More Than 100 Service Stations in NSW Run Out of Diesel, But Work-From-Home Mandate Unlikely

Those in New South Wales shouldn't hold their breath on public transport fare reduction and work-from-home mandates amid the ongoing fuel crisis.

This comes even as more than 100 service stations in NSW report that they have run out of diesel.

Work-From-Home, Public Transport Fare Reduction Mandates Unlikely

According to a report by ABC News, the state government has been urged to reduce public transport fares. However, NSW Premier Chris Minns said that this solution isn't very realistic.

"Every dollar that we get from the fare box we pump back into public transport to provide more public transport," Minns explained. "If we were to turn that off, even for a short period of time, it has an impact somewhere else in the system."

He also noted that a work-from-home mandate for the NSW public sector will not be of much help either.

"Most of our employees are nurses, paramedics, police officers, firefighters. We just can't issue that [work from home] order and if we did, it would have a negligible effect in terms of fuel consumption," the NSW Premier said.

He added, "The threshold suggestion for the consumers, for the mums and dads who don't work for the public service, we might have more to say about that in the coming weeks."

More Than 100 Service Stations Run Out of Diesel

The premier's comments come as he, himself, confirmed that more than 100 service stations report that they have run out of diesel.

According to Sky News, 105 of the state's 2,500 fuel stations have run out. Even worse, 35 locations have "don't have access to anything."

"The issues that you're seeing in terms of supply for consumers is the distribution of it and also in some areas overconsumption of people just taking more than they need," said Minns.

The NSW Premier is encouraging to citizens to only take what they need so as not to add to the worsening fuel crisis.

Fuel prices have increased amid the Iran war with prices reaching almost $3 a litre. There are fears that this number could increase in the coming days.