Bridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party, Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development) Share this | Hansard source

The other matters to resolve this crisis in the purview of states and territories are around rationing and actually around GST. They could forgo the GST, particularly when it comes to the trucking industry. That's also another suggestion that's been put forward by the transport industry. There are a lot of things that the federal government could be examining, with states and territories, to provide assistance and relief for communities at this time. Rather than point the finger at Australians for panic buying, they need to actually get on with putting things like biofuels onto the agenda of National Cabinet. So I would respectfully say the coalition will be supporting the suspension and the substantive motion, as the latter puts the responsibility where it needs to be—wholly and solely with state and territory governments.