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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country's military goals in Iran have moved "beyond the halfway point".

New strikes are being reported in Israel and Iran, with parts of Tehran losing power temporarily.

A Kuwaiti oil tanker carrying millions of barrels has also been hit while docked in Dubai in what officials call an Iranian drone attack.

The Northern Territory government has enacted wartime laws in an attempt to combat fuel price gouging.

The government says the price exploitation prevention act compels retailers to share the full cost structure of selling fuel, and how they set their prices.

Failure to comply with the act is a criminal offence, punishable by up to two years in prison.

It comes ahead of the federal government's reduction of the fuel excise, which officially begins tomorrow.

The Victorian Police Chief Commissioner says investigators weren't initially "excited" by the lead that led to the discovery of fugitive Dezi Freeman.

Freeman was found and shot dead yesterday, seven months after he killed two police officers and fled into the bush.

Police haven't revealed how Freeman was found, but Chief Commissioner Mike Bush says the successful lead was one of thousands followed up by police who otherwise had no luck finding the fugitive.