International Energy Agency says current crisis is the worst in history | ABC NEWS

Australians are facing record-high prices at the bowser as the Middle East war disrupts global fuel and gas supplies.
Tony Wood, energy program director at the Grattan Institute, says panic-buying has compounded the shortage.
The International Energy Agency has offered fuel-saving recommendations amid global supply issues, urging Australians to work from home, drive more slowly, and take fewer flights as part of measures to reduce oil demand.

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