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Consumer prices increased at an annual pace of 4.6% up from 3.7% in February. 
The Shadow Treasurer acknowledged the impact of the Iran war on prices, but says, "it's because we've already had a raging inflation fire running."
GUEST: Tim Wilson, Shadow Treasurer 
PRODUCER: Isadora Bogle

Australians got numerical proof yesterday of the cost pressures they're feeling across the economy.
Headline inflation accelerated dramatically in March, with consumer prices increasing at an annual pace of 4.6% - up from 3.7% in February.
Transport costs were the biggest driver, with petrol prices jumping more than 30% in March.
But trimmed mean inflation - which is the Reserve Bank's preferred measure - remained steady at 3.3% ahead of an interest rates decision next Tuesday.
Guest: Sally Auld, NAB Chief Economist

It might sound like a good problem to have - a glut of wine sloshing around local barrels.
But a decline in export markets and changes in consumer behaviour have left some grape growers ripping up their vines and exiting the industry altogether. 
In the latest development - one of Australia's largest wineries - Winemasters SA -  has appointed administrators following a failed sales bid.
GUEST: Lee McLean, CEO of Australian Grape & Wine
PRODUCER: Grace Stranger

Israeli troops and Hezbollah have continued to exchange fire this week, further jeopardising the fragile ceasefire which took effect earlier this month.
Lebanon's Health Ministry says at least 2,500 people have been killed and almost 8,000 wounded in the country since the start of the conflict.
As peace talks between the US and Iran hit a stalemate, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Hezbollah still poses a threat and promises further strikes.
GUEST: Ehud Olmert, Israel's prime minister from 2006 to 2009 
PRODUCER: Pip Cook

Betting on everything and anything has seen a surge in unregulated online prediction markets, like Polymarket.  In the latest development, a U.S. special forces soldier pleaded not guilty to charges that he used classified information about the mission to capture former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro to win more than $400,000 on Polymarket.
Gannon Ken Van Dyke made the plea in a New York federal court yesterday.
So how is polymarket being used to observe and predict military strikes?  
GUEST: Bobby Allyn, NPR tech correspondent 
PRODUCER: Eddy Diamond