When Australia shut down refineries, what did politicians think would happen?
In 2014 to 2015 two major refineries stopped refining fuel

• Kurnell Refinery → converted to an import terminal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurnell_Refinery

• Bulwer Island Refinery → closed and turned into an import terminal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulwer_Island_Refinery

Result: Australia became far more dependent on imported fuel while regional industries still rely on diesel to function.

Farmers feel it first
If diesel prices spike
• tractors do not run
• crops do not get harvested
• food supply chains strain

Fuel security is not abstract policy.
It affects farmers, freight, food prices and regional Australia.

But according to parts of the press this is somehow #Albo’s fault in 2026.
Apparently decisions made a decade ago only become a problem once Labor is in government.
Funny how that works.

#auspol #fuelsecurity #foodsecurity #farmers #energy