain, and we're going to see in metro areas probably a 2 or 3 per cent increase across the board," market analyst and director of Episode 3, Matt Dalgleish, said.

"We're seeing record prices for diesel, and that's what most of Australia's freight runs on.

"In regional areas it could get higher, maybe 10 per cent, depending on how remote the area is and how stretched the supply chain is."

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[-] b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 1 month ago

due to Israel and America

[-] mrdown@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

And every country who put additional sanctions on iran after the war started

[+] vas@lemmy.ml -19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

EDIT: I could be in the wrong, I need to think/evaluate. In any case, I do acknowledge that e.g. Netanyahu is a war criminal, and that Trump is a walking disaster and incompetence. However, I'm still not in the clear with regards to a nuclear program in Iran. There's definitely evidence of the production of enriched uranium. That, in my opinion, and even with "my" current 19 downvotes, is still not something to be waved away. The decision to create and have enriched uranium adds to the problem.

Original message:

~~Well Iran is building nuclear bombs. And its 90 or so million of people are under a dictatorship (though Trump only makes it worse). It's not honest to wave these factors away.~~

[-] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 12 points 1 month ago

the nuclear weapons Trump said were all destroyed... on multiple occasions ?

so the only religious fuckbaggery country in the middle east that can have nuckear weapons is Israel ?

as an aside, so has China... that aside, Iran has already hardened their stance and has said there is no peace plan where they give up their nuclear plans and the two things that have been made clear to Iran amongst all this stupidity is 1. they need nuclear weapons for MAD defence AND they control the Strait of Hormuz.

It's not honest to wave these factors away.

It's not honest to raise them because they are Furphies.

[-] mrdown@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

There is zero evidence they was building nuclear bombs

[-] vas@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Why is Iranian's military side, IRGC, enriching uranium then? You're not gonna deny that are you?

EDIT: Just in case I wanna clarify. I find the egocentric asshole (Trump) as stupid as you probably do. His actions were unplanned, and he only ever pursues his own benefit, and not anyone else's. Whatever he says should be taken with literally 0 weight if one is looking for the truth. But I insist that you cannot wave away that Iran does have a nuclear program. I wish adults would handle the problem, not Trump, but the problem does exist.

[-] mrdown@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

American inteligence said iran did not plan to build a weapons. Iran respected the jcpoa then when Trump teared up they increased to 60% to use it as a pressure technique on the usa. It takes few weeks to move from 60% to 90% yet they stayed at 60% for several years.

Since the day Iran got rid of the west puppet the shah the west was bullying Iran. The west claim that sanctions are about human rights ehich of course Iran is one of the most oppressive regime but the reality is all about Iran opposion to Israel colonial expansion.

Europe, Canada and Australia are far from the adults in the room. Yes they was not stupid enough to bomb Iran but stupid enough to think imposing additional sanctions after the war ia going to make Iran surrender when both Israel and the USA want to destroy Iran as a functional state

[-] vas@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm sorry, but you're somewhat inconsistent with yourself.

To my question on why Iran was enriching uranium, you're saying that it was "to use it as a pressure technique on the usa". How is that not adding to the problem? Of course it does. Mind you, I'm not picturing Iran as the bad guys and US or Israel as the good guys. Quite the opposite. But you gotta stay true to the facts.

And when later you say "did not plan to build a weapons". Do you have reputable/verifiable references for that? Was it part of Snowden's leaks or something? And you're saying that it did not plan to build weapons, but then still did it?

I ask you to be real here. You can try to bully me of course. But I'm not protecting the US or Israel here. Both of the respective leaders committed numerous crimes and should be stopped. This is important. But it is also true, even if it's less important, that the control over Iranian citizens is in the hands of IRGC and this is bad for everyone. Not that Trump can be a solution to that, but it's hurting. And the "pressure technique" of having nuclear weapons development is also hurting. I, personally, want neither Israel nor Iran to have nuclear weapons - not even remotely.

[-] mrdown@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

The nuclear talks and pressure is a facade to avoid talking about the missiles and drones program. I am not inconsistant.

American inteligence prove there is no evidence of iran seeking nukes. It is ridiculous to proof that a plan doesn't exists , the logic is to prove the plan exists

I did not bully you either.

Funny how you talk about sticking to fact while you don't have any fact besides the decision to enrich to 60% did not help protecting Iran as a functional country.

You don't seem to be able to explain why iran respected the jcpoa and kept the enrichement to 60% after Trump Withdraw from the deal if they wanted a nuke

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago

bub they've been building nuclear bombs since the iraq war in the 90's. Either it's another lie or they suck so badly at it there's no concerns to be had.

[-] eureka@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Well Iran is building nuclear bombs.

And they've been very close to finishing for *checks notes* the last 30 years. I'm sure you're old enough to have heard the "WMDs" and "bringing freedom" excuses before.

Neither of those factors are a rationale for either Israel or the USA, who both possess nuclear weapons, and who have convicted war criminal leaders and anti-democratic leaders respectively, to intervene. Neither have high-ground over any dictatorship. Yes, this war is an adventure of the Zionist Regime in Palestine and the United States of America.

[-] vas@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm confused now, because I know you from other posts and I respect your knowledge and depth of thought/comments.

To comment on minor things before answering fully: no, I have not read about WMD. I'll do that now I guess. "bringing freedom" is definitely a non-valid argument indeed, especially if it comes from the US. I do agree with you that the Israel (or the US) have no "moral highground" even if there could be one - especially them actually.

My comment was mostly about building specifically nuclear bombs. I haven't made claims if it's close to completion or not - just that they are doing it. I'll research what you wrote before answering fully.

[-] eureka@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I have not read about WMD. I’ll do that now I guess

Sorry for assuming and for my attitude, I guess I'm in a bit of a media bubble and assumed it was still well-known worldwide. It's a large reason why the Iraq War faced huge counterprotests in my country. Long story short, a main part of the pretense for the Iraq War was the US saying that Iraq was building "Weapons of Mass Destruction". Before the invasion, the CIA told the US government that the gov's intel was not reliable, and the UN couldn't find any evidence of them since the disarmament in the 90s. [wikipedia]

The reason I mention that, is because this isn't the first time the US has used this pretense of weapons building to justify an invasion, and combined with the fact that Netanyahu has been claiming repeatedly for decades that Iran is close to completing them, the claim doesn't sound trustworthy.

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 10 points 1 month ago

Welp, time to hoard milk and bread I guess.

I honestly think articles like this are irresponsible reporting because they create panic and invite precisely the kind of hoarding that will make the problem more likely to occur.

[-] arbilp3@aussie.zone 12 points 1 month ago

It's important to be informed about what is happening so that we can hold our politicians accountable in advance and ask them "What are you going to do about this? How are you going to help the most vulnerable? When are you going to take such measures?

[-] vividspecter@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

There's not too much that can be done in the short term. I'd like to see an increase of the welfare rate, but that seems to be a hard sell at the moment.

Any other solutions that apply more generally will likely just make inflation worse. Longer term solutions such as electrification, a more aggressive renewable rollout, and local urea production will be more of a benefit in the long term.

You could rapidly roll out active transport measures, but it's probably not enough to make a huge dent in overall fuel demand, although it would be better than nothing.

[-] Ilandar@lemmy.today 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I’d like to see an increase of the welfare rate, but that seems to be a hard sell at the moment.

At least this would be targeted and help people who actually need help. It feels like we don't see much of that these days, it's always just generic handouts and tax cuts to everyone, regardless of their income.

[-] arbilp3@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago

Welfare advocacy organisations are asking for an increase in income support because unemployment is expected to rise as well the cost of just about everything else. We've always got money for military weaponry (for Australia's protection) but not so the people can eat and have a roof over their heads? Feeding and housing the population is the first priority I'd have thought, of any government particularly in a rich country like ours. You may find this article relevant: https://thepoint.com.au/news/260421-welfare-advocates-push-for-income-support-boost-as-global-turmoil-fuels-unemployment-fears

[-] Tiresia@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

I’d like to see an increase of the welfare rate, but that seems to be a hard sell at the moment.

Daily reminder that welfare states save countries money immediately by preventing people from getting sick and becoming unable to work. You just need the country to capture a fraction of the increased profits companies make because they lose fewer people to illness and disability.

[-] Ilandar@lemmy.today 3 points 1 month ago

True, although there is a middle ground between informative and necessary reporting and over-reporting to keep readers engaged in a sort of doomscrolling panic loop. The media relies on engagement so during crises like this there's a strong incentive to deliver it in such a way that the public feels like there is constantly breaking news they need to keep up with, even when there isn't.

[-] fizzle@quokk.au 4 points 1 month ago

No.

That might be the case for say the covid TP shortage where the issue was entirely created by misplaced panic.

This is quite different though. An increase in pricing on staples because of pedo-in-chief absolutely satisfies the public interest requirement.

No one is going to hoard bread and milk anyway.

[-] finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

ColesWorth: "Yes! If we can time it right, people will think our regular price rises are because of Trump!"

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago

heavens fucking forfend the supermarkets dint their profits slightly absorbing an increase in operating costs.

[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Thankfully just in time procurement let's them keep the line going up without having to pay undue warehousing costs (instead passing storage and transport on to consumers, seeing as it's in our best interest to hoard due to 'supply chain issues', [go for tinned], you knew about that right?) /s

Thus making us fragile to disruptions like this (see also offshoring petroleum refining [as much as I hate fossil fuels, if Australia exports more crude than it uses, shouldn't we be immune to this shit, but no globalisation means it's cheaper to refine overseas due to low labour cost]).

Labor, one term of going full throttle on locally making solar cells and batteries (we have all the raw materials, [steal or buy, IDC, but I'd like steal better, China'd do us ] the processing tech ) and you'll get 3 terms with the Greens and electorate backing you.

[-] teft@piefed.social 0 points 1 month ago

I’m not australian but i did work for a food wholesaler. Supermarkets operate on razor thin margins. Usually between 0.5 and 2% margin. Absorbing costs will cause them to go out of business.

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

As a non-australian you might wanna google "Colesworth"

EBIT margins alone are roughly 5–6% but those two cunts are ranked amongst the most profitable globally.

Woolies does au and nz. Coles is an Australian-exclusive operation. And they're still among the most profitable in the world.

[-] Ilandar@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago

Let me guess...American?

[-] Salvo@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago

Due to Price Gouging by supermarkets.

[-] CameronDev@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

2-3%. So 20-30% at the checkout?

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