# Variations to road transport contractual chain order – fuel cost recovery

> Australia’s Fair Work Commission changed the 2026 Road Transport Contractual Chain Order on fuel cost recovery. From 23 November, parties in covered road-transport chains must adjust rates at least monthly to recover fuel-cost increases relative to 6 March 2026; the requirement ends if the national diesel terminal-gate price stays below A$2 per litre for four consecutive weeks or the order is revoked or varied.

- Date: 2026-11-09 · published 2026-11-09T12:08:47.131Z
- Category: policy · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/89320-variations-to-road-transport-contractual-chain-order-fuel-cost-recovery
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

Mandatory fuel-cost recovery transfers higher diesel expenses into road-haulage rates, potentially raising domestic transport costs for feed and agricultural inputs. The change supports freight costs while it applies, but does not directly alter commodity supply.

## Read by commodity

- DIESEL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2019-01-30 | [Tolls, Regulations, Bunker Fuel Costs Could Vex Industry - TT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61273-tolls-regulations-bunker-fuel-costs-could-vex-industry-tt.md) | +0.2% | +6.7% |
| DIESEL | 2018-03-08 | [Refiners, traders brace for fuel-market volatility ahead of sulfur caps](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66210-refiners-traders-brace-for-fuel-market-volatility-ahead-of-sulfur-caps.md) | +0.6% | +5.7% |
| DIESEL | 2018-08-21 | [Crisis Looming for Diesel Market? \| Tank Transport](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63723-crisis-looming-for-diesel-market-tank-transport.md) | +4.9% | +5.8% |
| DIESEL | 2023-10-13 | [Diesel release valve: China poised to save West from shortages again \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33824-diesel-release-valve-china-poised-to-save-west-from-shortages-again-reuters.md) | +4.4% | -10.5% |
| DIESEL | 2022-06-10 | [Factors to Consider Heading Into the 2023 Farm Bill \| Red River Farm Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40926-factors-to-consider-heading-into-the-2023-farm-bill-red-river-farm-network.md) | +3.3% | -14.5% |

## Sources

- fwc.gov.au: https://www.fwc.gov.au/about-us/news-and-media/news/variations-road-transport-contractual-chain-order-fuel-cost-recovery

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