Following an update earlier in question time on the provision of fuel to regional independent stations by Ampol, Energy Minister Chris Bowen has provided similar data from Viva Energy.
Compared to last March, Viva has provided 43 per cent more fuel to New South Wales, 22 per cent more to Queensland, 14 per cent more to South Australia, and 8 per cent more to Western Australia.
“If you take Ampol and Viva together, they are supplying a lot more petrol and diesel to regional Australia now than they were a year ago,” Bowen said.
“That is catching up with that massive increase in demand that we saw in the days following the 28th of February [attacks on Iran by the US and Israel],” Bowen said.
“That is showing progress in a difficult circumstance.”
