House debates
Wednesday, 1 April 2026
Questions without Notice
Fossil Fuel Industry
2:29 pm
Angie Bell (Moncrieff, Liberal National Party, Shadow Minister for Youth) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, the Queensland LNP government is using its powers to fast-track drilling for oil in the Taroom Trough. Given our national fuel crisis, will Labor work with the coalition to fast-track approvals for Australian oil projects, including the Taroom Trough, so our country can build our own energy security?
2:30 pm
Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
The coalition won't be involved in this. The Queensland LNP is the Queensland government. I work constructively with the Crisafulli government. When it comes to any proposals, they go through our environmental laws, which we improved last year without the support of those opposite, so that what we can do is actually do things faster and more efficiently.