The Albanese Government has just launched a new media campaign encouraging Australians to use less fuel. As the war in the Middle East continues to pressure global oil supplies, the campaign is part of an attempt to avoid fuel rationing - something we haven’t had to do since the 1970s. So in this Squiz Shortcut, we’ll take a look at what we’ve done in the past with fuel rationing, what it would take to get to that stage again and how it might work…

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Listening: This episode of the ABC’s If You’re Listening - it gets right into the background of what happened the last time we ran out of oil. 

Reading: And here’s the piece from the Australian War Memorial we mentioned - it’s a really expansive look at the history of fuel rationing during World War II. 

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