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More than 1000 Australians want to get out of Israel and 870 aim to leave Iran, Treasurer Jim Chalmers just told ABC Radio National. Speaking just before 8am, Chalmers said the figures represented only those who had registered with the Australian government. Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Credit: Alex Ellinghausen “We’re obviously working very closely with those Australians via the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade,” he said. The treasurer added that the Australian government was monitoring developments in the Middle East and said it was a perilous time. “The most pressing consequences are for the people caught in that dangerous part of the world,” he said. “There are also economic consequences, of course, the spike in oil price that we saw last Friday and the volatility in the oil price ... it’s a perilous place in the Middle East right now. It’s a perilous time for the global economy.”