Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

Guaranteeing supply and doing everything we can, using every possible avenue, to ensure fuel supply across the country has been central to the work that the Prime Minister has been leading, along with other ministers, over the last five weeks.

In terms of the bills that have been introduced, there are amendments to enable EFA to support industry to source cargoes overseas. There are also, through the EFIC Act being introduced today, measures that will ensure a joined-up approach to scaling production and distribution at home and sourcing fuel from overseas. In addition to that, we have introduced a bill to increase the advance to the finance minister by an additional $2 billion to provide flexibility to support fuel security response measures and related expenditure where funding needs cannot be met through existing appropriations up to 30 June.