00:02Delivering water to properties in regional New South Wales, Dave Henry feels the pinch
00:08of rising fuel prices.
00:10With diesel up to almost $3 per litre, Dave has had to pass the cost onto his customers.
00:18Having to find a chunk of money to buy a load of water for some people is becoming increasingly
00:26difficult.
00:26In Southern Tasmania, Kate Gotoski has to drive a two hour round trip every day to get to
00:34work from her home.
00:36We chose that for housing affordability, which is sort of ironic now because we're really
00:41being punished with the cost of fuel these days.
00:45People living in regional Australia have to deal with long distance travel, making those
00:51communities especially vulnerable to fuel price increases.
00:55That leaves people in those areas with tough choices to make.
01:00The Middle East conflict driving the price hikes has also highlighted kinks in Australia's
01:07fuel supply chain.
01:08Having a national volume of fuel in the country doesn't necessarily mean that that fuel can
01:14get from where it's stored around the coast in a lot of cases to where it's actually being
01:19used in rural and regional Australia.
01:22Ryan Taylor says the fuel crisis has made regional living harder.
01:26He feels lucky his farm isn't his primary source of income.
01:31Fuel has pretty much erased any profit that we can get from this farm at the moment.
