Public servants to run QLD petrol stations, page-81

Populist politics.
There's a 'cost of living crisis' so target areas where people think supplies are expensive & say the government will intervene to lower prices.
All complete bollocks, governments never deliver supplies cheaper than the private sector. You either pay more at point of supply or through higher taxes.

The role of government in a capitalist economy is the stop market abuse, not to become a competitor.