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title: "Rate rises, helium shortages, EV sales spikes: how is the disruption in Iran’s Strait of Hormuz affecting Australia?"
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description: "The ongoing conflict in the Middle East is significantly disrupting energy supplies, impacting global markets and causing concerns about the stability of trade through the Strait of Hormuz. Initial reactions to US-Israeli strikes on Iran were muted, but uncertainty remains regarding the US's exit strategy and its implications for energy prices and supplies, including helium and electric vehicle sales in Australia."
datetime: "2026-03-14T19:23:16.000Z"
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# Rate rises, helium shortages, EV sales spikes: how is the disruption in Iran’s Strait of Hormuz affecting Australia?

The Middle East conflict is causing huge disruptions to energy supplies, with knock-on effects reaching far beyond petrol prices. While the initial US-Israeli strikes on Iran drew a muted response from global markets due to expectations it would be a short conflict, there are now questions over whether the US has a clean exit strategy that would guarantee a stable resumption of trade through the crucial strait of Hormuz. Here are five ways the...

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