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I will now deal with the second reading amendment circulated by One Nation. The question is that the amendment on sheet 3747 be agreed to.

One Nation's circulated amendment

At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate:

(a) notes that both parties of government have been warned about fuel security for decades and have failed to secure enough fuel stocks to protect Australians from inevitable global shocks; and

(b) calls on the Government to:

(i) cut the fuel excise by 100% for 3 months and/or remove GST on fuel, which is a tax on a tax, to give immediate 57 cent per litre relief to Australians, while pausing the heavy vehicle road user charge for truckies and road transport businesses,

(ii) declare a national liquid fuel emergency under the Liquid Fuel Emergency Act 1984 to force fuel supplies to the regions and stop price gouging,

(iii) outline plans for rationing so that essential sectors like emergency services, defence, hospitals and food production can be prioritised if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, and

(iv) ditch net zero so we can drill Australia's own oil, invest in gas to liquid and coal to liquid technology and rebuild refineries so Australia is never subject to fuel vulnerability again".