Australia Says Doesn’t Need Russian Fuel After Trump Diesel Move

Markets Contact us:Provide news feedback or report an error Confidential tip?Send a tip to our reporters Site feedback:Take our Survey By Garfield Reynolds October 10, 2026 at 2:30 AM UTC Australia has no need to buy fuel from Russia and said that purchases from there will remain barred so that the country doesn’t benefit from the invasion of Ukraine. “We don’t need or want Russian fuel in Australia,” Chris Bowen, Australia’s minister for climate change and energy, said Saturday at a press conference in western Sydney. “We do not want Vladimir Putin to benefit from this war in the Middle East. What the United States does is a matter for them, but we won’t be changing our approach.”