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With no certainty on when the Strait of Hormuz will be reopened, the Prime Minister is set to travel to Singapore to shore up Australians supply of liquid fuel. Anthony Albanese says the country remains in a secure position, but hundreds of service stations are still running dry.

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00:03Soaring fuel costs.
00:04It used to be around $80 for me to fill the tank and now I paid $130.
00:09Forcing some to stay home over the long weekend.
00:13It was very quiet I used to compare to usually.
00:16The average price of unleaded now at $2.27, stabilising after dropping due to the fuel excise cut.
00:24But the cost of diesel's creeping up again, averaging $3.16.
00:30We have seen prices reduce across most capital cities.
00:34The number of service stations without fuel continues to go down.
00:38241 don't have diesel, a decrease of 33 since yesterday.
00:43New South Wales remains hardest hit with 159 service stations experiencing shortages.
00:4969 are without fuel in Victoria and 64 in Queensland.
00:54While all other states and territories remain impacted.
00:57Despite the fact that demand for petrol and diesel was 30% higher this Easter than last Easter.
01:03We continue to see each day the service station outages fall.
01:07Identify where the gaps are, show us where there's a shortage and move the fuel to those places.
01:13Fuel is set to be the focus during the Prime Minister's trip to Singapore this week.
01:18The country is Australia's biggest supplier of unleaded petrol.
01:22And has already offered assurance that the flow of fuel will continue as the war in the Middle East drags
01:28on.
01:29Anthony Albanese wants to use this visit to reaffirm that commitment.
01:33With other countries also seeking to court the leader of the oil trading nation.
01:38We are currently in a secure position however engaging with our international partners is an important part of keeping our
01:47fuel supply flowing.
01:48Diplomacy to ensure fuel deliveries continue.
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