Bill
Appropriation (Fuel Security Response) Bill (No. 2) 2025-2026
passed, as at 2026-04-01. Finance portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Finance
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2026-03-30
- second reading — 2026-03-30
- second reading — 2026-03-30
- second reading — 2026-03-30
- third reading — 2026-03-30
- introduced — 2026-04-01
- second reading — 2026-04-01
- second reading — 2026-04-01
- third reading — 2026-04-01
- passed — 2026-04-01
- royal assent — 2026-04-01
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2026-03-30.
This bill would authorise spending from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for fuel security measures that are not part of the government's ordinary annual services.
The spending is provided through an Advance to the Finance Minister provision, which allows the minister to allocate funds for fuel security response needs.
The funding covers the remaining three months of the 2025-26 financial year, up to 30 June 2026, when the next budget appropriation acts are expected to take effect.
- The bill appropriates money from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for fuel security response services.
- The bill uses an Advance to the Finance Minister provision to make the funds available.
- The bill provides funding for the period up to 30 June 2026.
The government and sectors of the Australian economy affected by elevated fuel prices and supply constraints.
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