Matt O'Sullivan (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Choice in Childcare and Early Learning) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

In 2022 the Prime Minister said: 'If I'm Prime Minister, I'll accept responsibility. You deserve a prime minister that doesn't always look for someone else to blame.' Well—the irony. Prime Minister, in a fuel crisis, you have one job. Make sure Australians can get fuel. Right now they can't. Families wanting to go away for Easter can't get fuel. Farmers in the Wheatbelt wanting to take advantage of the rain over the weekend can't get fuel. Delivery drivers trying to keep businesses running can't get fuel. Prime Minister, you have one job.

Instead of him taking responsibility, what did we hear? 'The Commonwealth is responsible for supply, but the states are responsible for distribution.' Australians don't care about a blame game. They care about one thing: can they fill up their tanks? Right now they can't. The Prime Minister says there's just as much fuel today as there was three weeks ago. Tell that to the Australians driving from servo to servo, hoping the next one isn't empty. Tell that to the families cancelling their Easter plans. Tell that to the farmers who can't fill their machinery full of fuel while they're watching the rain come down. Tell that to the workers who can't get to their jobs. Prime Minister, you have one job: make sure Australians can get fuel. What Australia needs right now is leadership. What Australia needs right now is an actual plan, not a plan just to have a plan.