More than 90% of Australia’s fuel imported – leaving country vulnerable to shortages, report says

The Australia Institute reports that supply issues during a crisis could hold up vital fuel deliveries. Photograph: Ernesto Benavides/AFP/Getty Images

Almost all of Australia’s fuel supply is imported, leaving the country vulnerable to shortages, a thinktank has warned in a new report accusing the government of not doing enough to reduce and replace demand.

As the war in Ukraine puts the global fuel supply in sharp focus, the Australia Institute found that 91% of Australia’s fuel in the 2021 financial year was imported (including 68% imported as refined crude, as well as 71% of the fuel refined here).