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Track current petrol and diesel prices, service station outages and shipments – Australia's fuel crisis in charts

The Guardian · · 683 words · By Josh Nicholas; Andy Ball
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“Hundreds of service stations across Australia have run empty, fuel prices are elevated and oil shipments have been cancelled.”
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Wikipedia entries about Australia's economy, history, and petroleum do not mention fuel shortages, price increases, or shipment cancellations. No relevant evidence found in provided sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed on 1 January 1901 as a federation of six self-governing former British colonies. The human history of Australia, however, commences with the arrival of the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Australia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Australia is a major petroleum producer and importer, with a number of petroleum companies involved in upstream and downstream operations. Western Australia is the largest contributor to Australia's p…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_in_Australia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Australia has a highly developed mixed economy. As of 2025, Australia was the 15th-largest national economy by nominal GDP (gross domestic product), the 22nd-largest by PPP-adjusted GDP, and was the 2…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Australia
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“Australia is battling a fuel crisis as Iran’s closure of the strait of Hormuz continues to bite.”
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The Guardian article directly reports the claim about Australia's fuel crisis linked to Iran's closure of Hormuz. No other sources provided for corroboration.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Australia is battling a fuel crises as Iran’s closure of the strait of Hormuz continues to bite.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/01/austr…
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“The federal government has released fuel reserves, cut fuel excise taxes and rolled out a national fuel security plan.”
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No evidence found in web search, cross-references, or Wikipedia to confirm government actions on fuel reserves, taxes, or security plans.
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“At least six fuel shipments to Australia have already been cancelled or deferred, and experts say there will probably be more delays or cancellations.”
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No evidence found in web search, cross-references, or Wikipedia to confirm cancelled fuel shipments or expert predictions.
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“The data does not distinguish between imports and exports, but it does show a slight decline in the number of tankers in February and March compared with the last six years.”
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Wikipedia entries about 2017, Airbus A330, and oil tankers are unrelated to Australian tanker traffic data or its comparison to previous years.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 2017 (MMXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2017th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 17th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21s…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) is a European aerial refueling and military transport aircraft based on the civilian Airbus A330. A total of 17 countries have placed firm orders for…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanker, is a ship designed for the bulk transport of oil or its products. There are two basic types of oil tankers: crude tankers and product tankers. Crude ta…
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“The same dataset shows a complete collapse in tankers travelling through the strait of Hormuz in the first weeks of March.”
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Wikipedia entries about the 2026 Hormuz campaign and crisis do not mention specific tanker traffic data for early March.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Strait of Hormuz () is a waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. On the north coast lies Iran, and on the south coast lies the Musandam Peninsula, shared by the United Arab Emirate…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 19 March 2026, the United States began an aerial campaign against Iranian targets to reopen the Strait of Hormuz following its closure by Iran in response to the 2026 Iran war. The operation was an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_campaign
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for global energy trade, has experienced ongoing geopolitical and economic disruption since 28 February 2026, following joint military strikes by the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis
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“Before the war, about a fifth of global oil and a third of fertilisers were shipped through the strait.”
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No evidence found in web search, cross-references, or Wikipedia to confirm pre-war oil or fertilizer shipment statistics through Hormuz.
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“Early in March the federal government cut the minimum stock levels that fuel companies are required to hold for emergencies.”
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No evidence found in web search, cross-references, or Wikipedia to confirm government actions on fuel stock levels in early March.
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“As of the beginning of April, Australia’s fuel reserves – measured in the number of days they would last – had actually increased since prewar levels.”
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No evidence found in web search, cross-references, or Wikipedia to confirm claims about fuel prices or economic data in 2026.
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“Since we began collecting data on 27 March, you can see a spike in outages in New South Wales and Victoria on 30 and 31 March.”
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No evidence found in web search, cross-references, or Wikipedia to confirm claims about service station data or regional traffic patterns.
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“The next chart shows the total number of stations out of at least one kind of fuel on each day. This is an estimate and may be an undercount given the different timescales that each state reports data.”
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“Fuel outages aren’t static – stations can run out and regain stock as governments and companies race to fill gaps in supply chains and release more fuel.”
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“Looking at the averages for petrol and diesel across Australia, we can see how much prices have risen since the US and Israel’s war on Iran began in late February.”
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“There can be a huge variation in price and availability, even across a relatively small area.”
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