MODERATE
‘It’s not panic-buying’: farmers defend stockpiling as regional Australia bears brunt of fuel crisis
The Guardian World News1 days ago
WarCast Score
27/100
GPT Reference
30/100
Summary
Independent retailers are struggling to get fuel from the majors and say farmers have only responded to soaring prices and lack of availabilityGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRural fuel distributor Paul McCallum hopes the worst is over.At the start of the month, as fuel prices surged after the US and Israel bombed Iran, farmers started bringing their diesel orders forward, requesting “a boisterous but not over the top” 1.5m litres from his company Inland Petroleum. Continue reading...
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Threat Level: MODERATE. Fuel crisis due to geopolitical tensions Stockpiling behavior of farmers
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"Fuel crisis due to geopolitical tensions""Stockpiling behavior of farmers"