Trump’s rotten Easter egg will doom oil’s future too

April 3, 2026 — 5:00am

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It’s hilarious to think that, in the lead-up to Easter in 2019, then-prime minister Scott Morrison was warning about Labor leader Bill Shorten’s plan to “end the weekend” with an electric vehicle (EV) push that would force our gas-guzzlers off the road.

“Bill Shorten wants to end the weekend when it comes to his policy on electric vehicles, where you’ve got Australians who love being out there in their four-wheel drives,” Morrison told Sydney radio station 2GB.

“It’s not going to tow your trailer. It’s not going to tow your boat. It’s not going to get you out to your favourite camping spot with your family.”

It sounds like a cruel joke now. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was forced to address the nation ahead of this Easter break, urging Aussies to conserve fuel for those who really need it – and prepare for “uncertain times.”

Albanese is holding his breath that a Trump retreat – and his calm words – will ease concerns over fuel rationing, and service stations running dry, despite the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market.

The nightmare scenario is burnt into the Aussie psyche by our cult classic movie Mad Max, which was inspired by the catastrophic 1973 OPEC oil embargo: a Middle East conflict triggers an energy crisis and societal collapse in oil-dependent........

© The Sydney Morning Herald