Peter Jennings from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute has welcomed the government’s decision to invest almost $100 million in creating a strategic fuel reserve. The move coincides with the Defence Department’s confirmation that an Australian warship has been conducting military exercises in the South China Sea, a crucial trading route for oil supplies, and the location for much recent Chinese development.
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