'It's all too hard': Fuel shock pushes regional businesses to the brink
By Sinéad Mangan, Ted O'Connor, and Lachlan Ford

Small-town coffee shops and long-established businesses are at risk of closing despite a ceasefire in the Middle East easing the global oil price. Regional businesses say fuel relief measures need to be extended because the damage done from the fuel shock is far from over.

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'It's all too hard': Fuel shock pushes regional businesses to the brink

Small-town coffee shops and long-established businesses are at risk of closing despite a ceasefire in the Middle East easing the global oil price. Regional businesses say fuel relief measures need to be extended because the damage done from the fuel shock is far from over.