Running on nearly empty: fool’s gamble with fuel reserves*

Since the revelation in March last year that Australia’s national security could be threatened by the fact that the country has fuel reserves of just 43 days’ supply, (see also: “Steam rail backup could get us out of hot water”, News Weekly, July 28, 2018) the Federal Government has dragged its feet on rectifying this untenable situation.

 

Last year, the Australian Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) and the International Energy Agency (IEA)…

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