Dozens of service stations across Australia have run out of petrol as distributors struggle to keep up with customers panic-buying as the conflict in the Middle East continues to disrupt prices.
The NRMA has warned regulators “missed” the chance to stop price hikes, as booming wholesale demand pushes fuel prices to a “permanent high” on the east coast.
The New South Wales government said 32 out of 3,000 service stations in the state were out of at least one fuel type on Monday morning – but enough to leave single-station towns short.
The premier, Chris Minns, said NSW had enough fuel but was struggling to distribute it to the regions as motorists stockpiled at their local stations.
“It’s harder to restock those petrol stations if they’ve got more than expected out of the bowser on any given day,” he said.
The Victorian Farmers Federation president, Brett Hosking, said entire towns had run dry, including Wedderburn and Bonnie Doon in the state’s centre, and Robinvale in the north-west.
“[Tankers] are going to find some fuel stations needing fuel very close to Melbourne and you’re probably going to empty your truck into there and then go back for another load,” he said.
“How do you ensure that when you’ve got 100,000 city motorists crying out, saying ‘we need fuel too’, how can you guarantee that [tanker] truck will keep driving past them,” he said.
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