That is a very good question and our storage reserves are well below the minimum with much of it stored in the U.S.. Figure that one out.

I guess the question should be put to the Government in Canberra as it is their responsibility. Perhaps that is another cause for concern based on recent history.

Yes there is a shortage of fuel drivers here in Oz, my husband is a fuel driver and works long hours.  In the last 3mths 4 drivers have left and gone working in the mines due to bad management and pressure.  Refineries have been shut down.  Jets fuel is still being delivered for war games, guess it's this fuel we will need mostly...I would start to walk more, go back to the old days. Pedal bikes and 80s scooter boys. Ha ha.

Just to clarify, Britain does not have a fuel shortage, they have a normal storage. The problem is a lack of drivers, most of whom were Europeans who were forced to return to their own country because of Brexit. Australia does not have any such problems and no fuel outlets have had a sign outside their business warning of a lack of fuel.

Yes we are well aware about the situation in the UK, but not many people are aware of the issue of fuel in Australia which is more to the point and more of a worry.

I bet in the coming Federal Election this will be kept quiet but I don't think it should be do you?

I asked my husband why did they close the oil refineries?

He replied it is cheaper, I asked cheaper for who?

He said the refineries. 

Once again the multi nationals manage our country not the people.

What happens in a war with the boats sailing up and down our coast?

Australia will be sitting ducks even more so than in WWII.

 

Yes, Celia, it is possible that Australia could go into a petrol shortage.  Pretty much in the same way that we've seen toilet paper shortages over the past 18 months.  If people think that there could be supply problems they will dash out and fill their tank to the brim, even though they still had several days needs already in their tank.  Most service stations have a calculated schedule of supply based on the usual demand drain.  So if there is an unexpected doubling in demand, their tanks can be pumped dry days ahead of usual supply delivery.

And again we would have a similar situation to the toilet paper, a very large number of users would have those missing litres sitting at home in the car with no-where to go.

The argument maybe that if you have an electric vehicle, shortages of petrol won't bother you.

 

My late father in law was a mechanical engineer and he taught his son, my husband to only use certain fuel, so husband has always stayed with BP as the fuel he says is cleaner and doesn't spoil the petrol tank and the engine.

Now there is no clean petrol he believes in the West Coast of Australia due to the BP refinery being  closed down.

Makes me think that this is all organized for the corporations so that their motors are being slowly destroyed and we the public have to spend more money on service and repairs. 

All these years husband has stayed well clear of the 'reduced' petrol service stations for that reason and we have had no problems with our engines on any of our vehicles.

Makes one think!!

Have many people been experiencing problems with their car engines over the years due to dirty fuel?  Or don't you know that is the case?

WA built many years ago a pipeline between Kalgoorlie and Perth why a gentleman named O'Connor  [sad storey]

Why can't we have a pipeline between the north west of our states for water.

Why not a pipeline between East and West for fuel?

It can be then piped to the smaller areas of the various towns along the way like the railways of old in the USA.

 

 

Goldfields pipeline upgrade begins with community consultation as pipes go underground - ABC News

 

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is 'expected to step down' from the state's top job today as it's revealed she is under investigation by corruption watchdog

By CHARLIE MOORE, POLITICAL REPORTER FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

PUBLISHED: 12:05 AEST, 1 October 2021 | UPDATED: 12:43 AEST, 1 October 2021

 

    

 

 

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian will make a 'significant announcement' at 1pm today after it emerged she is being investigated by the state's corruption watchdog.

She has reportedly told colleagues she will be resigning as premier. 

The watchdog known as ICAC is investigating whether Ms Berejiklian encouraged or allowed corrupt conduct by her secret ex-boyfriend and former MP Daryl Maguire between 2012 and 2018. 

 

 

She is also accused of breaching public trust by not reporting any suspicion of corrupt conduct.  

       

The NSW corruption watchdog ICAC is investigating whether Ms Berejiklian encouraged or allowed corrupt conduct by her ex-boyfriend and former MP Daryl Maguire (pictured together)

Mr Maguire is accused of abusing his public office after admitting being involved in a cash-for-visa scheme and seeking secret commissions linked to questionable land deals. He was forced to resign in 2018.

Ms Berejiklian revealed to an ICAC hearing in October 2020 that she had been in a secret 'close personal relationship' with Mr Maguire for five years. 

There will be another public inquiry at 10am on Monday. 

Treasurer Dominic Perrottet, a conservative and devout Catholic with five children, is next in line to lead the Liberal Party. 

The ICAC is also investigating whether Ms Berejiklian had a conflict of interest in connection with grant funding to the Australian Clay Target Association in 2016 and the Riverina Conservatorium of Music in Wagga Wagga in 2018.

In August it emerged that Ms Berejiklian showed 'interest' in a proposed $5.5million grant for a shooting association clubhouse and conference facility in former partner Daryl Maguire's electorate, documents show.

But the premier insisted she's done nothing wrong.

Documents obtained by NSW Greens MP David Shoebridge show the Australian Clay Target Association sought grant funding for the clubhouse and conference facility in Wagga Wagga.

  

Mr Maguire (pictured) is under investigation for corrupt conduct after he admitted to running a 'cash for visa' scam and to seeking payment for property deals during the time he was an MP

Its initial business case was knocked back but a revised version was in 2017 reconsidered, according to the documents, after Ms Berejiklian made inquiries on the matter. It was subsequently approved.

Mr Maguire had initially in 2016 written to Ms Berejiklian about the project - at a time when the pair were in a secret relationship. Ms Berejiklian was NSW treasurer at the time.

She thanked him for 'bringing (the) request to the government's attention' and referred him to the then-minister for sport, Stuart Ayres.

The project in 2017 failed a cost-benefit analysis, recording a score of 0.88 - lower than the minimum score of above 1.00.

It was reassessed later in 2017 after a new business case was put forward by consultants engaged by the Department of Industry, with more details on anticipated interstate and international visitors.

The documents suggest Ms Berejiklian - now premier - made a 'request' to the department's Investment Appraisal Unit to carry out that business case reassessment.

That second business case received a score of 1.10 over the 25-year assessment period, and was approved.

Another document - an email written by then Regional NSW deputy secretary Gary Barnes - notes Ms Berejiklian's 'interest' in the project.

  

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian (right) with ex-boyfriend with Daryl Maguire (left)

'If you want proof this $5.5million grant was about politics not merit, then you can always check out the initial business case assessment. It showed the project was a no-go,' Mr Shoebridge said.

Ms Berejiklian denied all wrongdoing, saying processes were followed.

'The proposition you are putting is absolutely ridiculous and all proper processes were followed,' Ms Berejiklian told reporters in August.

With AAP 

  

Ms Berejiklian is pictured at a coronavirus press conference on September 30

Gladys Berejiklian has been knifed by unelected lawyers and now the country has lost its ONLY decent premier at the worst possible time, argues NIC WHITE - and for what?

Glady Berejiklian's shock resignation as NSW premier will throw the state's emergence from three months of lockdown into chaos because ICAC couldn't wait six months to rake her over the coals. Australia's biggest state is now rudderless with a bloody brawl brewing to replace her and the victor will be weakened, unelected, and without the public trust Ms Berejiklian spent 18 months building. NSW was headed for a massive Covid vaccination rate and optimism was finally returning through a clear roadmap back to freedom. Will all this be derailed? And for what? ICAC investigators could have chosen any time to announce their fishing expedition, and they chose one of the worst possible. By announcing the investigation at such a critical time, ICAC had to know she would have no option to resign immediately, regardless of guilt. ICAC gets its high-profile scalp without even having to prove she did anything wrong.

 

I don't think ICAC thought she would resign, they picked the worst possible time to release their findings, I think she's done a great job handling the pandemic so far, pity should couldn't be there when freedom day comes, it's tragic IMO.

Having had to wait for months for my Pfizer Jap two weeks ago today I was able to see how much of the vaccine is available for people.

People should be ashamed of themselves not having had the Jab by now it is October!

With the Prime minister going to open up the country very very soon, I would think people that have not had their first Jab by now should get worried.

I would if I were them.

I fear for the children that are in the arms of adults who have not had their Jab the country will be a mess when we are opened up and a million or so people have not had their Jab.

I am sorry for the Doctors and Nurses in Hospitals that will be at risk trying to save people that are lazy or scared I don't know which it is, or are they ignorant?