Senate debates

Tuesday, 24 March 2026

Questions without Notice

Fuel

3:01 pm

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

Well, it's seven per cent. Those petrol stations will be overwhelmingly in regional Australia, and that is where farmers are currently, for example, undertaking winter planting. That is why the 20 per cent additional has been released. It is in order to free up some stockholding, particularly for those independent retailers who have struggled to get hold of that supply in the environment that we're in.

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