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Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from the Australian. I'm Kristin amid with

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Speaker 1: the Front's afternoon headlines. An Australian air base in the

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Speaker 1: United Arab Emirates was targeted by an Iranian projectile on

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Speaker 1: Wednesday morning. The base is about twenty four kilometers south

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Speaker 1: of Dubai and has been in operation since two thousand

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Speaker 1: and three. Prime Minister Anthony Albanizi confirmed the incident but

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Speaker 1: stressed Australia isn't at war.

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Speaker 2: I can confirm that no Australian personnel were injured and

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Speaker 2: everyone is absolutely safe at this point in time. There

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Speaker 2: was minor damage to an accommodation block and a medical

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Speaker 2: facility due to a small fire that was created as

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Speaker 2: a result of that projectile hitting on a road leading

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Speaker 2: up to that base.

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Speaker 1: The U and Nuclear Watchdog said. Iranian authorities indicated the

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Speaker 1: country's only operational news clear power plant was also hit

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Speaker 1: on Wednesday, but no damage was done. The agency's head,

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Speaker 1: Rafael Grossi, reiterated quote his call for restraint during the

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Speaker 1: conflict to avoid any risk of a nuclear accident. The

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Speaker 1: husband and wife founders of the White Fox Fashion Empire

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Speaker 1: have made their debut on the list Australia's Richest two

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Speaker 1: hundred and fifty. The Australian's billionaire whisperers, say Georgie and

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Speaker 1: Daniel Kontos, are worth just over one point four billion

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Speaker 1: dollars combined, thanks to the business that started with selling

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Speaker 1: clothes on eBay. Now their monogrammed white Fox hoodie and

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Speaker 1: sparkly party dresses are wildly popular among GenZ shoppers in Australia,

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Speaker 1: the US and the UK, and they're the sole owners

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Speaker 1: of the business that catapulted them to rich list status.

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Speaker 1: You can see who else made this year's list right

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Speaker 1: now at the Australian dot com dot au. Acclaimed chef

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Speaker 1: Neil Perry has told The Australian's Global Food for Happening

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Speaker 1: in Sydney today, a cup of coffee could cost as

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Speaker 1: much as twelve dollars in five years time. As the

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Speaker 1: hospitality sector grapples with wage growth.

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Speaker 3: We've seen since COVID pretty much a five percent increase

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Speaker 3: in the basic award every year. That just has a

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Speaker 3: knock on effect. And the fact is, through the wage

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Speaker 3: increases in the way the award works, and you know,

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Speaker 3: it's incredibly expensive to have young barristas and people making

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Speaker 3: coffee and waitresses and you just have to be able

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Speaker 3: to weather the storm push through.

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Speaker 1: Check out those stories live right now at the Australian

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Speaker 1: dot com dot au and come back to the front

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Speaker 1: first thing in the morning for a close look at

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Speaker 1: the multi billion dollar legal battle brewing between radio network

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Speaker 1: ARN and its axed superstars Kyle Sandalans and Jackie Henderson.