States Pump up Fuel Security and Bowser Policing
Premier David Crisafulli said the program could boost domestic fuel supply as Australia relies on only two major refineries.
- On Sunday, Premier David Crisafulli launched the Accelerating Fuel Infrastructure Program, opening six government-owned port sites in Brisbane, Townsville, Mackay, Gladstone, Bundaberg, and Abbot Point in Bowen for private fuel storage bids.
- State and federal governments continue to clash over the Taroom Trough, an oil field about 300 kilometres west of Brisbane, while environmental laws passed last year hinder development of the controversial project.
- Malcolm Roberts of the Australian Institute of Petroleum said companies expect government support for infrastructure, while South Australia is strengthening emergency powers to allow declared fuel rationing for up to 90 days at a time.
- Expressions of interest opened Sunday via the Coordinator General, with Crisafulli arguing that providing state land allows the market to fill storage needs and "increase the sovereign capability of us as a state."
- Crisafulli stated, "I don't see a world where in 10 years" the country will remain dependent on global supply chains with only one month of diesel sovereign capability.
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Queensland Fuel Security Plan - New fuel storage and refining projects to help restore fuel security: Crisafulli, Bleijie I Australian Rural & Regional News
The Hon. David Crisafulli, Premier of Queensland; The Hon. Jarrod Bleijie, Deputy Premier and Minister for State Development, Joint Media Release, 3 May 2026 The Crisafulli Government is restoring Queensland’s fuel security under a plan to drill, refine and store fuel locally, with plans to unlock additional fuel storage and refining at Queensland ports. The Government has today launched expressions of interest for the industry to bring forward …
Coastal sites revealed under state's big plan to bolster fuel security
Gladstone is one of six sites named under the fast-tracked proposal. Image: John Casey/stock.adobe.com Six parcels of state government-owned land have been earmarked to help restore Queensland's fuel security in the wake of the Iran war. Under a plan to drill, refine and store fuel locally, the Crisafulli government has asked for industry to bring forward fuel refining and/or storage proposals on government-owned sites and ports in Brisbane, Tow…
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