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Petrol stations were facing a huge spike in demand – 100% increase in a few days, which Chris Bowen said was “understandable and expected”.
We’ve seen a massive increase in demand, accompanied by that increase in regional areas. Obviously, the regional areas are where the supply chain is the hardest to manage. It takes longer to get from Geelong and Brisbane to the various regional areas.
You’ve also got lots of rural suppliers, distributors and service stations working on very tight margins and not always able to access fuel that’s available.
It’s a matter of the refineries seeing some supply problems with their crude oil, which is then impacting on their ability to deliver to their customers, including Australia, but not exclusively Australia.
I’ve always been clear, we’re in an uncertain environment.
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