Anne Webster (Mallee, National Party, Shadow Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

If gaslighting were an energy resource, this Albanese government could light up the nation, while it plunges into the abyss of their incompetence. The Prime Minister and the Minister for Climate Change and Energy are constantly telling Australians to stop panic-buying fuel. In other words, it's everyday Australians who are the problem. I have a report for the Prime Minister—that is not true. It is the incompetence of this government that is the problem. Today we have the government panic-legislating on the ACCC and trucking.

I want to tell a story, very briefly, about citrus growers in my electorate who are, today, having to make the choice on whether to actually harvest their crop. They are deciding that they probably will not be. This is because they've already got messages from their agents at the markets that they will not be able to sell the fruit at the price that it costs farmers to get that fruit to market and then to the shops. The outcome here is not great for Australians. From paddock to plate—the Albanese government needs to learn what that is about.