House debates Questions without Notice
Gas Industry: Taxation
Anthony Albanese Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister
3:13 pm
I belong to the Australian Labor Party, and what we're doing when it comes to these issues of energy, firstly, is securing Australia's fuel supply. The member who asked the question mightn't be conscious of the war in the Middle East and the impact that it's having on fuel supplies right around the world—not the least of which is here—but we certainly are. It's quite remarkable that today we have more petrol than we had on 28 February. We have more diesel than we had on 28 February. Indeed, we have more jet fuel than we had on 28 February as well. We have worked with industry, and, in spite of the fire at the Geelong refinery, it has exceeded expectations.
People might recall that prior to Easter we had people turning up at petrol stations, filling up jerry cans and putting them in their garage. We had businesses—
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