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Hundreds of petrol stations across Australia run out of fuel as Labor inks supply deal with Singapore

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Hundreds of petrol stations across Australia run out of fuel as Labor inks supply deal with Singapore
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Energy minister, Chris Bowen, says ‘we’re a long way’ from further action like fuel rationing despite shortages

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Hundreds of service stations across Australia have run out of fuel, with the federal government inking a deal with Singapore, one of the country’s biggest sources of refined petroleum, to keep supplies of diesel and petrol flowing.

Concerns are now broadening to supplies of fertiliser and other chemicals, heaping more pressure on the Albanese government’s leveraging of overseas exports of coal and gas in a bid to handle of the crisis.

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Source: Guardian - World News

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