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

Sally Whyte
September 14 2020 - 12:00am
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.