Senate debates

Monday, 30 March 2026

Questions without Notice

Fuel Security

2:05 pm

Photo of Penny WongPenny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

National Cabinet met today and adopted a National Fuel Security Plan. The distribution of fuel is one of the elements, but not the only moment, that we are dealing with as the impact of this global energy shock goes throughout our economy. We are dealing with that. We are dealing with supply. We are dealing with the effect on many other supply chains in the economy. And we know that this requires a—perhaps not unprecedented, because we've seen Australia respond before—high level of coordination between state and territory governments and the Commonwealth, and that's what you are seeing.

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