Morning Mail: fears for economy amid fuel crisis, Israel sets sights on Lebanon, Mafs star Mel Schilling dies

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here, and finish your day with our Afternoon Update newsletter Morning everyone. The end of the Iran war “can’t come soon enough” for Australia, Jim Chalmers said last night, as the government considers allowing more ethanol to be used in petrol and farmers warn of higher food prices. And as bombing continues in the Middle East, and Lebanon faces an “existential threat”, our poll shows many Australians think we should start distancing ourselves from the US. Elsewhere, the Married at First Sight star Mel Schilling has died, we look at why people are paying large sums for unnecessary health tests spruiked online, and Alice Zaslavsky has a recipe for fish in the bag. ‘Queen of reality TV’ | Mel Schilling has died aged 54 “surrounded by love”, her family announced overnight, as tributes flowed for the Australian dating expert and Married at First Sight relationship coach. Price warning | The federal government will consider an increase in ethanol levels in fuel to boost fuel supplies as farmers warn food prices will soon jump amid threats of economy-wide shocks from the oil crisis. We also have seven charts that