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

which is where Mr Taylor put it. The Australian response—

If you were faintly interested, Senator McGrath, in what is happening in regional Queensland, you would just give us an opportunity to not be shouted over. The approach that the government has taken is, firstly, to do that long-term hard work of making sure that the minimum stockholding obligation is being not only adhered to but exceeded. There will be figures later in the week that will outline what the up-to-date figures are in relation to that. But what I can say is that they have not changed substantially.

The minister is making announcements about ensuring that Australian fuel gets to where it needs to go—that is, ensuring that our supply, our stockholding obligation, is getting to the places that it needs to get to. The minister is announcing that he is temporarily amending fuel standards regarding higher sulphur levels for the next 60 days. This will enable Ampol, who currently make this fuel here in Australia for export markets, to release that additional petrol into the domestic market— (Time expired)