Michael West Media · AAP · Monday 23 March 2026
Australia fast-tracks support for truck drivers as the Middle East conflict sends fuel prices surging and petrol stations run dry, exposing the country's chronic dependence on imported fuel.
Fast-tracking support for truckies is like handing out umbrellas in a flood — decent of you, but it concedes you never built the levee. The fuel crisis isn't a trucking problem; it's a sovereignty problem wearing high-vis. Every dollar spent cushioning the impact of a supply chain we don't control is a dollar confirming we chose not to control it. The government isn't managing a crisis — it's managing the optics of one.