Overview
- Victoria Police, who arrived about 7:30am Friday, shut a $100,000 RS Rewards fuel giveaway at a Liberty station in Truganina after traffic choked Leakes Road.
- The promotion was set for 10am with a $200 cap per driver and no jerry cans, yet drivers began queuing from about 4am and lines stretched around the block.
- Organisers switched to handing out fuel vouchers and worked with police on a voucher-based plan to honor the offer later.
- Four police units stayed at the site as congestion slowly eased and officers directed cars away from the station.
- Videos posted by organiser Billy Beasley showed what he called roughly 1,000 cars, and he signaled plans for future giveaways with revised arrangements.