Kerrynne Liddle (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Ports are warning trade could grind to a halt unless fuel is urgently prioritised. More than 200 electrical apprentices have been stood down. Vegetable growers are reducing production, rural doctors are holding crisis meetings over fears patients will be left untreated. Public servants are being told to work from home where possible. Federal Police have been directed to change how they drive and when they refuel. Minister, how did this government allow the fuel crisis to escalate to the point where it is now disrupting trade, jobs, food supply, health services and frontline operations across Australia?