Antonella Abbate • 23 October 2024
Australian Car Mechanic - Sep/Oct 2024
Here’s the latest ACM September/October 2024 E-Magazine
See the IAME Segment on Pages 19 to 22.
Economic Pressures Mounting on Australia’s Automotive Industry, New Survey Shows
Thank you to those who took the time to complete the recent Cost of Business / Industry Conditions Survey.
Australia is operating in an era of heightened fuel insecurity. Repeated national and international reporting has confirmed that Australia’s refined fuel security buffer remains critically low—often cited at approximately 30 days—leaving the nation exposed to geopolitical disruption, supply-chain shocks, and international market volatility. Against this backdrop, the promotion and responsible adoption of ethanol-blended fuels (E-fuels) is not a political abstraction; it is a practical, technically defensible, and nationally strategic response.
