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Rising prices from wars stoking social unrest in Europe: Wong

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) •
October 31, 2026 • 09:22 PM
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Speaking at the end of a G20 foreign ministers meeting in the US, the foreign minister said the wars’ impact on fuel and shipping costs had hit consumers’ pockets.

Rising prices from wars stoking social unrest in Europe: Wong

Washington | Cost-of-living pressures would continue to stoke social unrest across Europe as long as the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East dragged on, Foreign Minister Penny Wong has warned.

Speaking at the end of a two-day meeting of G20 foreign ministers in Atlanta, Georgia, Wong said the wars’ impact on fuel and shipping costs had flowed through to consumers’ pockets.

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