The pair faced off with a flagpole and a baseball bat before one pulled out a knife.

One person was taken to Middlemore Hospital in a serious condition.

A luxury heist in the Brisbane CBD saw criminals use a Mercedes to ram raid a store, swiping designer items worth hundreds of thousands.

The highly planned robbery was over in minutes, with police now hunting the bandits.

Officers say just after 3 am, a white Mercedes SUV smashed through the Hermes shop on Edwards Street with the offenders then jumping out and stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bags, jewellery and hats.

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They abandoned the first vehicle – stolen just days before- and stuffed their loot into two waiting getaway cars before taking off.

CCTV cameras down the street caught the cars on their high-speed getaway, even running a red light in their rush to get away.

Police aren't far behind with authorities saying they were within metres of catching one of the thieves – but they're still on the run.

How many products were stolen is unknown but the estimated losses are high, with some bags costing over $40,000.

Police are appealing for shoppers to keep an eye out for Hermes items for sale online.

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Outdoor education businesses are questioning their viability as merciless price hikes at the bowser force them to absorb significant price increases to continue providing camp services to hundreds of thousands of school children.

The peak body for Australian outdoor education today issued an open letter to policymakers following growing concerns from struggling service providers.

"Schools are cancelling camps due to increased transport costs," Outdoor Council of Australia chair Lori Modde said.

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"Regional adventure tourism operators are seeing visitors postpone or cancel trips, booking hesitation and reduced travel confidence."

Outdoors Victoria chief executive Andrew Knight said suppliers have placed five to 25 per cent surcharges on bus transport and other services required by the sector.

"Other suppliers have already said that there is going to be further surcharges on delivery of other things, like gas for showers or other food items and everything else, that get delivered on trucks to the school camps," Knight said.

"We're talking about hundreds of school children at each school camp, so that's a whole lot of food every week that needs to get to regional and rural locations."

Hall's Outdoor Education Managing Director Anthony Hall said his fuel bill has skyrocketed from $3000 to $4000 a week to $10,000.

What's worse, he and many other outdoor education providers have no choice but to absorb the costs themselves.

"All of these contracts are pre-set 12 months in advance, so we can't go back to our clients and go 'hey, we need more money'," Hall said.

"At this moment we're absorbing all of that in the hope that the fuel crisis is not going to last too long.

"We're operating on minimum margins anyway, so at this moment we're just waiting, hoping that the prices are going down so that we can actually not go under."

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Bindaree Outdoor Education chief executive Gemima Weiler said her business has not lost any clients to the fuel crisis yet, but said she and other outdoor education service providers were trapped in a pricey catch-22.

"It's very, very difficult to pass on this kind of huge increase of a third-party provider to a school with a set cost," Weiler said.

"They would've been budgeting for that eight months, nine months in advance and if we all of a sudden pass on another $2000, $3000, $4000 to them, the school is out of pocket.

"But the problem is if we don't run those camps, we're losing hundreds of thousands of dollars.

"So it's like, do we take that $2000, $3000 hit and not pass it on to our clients because of affordability and timeliness and everything else? But then, where's the business left if we have to withhold, not only the backend business cost of fuel rising, but also our upfront client costs of getting providers to actually get these kids out there."

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Weiler fears the impact on children could be "huge" if school camps are cancelled due to unmanageable price hikes.

"[Camps] teach resilience, they stretch the comfort zones and make them confident in themselves and work on team-building and community and all those things you need to be strong, healthy individuals as well as just physically being out in nature, and good mental health," she said.

"The more these fuel prices go up, then the first people to drop off will be the kids, potentially, who need it the most, which are the lower socio-economic schools or public schools.

"If we have to stop programming again in Victoria [after COVID], there's just hundreds and thousands of more kids that will miss out on the camp experience and it won't be picked up at a later date."

The sector is pleading with state, territory and federal governments to prioritise the outdoor education industry in their policy-making.

"If governments, whether state or federal, decide that they need to ration fuel, we urge those governments to be able to make sure that school students aren't stranded on camp, or not able to go on camp because their school buses haven't got the fuel they need to get them there," Knight said.

"That's probably our biggest call to state, territory and federal governments is that we're on the list with those that need to operate for our community and for our society to function."

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A survey of 200 landlords found 38% now plan to sell their rentals.

Australia's fuel shipments have been secured for 'well into' May, the nation's energy minister says.

However he called for the critical Middle Eastern shipping lane to be opened as the ongoing anguish over supplies continues.

Energy Minister Chris Bowen said supplies of fuel actually increased over Easter, despite Aussies likely travelling more.

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"The government will keep working with industry to ensure the security of fuel supply as best we can in these difficult international circumstances," Bowen said.

"We continue to see no ships cancelled that have been ordered for Australia.

"We have security of supply through April and now into May."

However he added it's key the Strait of Hormuz is opened "as quickly as possible."

He said there is a focus in NSW especially to get fuel to farmers who need it to sow crops.

They have said they're making decisions to abandon plans for sewing not seen for decades.

Some growers are now abandoning planting crops this season, a move that could trigger a nationwide food crisis for months.

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He thanked refinery workers as well as truckies and service station workers for working over Easter.

However analysts say the peak of fuel prices is yet to come unless the war in the Middle East ends.

Meat, fruit and vegetables are all expected to cost 20 per cent more in as little as three weeks.

Bowen gave the latest numbers on supplies across the nation.

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In NSW, 142 service stations have no diesel, 39 service stations have no fuel.

In Victoria, 51 have no diesel, 30 have no fuel.

In Queensland, 38 have no diesel, 32 have no fuel.

In SA, nine have no diesel and five have no fuel.

In WA, 19 have no diesel and 29 have no fuel.

In Tasmania, seven have no diesel and seven have no fuel.

In the ACT, four have no diesel and two have no fuel.

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The man, who lives with long-term disabilities, has fought against the eviction.

Police say a bag of meat was allegedly stolen from a Masterton shop.

A Sydney socialite has been found dead in her apartment in a beachside suburb.

Annabelle Price was discovered by police in Maroubra last week following a welfare check. There are no suspicious circumstances surround her death.

She was a big name on the Sydney social scene and had once been married to investment banker Freddie Blencke, with whom she had two children.

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She was also later engaged to financier Thomas Fennell, which she announced in 2023 on Instagram.

She shared a photo of a diamond ring on social media at the time/

NSW Police said officers were called to a concern for welfare at a unit on Wride Street, Maroubra last Sunday.

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"With the assistance of Police Rescue, entry was forced into the unit where the body of a woman aged in her 30s was located," police said.

"A crime scene was established.

"There are no suspicious circumstances and a report will be prepared for the information of the coroner."

If you or someone you know is in need of support contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue. In the event of an emergency dial Triple Zero (000).

Forecasters are watching tropical cyclones Maila and Vaianu in the Pacific.