Armed robbery at a Woolgoolga service station

Armed robbery at a Woolgoolga service station

4 years ago
POLICE are investigating following an armed robbery at a Woolgoolga service station at the weekend. About 4pm on Saturday 13 March 2021, a man, armed with a firearm, entered a service station on Solitary Islands Way at Woolgoolga. The man allegedly threatened a female employee before stealing cash and leaving the area on foot. He was last seen heading south along Solitary Islands Way. The employee was not physically injured during the incident. Officers from […]
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After a tough year for Big Oil, Exxon sees a bright spot in Australia

4 years ago
Global energy giant ExxonMobil is preparing to a tap a new gas field in Bass Strait within weeks as it begins to recover from a bruising year and sees bright demand in Australia ahead of looming east-coast gas shortfalls. The Australian head of the oil and gas producer, which lost tens of billions of dollars last year as the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out demand for its products, said the company was targeting a first gas […]
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Police hunt man who set fire to petrol pump in Croydon North

4 years ago
A man who allegedly set fire to a petrol pump in Melbourne’s outer east is on the run in an incident that police say could have cause “catastrophic injuries” to witnesses. Police said a man attended a service station on Maroondah Highway in Croydon North just after 4am on February 7 this year. They said the man then removed a fuel pump from a bowser and ignited the pump handle with a cigarette lighter, which […]
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ACCC weighs in on fuel security, petrol sales

4 years ago
Petrol prices in Australia’s five largest cities stabilised at the end of 2020 after an unpredictable year and petrol sales volumes continued to recover from their earlier pandemic-driven slump, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has reported. Average retail price for petrol in December quarter 2020 across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth was 121.4 cents per litre (cpl), a decrease of only 0.7 cpl from the previous quarter. Of the five capital cities, […]
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$16.5m Australian government fund for building EV charger station.

4 years ago
Funding Round Guidelines The Future Fuels Fund aims to address barriers to the roll out of new vehicle technologies. The first round of the Future Fuels Fund will see $16.5m made available to fund battery electric vehicle (BEV) public fast charging infrastructure in capital cities and regional centres. ARENA defines a fast charging station as a publicly accessible location able to charge a BEV at 50kW or above. A full list of the eligible Geographic […]
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