TinDrum

'Nationals leader, Matt Canavan, has called on the federal government to consider oil drilling in the Great Australian Bight'

#ausPol #fuelSupply #nationals

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/22/six-fuel-ships-bound-for-australia-cancelled-as-bowen-concedes-flow-of-oil-to-asian-refineries-has-slowed?CMP=aus_bsky

Six fuel ships bound for Australia cancelled as Bowen concedes ‘flow of oil to Asian refineries has slowed’

Energy minister says war on Iran creating ‘uncertain environment’ but insists government doing ‘all the preparatory work’

The Guardian
Mar 22 at 3:21amWeb
Show threadInsurgo FormicaMar 22
@oscarjiminy Basically what he tried when he was Resource Minister.
The companies handed back their licences because it wasn't viable.
Show threadTinDrumMar 22
@InsurgoFormica it's all about optics i think, i kind of wish they didn't have to perform in public
Show threadkaffandoMar 22

@oscarjiminy

It's six ships out of the usual 81 per week.

Show threadTinDrumMar 22

@kaffando add cancellations to delays plus price increases

i don't think it's something you should just dismiss out of hand

Show threadPetraPandaMar 22
@oscarjiminy let him eat oil and succumb to it.
Show threadMyViewMar 22

@oscarjiminy

I wonder where that Australian fuel storage being talked about is kept ...

Show threadTinDrumMar 22
@MyView do you have a thirsty vehicle?
Show threadMyViewMar 22

@oscarjiminy

Nope ... just wondering for those like my relative who spends a couple of hundred $ on alcohol each weekend, then complains about a litre of petrol costing $3 ... to take him to work to earn enough to spend the next weekend :)

And my vehicle was T-Boned by an idiot on their phone who went though a Give Way sign ... but I'm saving plenty by no rego, no insurance, no petrol :)

Show threadTinDrumMar 22
@MyView rego's difficult to swallow, no q