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23 August 2026

‘Unpredictable world’: Labor makes fuel subsidies permanent

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‘Unpredictable world’: Labor makes fuel subsidies permanent

Trade Minister Don Farrell says government powers to subsidise fuel cargoes are an insurance policy against a world in a “permanent state of change”.

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