Elizabeth Watson-Brown (Ryan, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words:

"whilst not declining to give the Treasury Laws Amendment (Doubling Penalties for ACCC Enforcement) Bill 2026 a second reading, the House:

(1) notes that:

(a) price gouging is not banned under Australian law except in relation to supermarkets;

(b) this Bill will do nothing to stop fuel corporations from price gouging because it only increases penalties on existing offences; and

(c) claims that this Bill will stop fuel corporations price gouging are misleading the Australian public; and

(2) calls on the government to:

(a) stop backing President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu's illegal war on Iran, which is a key driver of skyrocketing fuel prices; and

(b) extend the supermarket price gouging ban across the whole economy including fuel corporations".

The Greens will be supporting the Treasury Laws Amendment (Doubling Penalties for ACCC Enforcement) Bill 2026 in the House and reserving our position in the Senate. We also intend to support the passage of the Fair Work Amendment (Fairer Fuel) Bill 2026 in the House and reserve our position in the Senate. Labor's actually lying to you that they're tackling price gouging. All this ACCC bill does is increase penalties on existing offences—offences which have never in their history been used to crack down on fuel.

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