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Alison Penfold Fuel security is economic security and fuel security is national security. Recent events have exposed how vulnerable Australia remains. We are one of the world's great energy producing nations, yet we remain heavily dependent on imported liquid fuels. We've allowed refining capacity to decline, and we've failed to build sufficient storage capacity. We continue to rely on international supply chains for a resource that underpins almost every aspect of modern life. No fuel means no freight and no food, and no food means empty shelves. Regional Australia sits at the front line of that vulnerability. The lesson from this crisis is clear. Australia needs more than temporary tax relief. Australia needs a long-term fuel security strategy. We need stronger fuel reserves. We need greater storage capacity. We need stronger sovereign capability, and we need more resilient supply chains. We need governments willing to think beyond the next headline and beyond the next election cycle. What Australians want is not another temporary fix. They want a government that understands what is happening to their country, and, increasingly, Australians are concluding that this government does not, because, after four years of the Albanese Labor government, Australians are paying more for almost everything and getting less in return. There are higher power bills, higher grocery bills, higher fuel bills, higher insurance costs, higher housing costs and higher taxes. This government likes to blame global events for Australia's problems. It blames wars. It blames supply chains. It blames international markets. But Australians know better. The cost-of-living crisis did not begin in the Middle East. The housing crisis did not begin in the Middle East. The energy crisis did not begin in the Middle East. Australia's fuel security vulnerabilities did not begin in the Middle East. These problems were foreseeable. They were identifiable, and they required leadership. Instead, Australian
House of Representatives, 2026-06-23. negative: ayes 11, noes 74.
Question
Alison Penfold Fuel security is economic security and fuel security is national security. Recent events have exposed how vulnerable Australia remains. We are one of the world's great energy producing nations, yet we remain heavily dependent on imported liquid fuels. We've allowed refining capacity to decline, and we've failed to build sufficient storage capacity. We continue to rely on international supply chains for a resource that underpins almost every aspect of modern life. No fuel means no freight and no food, and no food means empty shelves. Regional Australia sits at the front line of that vulnerability. The lesson from this crisis is clear. Australia needs more than temporary tax relief. Australia needs a long-term fuel security strategy. We need stronger fuel reserves. We need greater storage capacity. We need stronger sovereign capability, and we need more resilient supply chains. We need governments willing to think beyond the next headline and beyond the next election cycle. What Australians want is not another temporary fix. They want a government that understands what is happening to their country, and, increasingly, Australians are concluding that this government does not, because, after four years of the Albanese Labor government, Australians are paying more for almost everything and getting less in return. There are higher power bills, higher grocery bills, higher fuel bills, higher insurance costs, higher housing costs and higher taxes. This government likes to blame global events for Australia's problems. It blames wars. It blames supply chains. It blames international markets. But Australians know better. The cost-of-living crisis did not begin in the Middle East. The housing crisis did not begin in the Middle East. The energy crisis did not begin in the Middle East. Australia's fuel security vulnerabilities did not begin in the Middle East. These problems were foreseeable. They were identifiable, and they required leadership. Instead, Australian
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