Govt to spend $211m on fuel security and saving refineries

Sally Whyte
Updated September 14 2020 - 9:21am, first published 9:19am
The oil refinery industry in Australia has been on the brink of collapse. Picture: Getty Images
The oil refinery industry in Australia has been on the brink of collapse. Picture: Getty Images

Australia will get an extra 780 megalitres of onshore diesel storage and the struggling local oil refinery industry will get a rescue package under a $211 million announcement to be made by the government on Monday.

Sally Whyte

Sally Whyte

Federal Politics Reporter

I report on a range of issues in federal politics and the public service, with a real passion for how decisions made in Canberra affect the lives of Australians.

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