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Australia taps fuel stockpile for first time in urgent bid to fill regional shortages

· By Mike Foley
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Australia has released fuel from its strategic stockpile for the first time, as the Albanese government scrambles to address rising regional shortages and the political fallout from a global energy crisis caused by the Iran war.

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