Trucking in a fuel crisis: the Australian driver sacrificing his paycheck for diesel – video
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Source: Guardian Australia
Published: 2026-05-30 17:00 UTC+10:00
Section: Petrol prices
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Transport, Middle East, Military & Defence, Australia, Iran, Economy & Finance, Labour & Workers, World News, Business & Economy, War & Conflict
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Frank is a truck owner-driver, meaning he owns his own truck, picks up contracts wherever he happens to be in Australia and pays for his own fuel. He can spend up to two months at a time on the road, and lives by the rule-of-thumb that one third of a job's pay should go to fuel, one third should go to truck maintenance and the remaining third is his wages.
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