Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I was asked a question about supply, and that's what I'm talking about. I know the Manager of Opposition Business might object to me positively quoting the Liberal deputy leader, but I will. He went on to say yesterday, 'I think we need to be doing whatever we can to make sure that we have sufficient supply in this country.' He went on to say:

In principle, this makes sense … these are big and extraordinary powers, but we are in extraordinary times …

I welcome the fact that there's someone over there who does recognise that these are extraordinary times and therefore there are challenges.

This sort of question from the member for Cook—when you have supply pressures, there will be impacts of those supply pressures. That is what is there, and that is what we are dealing with. But it isn't just some of those opposite who recognise the challenges which are there; many in the business community that we're working with do the same. Andrew Mackellar, the chief executive of ACCI, said yesterday,

We think it's a very positive step. It sends the right signal. It will ensure that we can … stand in the international marketplace and bid to get those stocks when they're available. And that's a critical part of the supply challenge at the moment.

So we're working on supply in order to deal with the challenge which not just we are facing but the entire globe is facing out of the fact that there is a war in the Middle East. (Time expired)

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