New polling has revealed who Australians are blaming for the fuel crisis.

The The Australian Financial Review/Redbridge Group/Accent Research poll shows the vast majority of respondents blame US President Donald Trump for the surge in fuel prices. 

Overall, 61 per cent of those surveyed put the blame at Trump's door and just 14 per cent blamed the government.

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The view was overwhelming amongst almost every subset of Australian voters, with only One Nation supporters prepared to cut Trump some slack, with 39 per cent blaming him and 38 per cent Labor.

Labor's primary vote held steady at 32 per cent but it was more bad news for the Coalition, which slid another two percentage points to 17.

One Nation's vote grew again among those polled, to 29 per cent.

Opposition industry and sovereign capability spokesperson Andrew Hastie, who was widely tipped to take a run at the Liberal leadership before stepping aside for Angus Taylor, addressed both One Nation and Donald Trump head-on on Sunday.

"I think this was a huge miscalculation – Iran has managed to pretty much hold the whole world's economy to ransom," he told Insiders about the war in Iran.

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On One Nation, he said voters were experiencing a lot of economic pain, arguing "no one's going to reward us for a final last stand for neoliberal politics.

"I just think we need to overhaul the whole system. We either fix the system, or it's torn down by people like Pauline Hanson," Hastie said.

Senator Pauline Hanson's party's growing support meant a change for the two-party-preferred vote, with Labor compared to One Nation instead of the Coalition in the Redbridge poll.

Labor's lead remained solid at 53 per cent to 47 per cent for One Nation.

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Parliament will sit again this week before a long break until the budget.

The government is still finalising its financial plan but, in the short term, national cabinet meets tomorrow prioritising a national approach to what comes next with fuel.

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Emergency services were called to the crash about 5.40pm.

Police are still searching for a car and driver involved in a hit-and-run that has left a Melbourne father with serious head injuries in hospital.

In CCTV footage seen by 9News, the father and some friends were standing on the road near a car on Westphalian Rise in Clyde North about 1am today, when the occupants of a dark-coloured hatchback or SUV hurled abuse as they drove past.

The car did an abrupt U-turn before driving straight towards the men, collecting the 29-year-old father-of-four.

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Neighbours rushed to help him as he lay unconscious on the road, while the car and its occupants sped off.

The man was taken to Alfred Hospital, where he had emergency surgery to his head.

He remains in intensive care in a serious but stable condition.

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According to the victim's family, the man had just returned home from celebrating his father's engagement.

The car involved and the people inside haven't been found.

It is not clear if the two parties were known to each other.

Neighbours said they were shocked by the incident, and were appalled the man was left seriously injured on the road.

"That's really bad behaviour," neighbour Kamal said.

"Even [if it's] accidentally happened, they stop and help, that's the Australian culture."

"I feel not safe anymore."

A crime scene has been established, and police are urging anyone with information or footage of the incident to contact Crime Stoppers.

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Wellington’s Marsden Books was one of 10 successful stores around the country.

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Australia's business chambers want the federal government to reduce the heavy vehicle road user charge to ease pressure on truckies as the fuel crisis escalates.

With diesel prices surging above $3 a litre across the country, truckies and other transport businesses are beginning to feel the pinch, and this could soon be passed on to the consumer as household goods get more expensive.

The Australian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) today urged the government to reduce the tax from 32.4 cents a litre to relieve pressure on transport businesses and owner operators.

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They said the tax brought in $3 billion of revenue a year, but reducing it would avoid "even worse outcomes" during Australia's current petrol plight.

"That will help control the costs in the supply chain," ACCI's Andrew McKellar said at a press conference today.

"For things like food and grocery prices, it will help insulate the impact there and moderate any inflationary impact that they're seeing."

Comparing it to the fuel excise, which the federal opposition has called for the government to reduce, McKellar said reducing the heavy vehicle charge was a "targeted measure" that had a more meaningful impact and would not adversely affect inflation.

"It's something that doesn't send an artificial signal, such as what an immediate reduction in the fuel excise would do," he said.

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"It doesn't encourage artificially higher demand.

"We want to minimise the adverse economic impact."

It comes as the ACCI urged the government to implement a four-point plan to address the fuel crisis, which has pushed up prices and left pumps to run dry across Australia.

This includes securing the supply of petrol by working with allies in the Gulf region, and working with distributors to get fuel out to all Australians quicker.

They have also called on the government to manage demand, not ruling out measures such as fuel rationing, as well as ensuring businesses can survive the price surges; the reduction to the heavy vehicle charge is part of this.

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"Efforts must be stepped up to ensure Australian businesses come through this crisis in the best shape possible," McKellar said.

He clarified Australia was still not at the point of needing to ration fuel, but highlighted a scenario that might make it possible.

"If we are seeing material shortages, difficulty in securing those international supplies," he said.

"It could be several months before we get to that point, if that starts to happen."

The state and territory leaders met with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese today ahead of a National Cabinet meeting tomorrow.

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New Zealand is in Phase 1, with enough fuel and no call to stockpile.