Australian government plans for ‘worst-case scenario’ retail fuel rationing, documents reveal
Exclusive: With warnings world oil supplies are expected to hit ‘red zone’ by August, the Albanese government has considered its powers to enforce daily purchase limits for motorists
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The federal government had considered plans for retail fuel rationing early in the fuel crisis, documents reveal, as the International Energy Agency warned on Friday that oil markets would enter the “red zone” by August.
Contained in documents obtained by Guardian Australian under freedom of information, one option the government had at its disposal to arrest a local fuel supply shortage would be to impose a “maximum transaction value per vehicle per day” – a rationing rule which would limit how much fuel a single vehicle can buy at a service station over a 24-hour period.
المصدر: The Guardian — Australia News
