00:02Counting his costs in kilometres, Frank Black's last journey from Brisbane to Sydney emptied
00:09more than his fuel tank.
00:11If your fuel has gone up, a dollar a litre, you're $500 worse off.
00:18And that's one day's work, forcing truckies to rethink which contracts they accept.
00:24I can't drive up and down the road losing money.
00:27The fuel prices are just crippling.
00:29It's just unbelievable.
00:30Sorry, I might get a little emotional.
00:33Those costs rippling through the economy.
00:36Supermarkets, airlines and delivery companies hiking their fees.
00:40Australia Post the latest doubling shipping charges.
00:44The sudden spike in prices leading to localised shortages.
00:48And across the country, hundreds of service stations are running dry.
00:53$215 in New South Wales without either unleaded or diesel.
00:57185 in Victoria, 80 in Queensland, around 50 in South Australia and a handful elsewhere.
01:04Dialling up the pressure, the federal oppositions set up a new website for drivers to report where fuel shortages are.
01:11We have launched this in an effort to help us, Chris Bowen, help you.
01:15The nation's fuel coordinator, Anthea Harris, to hold her first meeting with states tomorrow, as the energy minister intervenes again,
01:24this time adjusting diesel standards to boost supplies.
01:27While the government's focus is on supply, leaders have started openly canvassing the possibility of measures to manage demand.
01:35Rationing is still a more distant prospect.
01:38But the states and territories have agreed to move together, if it gets to that point.
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