Government Fines the Thermometer for the Fever

news.com.au · Sunday 5 April 2026

Government Fines the Thermometer for the Fever

Petrol stations face $110,000 penalties for suspected price gouging as fuel costs surge during the Middle East conflict, while structural fuel security remains unaddressed.

Fining servo owners for profiteering during a fuel crisis is like fining the bloke selling umbrellas in a flood. The price is at the bowser because the vulnerability is in the supply chain, and no government in thirty years has had the ticker to fix that. A hundred and ten grand in penalties and not one cent toward a refinery.

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