Empty petrol stations and volatile prices: Australia’s fuel crisis in charts

<p>Track the latest data on fuel prices, outages and oil tanker deliveries</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/apr/01/australian-politics-live-cost-of-living-fuel-crisis-excise-inflation-anthony-albanese-jim-chalmers-budget-health-insurance-premiums-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Hundreds of service stations across Australia have run empty, fuel prices are elevated and oil shipments have been cancelled.</p><p>Australia is battling a fuel crises as Iran’s closure of the strait of Hormuz continues to bite. The federal government has <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/13/australia-to-release-nearly-20-of-fuel-stockpile-as-bowen-insists-country-nowhere-near-running-out">released</a> fuel reserves, cut fuel excise taxes and rolled out a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/30/fuel-crisis-australia-government-measures-excise-explained-petrol-prices-cheaper">national fuel security plan</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/01/australia-fuel-crisis-petrol-prices-graphs">Continue reading...</a>

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