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Australian government plans for ‘worst-case scenario’ retail fuel rationing, documents reveal

fuel crisis, including limiting purchases and asking citizens to reduce travel, [according to the IEA](https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-tools/2026-energy-crisis-policy-response-tracker). The Australian government [asked people to consider voluntary measures

Guardian Essential poll: Australians want higher tax on gas exports and extension of petrol excise cut

Australian government for not planning ahead for the fuel crisis. Government ministers have foreshadowed that fuel resilience will be a major theme of next month’s budget, with expectations of measures

Australia scrambles to secure energy as war on Iran fuels uncertainty

Australians to save fuel for “our truckies” is just one of the ways the government is trying to address shortages caused by the [war on Iran](/tag/israel-iran-conflict/). Since early March, the Strait of Hormuz, through

Australia’s housing affordability expected to worsen and homelessness soar under fossil-fuelled future

fuel resources continue to be exploited under the high-emissions path. Australia, together with other countries, has [committed to the Paris agreement](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/23/chris-bowen-not-giving-up-on-paris-agreement-despite-donald-trumps-moves) and has set targets to cut emissions to 43% below

Australia fuel watch tracker: check current petrol and diesel prices, service station outages and shipments – in charts

crisis. While we know there have been outages and price increases, it can be difficult to get a full picture of what is happening – this is partly due to the thousands of independent businesses