Barnaby Joyce (New England, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

First of all, I'd like to say thank you to the people of South Australia for what is a remarkable turn in the politics of this nation. I hope that, with the great honour you've entrusted in One Nation, that One Nation does its absolute, diligent best to look after the people of South Australia. I'd like to say to Cory Bernardi and Carlos Quaremba: congratulations on a brilliant election, and you've done a great job.

Now, unfortunately, it's back to the fuel crisis. When this started, Minister Plibersek said: 'Don't worry, we've got electric trucks to cart things around.' Well, no, we don't. And then Minister Bowen said there was no shortage. Next thing we know, there's a shortage. Then, Minister Bowen told us there was no crisis, and, next thing we know, he's telling us about a crisis. Then, he said there was no rationing.

These things were brought up first by One Nation—no rationing, now they're talking about working from home. So I'm trying to work out how this works. Abattoir workers—how exactly does that work? Do they take the bodies back and break them down in the lounge room? How do you work from home as a coffee shop owner? Do the semitrailers never leave the garage? What about supermarket workers? We've had an electricity crisis brought on by this government's climate policy and a fuel crisis brought about by climate policy. What we actually have is a government in crisis.

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