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A state of emergency is being declared in WA in a bid to pressure fuel companies to divert supplies where they’re needed, but Roger Cook says the target is suppliers and public consumption won’t be restricted — yet.
Parliament will be recalled on April 14 to table the orders, but they will come into effect at midnight on Thursday.
It’s the first time those powers have been used and comes after three out of six fuel companies snubbed the Premier’s request to reveal commercially sensitive information, so urgently needed supplies can be re-directed to the Goldfields and Wheatbelt.
“The Emergency Management Act has very broad powers to direct individual behaviour. What we are doing today is targeting specific emergency responses to understand our full supply chain much better.”
He’s previously said rationing will only become an option under stage four of the national plan, agreed by the Prime Minister and state and territory leaders this week.
“We remain at level two of the national fuel security plan, which is designed to keep Australia moving,” Mr Cook said.
WA state of emergency: Here’s what it means and the six powers now available to Government:
Worth noting that the motivation for this is to give the state parliament extra powers to reveal fuel information from retailers about supply levels. The government requested six retailers provide supply chain information, but only three complied.
