Susan McDonald (Queensland, National Party, Shadow Minister for Resources and Northern Australia) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you very much for your advice. I withdraw that comment. So we have just had more petrol released into the market when Australian farmers and fishers need diesel. How much more wrong can the government get this fuel crisis? We are now 11 days into it, and the government has failed to take even the most simple of actions, such as holding a roundtable last week, taking action like other countries around the world did. And here we are today providing more petrol to people who need diesel. I am truly perplexed at the advice the government is getting about the most simple standards. Even Senator Sharma knows that we need diesel, not petrol. The Australian government is absolutely tin-eared to the crisis. It's going to lead to food security challenges when there is no food delivered to supermarket shelves. What a failure of the Labor government! (Time expired)

Senate adjourned at 17:45