Senate debates
Wednesday, 11 March 2026
Questions without Notice
Fuel
2:15 pm
Tim Ayres (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Industry and Innovation) Share this | Hansard source
It's certainly the case that airline ticket prices in some circumstances are significantly elevated. This is an unlooked-for international crisis. Nobody wants to see what is happening in the Middle East and its impact on fuel suppliers. The measures that Australia has taken, led by the Albanese government, to impose the minimum stockholding obligations mean that today we are more fuel secure—not complacent but more fuel secure—than we have been for 15 years. The measures that I just outlined to you, taken today, on top of the other measures being taken by the government— (Time expired)
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