Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I would—sorry. I apologise. The minister is distracting me.

What I would say to you though, Senator, is the same thing I said to Senator O'Sullivan, which is that the advice to us very clearly is that we have as much fuel coming through our ports now as we did before the war began. It is the case that there is demand in some areas of our country, regional areas but also in some different sectors, which differs from the normal patterns of demand. Obviously, that does create a mismatch between supply and demand. It is a function of differing demand patterns, not a function of supply, and we would encourage the parliament to be responsible in how they engage with industry on this, given the national interest.