Chris Bowen (McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Energy) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for the question. The answer to the question is 34 days in relation to diesel, 32 days in relation to jet fuel and 36 days in relation to petrol. I know he only asked me about diesel, but I think he would be interested in the other figures as well. I am pleased to say that these stocks are the highest they've been for any time in the past 15 years. I'm very pleased to say that. Obviously, the more fuel supply we have on hand, the better. I am very glad that we now have more than at any time in the past 15 years.

I do note that when we came to office, the stock was held in Texas and Louisiana. I'm not sure whether you'd call that the gulf of America or the Gulf of Mexico, but it's certainly not the gulf of Australia. We believe that our fuel supplies should be kept here—

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