By Alasdair Pal and Christine Chen SYDNEY, April 1 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese warned the economic shocks of the war in the Middle East would be felt for months and encouraged citizens to take public transport in a rare address to the nation on Wednesday.

Tickets to the NFL's first regular-season game in Australia had high prices and sold fast anyway, which is good for the NFL's bottom line but bad for the fans of American football Down Under who say they were priced out of seeing the Week One game between the 49ers and Rams in Melbourne.

Farmers battling cheap imported produce want a review of food labelling laws to highlight what Australian produce is included in products.

The six-foot-tall birds employed guerilla-like tactics to fluster machine gun-equipped soldiers sent to stop emu-related chaos.

The global hunt for rare earths, an essential component of electric vehicles (EVs), and other technologies, has encouraged the German Government to make a direct investment in an Australia rare earth mine.

Former cycling world champion Rohan Dennis said the media had created a false narrative about him after the Australian received a suspended jail sentence ​last year over the death of his wife.

Former Australian opener David Warner has been charged with drink-driving after he was pulled over in Sydney during the weekend, reports said Tuesday. He was arrested and taken to a local police station where he was charged with mid-range drink driving,