Pauline Hanson (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

In June 2021, I said:

This and previous governments have continually failed to meet the internationally mandated 90 days stockpile of fuel for the people of this nation. That means this government has put at risk the fuel security of our daily transport needs: our defence, our aviation industry, our mining and our commuter needs. Without this internationally mandated 90-day stockpile of fuel, Australia risks coming to a grinding halt.

And that's exactly what's happening at the moment. One Nation was the first party to bring up fuel security in the current crisis in this federal parliament. The Labor Albanese government has been flying by the seat of its pants.

They said, 'There's no shortage,' then guess what? There is a shortage. 'There's no crisis,' then there is a crisis. 'There's no rationing,' then: 'Hang on a minute. Now we should send a message that everyone should work from home.' How would that work? If I still had my fish and chip shop, would I have a drive-through past my home window so people could pick it up? How about all the police, paramedics, nurses, truckies, grocery stores, retailers—all those people? Are they going to work from home? This has not been planned. You have no idea how to run the country in a crisis like this, and it's disgraceful that it's getting to a stage now where the farming sector can't get the fuel. Even last Thursday, the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, said:

Every single ship that was due to land here has landed here.

Just three days later on Sunday, energy minister Chris Bowen said:

We're aware of six boats that have been cancelled …

They can't get their story straight, and that's our current prime minister. Remember. To me, he keeps looking like Joe Biden, forgetting what he has done, said or experienced. Heaven help us in this nation because we need to get mining and use our resources and our oil reserves here and get more gas into our economy.