<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Former Queensland Premier </span><a href="http://www.9news.com.au/annastacia-palaszczuk" rel="" target="" title="Annastacia Palaszczuk"><span>Annastacia Palaszczuk</span></a><span> has been criticised as hypocritical after calling for national unity on the fuel crisis, despite being considered to have led Queensland to go it alone during the COVID pandemic.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>NSW Premier Chris Minns has announced the state will consider following Western Australia's lead in stockpiling its own diesel.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>States have also made their own announcements on cost-of-living measures in response to the fuel crisis, with Victoria announcing half-price public transport.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-israel-iran-war-live-updates-april-16-donald-trump-latest-world-news-headlines/b87380ba-5f3b-470d-bdca-a98c869f95af" rel="" target="" title="Refinery fire to have 'catastrophic' impact on Aussie fuel supply"><strong><span>Refinery fire to have 'catastrophic' impact on Aussie fuel supply</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"What we do need here is national consistency and that's why I think the states need to come together and they need to have one central message to Australians and that is everyone is working together," Palaszczuk told the TODAY Show in a panel with host Sarah Abo and Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's not state against state, this is a time we are all in this together to make sure that the fuel is spread across Australia."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The pandemic-era premier was immediately called out by Abo.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/fuel-crisis-annastacia-palaszczuks-calls-for-national-unity-on-fuel-crisis-called-out-for-hypocrisy-queensland-national-news/16b999e8-c303-4670-9729-19cb06e9daf2" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Annastacia, let me get this straight, you want all the states to come together with a national focus just like you did during COVID right," Abo said, referencing Queensland's strict border closures during the pandemic.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It was a bit different when that was to do with people's health and this is a pure economic issue here about making sure that fuel gets across the state," Palaszczuk responded.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's not a life and death situation."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>McKenzie wasted no time jumping in.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Deja vu for all Australians, the last time they heard premiers talking about going it alone it was during COVID and it was an absolute disaster," McZenzie said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We had Queensland premiers saying Queensland hospitals were only for Queenslanders and now we've got New South Wales and WA Labor premiers saying the fuel they secure is only going to be for their citizens.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The prime minister does need to call a national cabinet and get everyone on the same page because this is a global crisis.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"And the people who grow your bananas live in a different state to you and the people that produce your beef live in a different state to you.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"So when Annastacia says it is not a matter of life and death that is not the case and we now have people who will be without health services across the country because of the lack of fuel."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>FUEL CRISIS:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/geelong-oil-refinery-fire-corio-blaze-triggers-warning-for-residents-to-stay-inside/c9009c7c-4cf1-4674-86b3-02481b25154e"><strong><span>'Explosions' before fire tore through Geelong oil refinery</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Palaszczuk briefly tried to call out JobKeeper as an example of the states working together before Abo ended the debate to move on with another segment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The debate comes on the back of a fire at Viva's oil refinery in Geelong, one of only two operational refineries in the country.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The other is Ampol's Lytton refinery in Brisbane.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Energy Minister Chris Bowen has conceded </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/geelong-oil-refinery-fire-corio-blaze-triggers-warning-for-residents-to-stay-inside/c9009c7c-4cf1-4674-86b3-02481b25154e" rel="" target="" title="the fire will have an impact on national fuel supply"><span>the fire will have an impact on national fuel supply</span></a><span>, but to what extent remained unclear.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The fire is expected to burn for several more hours after breaking out just after 11pm last night.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The refinery produces 10 per cent of the nation's fuel supply, and 50 per cent of Victoria's.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><span>Get 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