Senate debates
Monday, 23 March 2026
Questions without Notice
Middle East
2:10 pm
Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source
including the interjection just now—some of us in this parliament are actually focused on making sure we do what we can to assure supply and to ensure the continued flow of liquid fuel and diesel shipments.
Earlier today, the Prime Minister spoke with Lawrence Wong, the Prime Minister of Singapore, about our shared energy supply chain resilience and agreed a joint leaders' statement on energy security. I table that statement now.
In recent days, I have spoken with my counterparts in Singapore, Malaysia, the United States, the European Union, the Republic of Korea, and New Zealand and India. We have agreed that the international community must keep working together to ensure critical waterways are not held hostage by the Iranian regime. We will continue working around the clock to secure our fuel— (Time expired)
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