Australians are adapting to rising fuel prices by changing their transport habits, with some ditching their cars even if it adds hours to their commute.
An expert says it's too early to say whether panic-buying has affected petrol shortages as more than 500 service stations run out of at least one kind of fuel.
A landmark free-trade deal with the European Union has riled meat farmers as the bloc's head stresses the continent's reliability in a time of instability.
