Tim Ayres (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Industry and Innovation) Share this | Hansard source

One of the things that we had a good discussion about was Minister Bowen undertaking to make sure that the kind of information that I have relayed to you, which is released on a quarterly basis by the Australian government, and that we have been relaying to you on a daily basis will be released in a public way every week so that industry can see in a completely transparent way what is going on in supply terms. That ought to be useful in terms of how purchasing behaviour is shaped over the coming weeks and months. I hope this crisis ends tomorrow. It may continue for some weeks or months. We are going to have to manage these issues in a careful way. Industry has undertaken to make sure that they are communicating effectively with the community, and we will work together as Australians—farmers, fertiliser, fishing, fuel, everybody together—to get the right national outcome.