Anthony Chisholm

I move:

That a motion relating to the consideration of legislation may be moved immediately and determined without amendment or debate.

And I move:

That the question be now put.

Sue Lines

The question is that the question be now put on the procedural motion moved by the minister.

Sue Lines

The question now is that the motion to suspend standing orders be agreed to.

Anthony Chisholm

I seek leave to move a motion relating to the consideration of legislation.

Leave not granted.

Pursuant to contingent notice, I move:

That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent me from moving a motion to provide for the consideration of a matter, namely a motion to allow a motion relating to the consideration of legislation to be moved and determined immediately.

And I move:

That the question be now put.

Sue Lines

The question is that the question be now put on the motion to suspend standing orders.

Varun Ghosh

The question is that the remaining stages of the bill be agreed to and the bill now be passed.

Varun Ghosh

The question is that the bill be now read a second time.

Bridget McKenzie

I seek leave to move a motion relating to the government's failure on fuel security, as circulated in the chamber.

Leave not granted.

Pursuant to contingent notice of motion standing in my name, I move:

That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent me moving a motion to provide for the consideration of a matter, namely a motion to give precedence to a motion relating to the government's failure on fuel security.

For those following along at home and for those who may be sitting in the tractor, this suspension motion is all about allowing the Senate to debate the government's failure to manage our fuel security, which has resulted in fuel shortages and price increases right around the country. You will have heard senators on the coalition benches today asking question after question after question and all week raising specific issues of shortages and price hikes for the Australian people. Whether we are talking about croppers in WA, which is the leader's home state, who are trying to fill tractors and harvesters right now and are unable to get the fuel they need to get the crop in and the crop off—this is an issue of fuel security.

As Senator McDonald will go to in her contribution to this suspension motion, the horticulture industry in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania is struggling to get diesel into the tractors that are needed to actually get the harvest off. What have we seen from this government on this issue? We've seen deflection after deflection after deflection. What did they do last week? Here's the big news story! Jim Chalmers wrote a letter to the ACCC whilst there were cars lined up at suburban servos. They were trying to fill the tank before it became unaffordable. This is not like deciding to buy camembert at the supermarket. Fuel means that families can get their kids to school and get themselves to and from work. It is not an elastic good in the weekly shopping budget, yet this government thought it was okay.

What made that so galling last week was the fuel price hikes at servos were for fuel that was already onshore. It was here already in Australia prior to the war in the Middle East starting. That's what made it so galling. You should have been prosecuting servos from day one, Jim Chalmers, instead of just writing letters to the ACCC. This week, when the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, Minister King, my counterpart in the other place, was questioned about this, what was Minister King's answer as to why we are seeing fuel shortages and price hikes on diesel and petrol? She told the journos it was the Queensland floods. The Queensland floods were why you couldn't rock up to your local servo and get the tank filled. It was just incredible.

Shadow Minister Tehan and I have written to Minister Bowen because minister after minister—to specific question after question seeking to raise the concerns of everyday Australians, the fishing industry and the agriculture and mining industries here on the floor of the Senate—has said: 'We have enough supply, Australia. You are naughty, naughty consumers rushing to the bowser to get petrol and diesel that you can afford. How dare you get concerned that you won't have access to fuel when and where you might need it! How dare you ring in to 2GB, 3AW, 6PR or your local radio station and say, "Petrol has gone to $2.20," or "Petrol has gone to $2.50," or "Fuel has gone to three bucks."'

New South Wales farmers have raised their concerns. There are petrol stations in regional communities rationing, and it didn't start today. It's been happening all week, and we've got a government once again in denial on what's happening outside of this place. It is our job, as Liberal and National Party senators, to bring the concerns of our communities to this place and to ask ministers, who have the responsibility and the great privilege to be ministers, 'What are you doing about it?' That you say you can't do anything about it shows how absolutely pathetic you are.

You refuse to take responsibility. We know you actually have the ability under the legislation available to get granular data. Chris Bowen has the ability to get granular data on his desk so he can know where the fuel supplies are running out and he can distribute them to where they're needed so that Australians aren't paying more for fuel than they need to—on top of the cost-of-living crisis you created—and so our farmers and our fishers can get on with producing food. (Time expired)

Penny Wong

I move:

That the question be now put.

Sue Lines

The question is that the motion as moved by Senator Wong on closure be agreed to.

Katy Gallagher

I move:

That on Thursday, 12 March 2026:

(a) during government business, the time for the consideration of the following bills be:

(i) Royal Commissions Legislation Amendment (Protections for Providing Information) Bill 2026—45 minutes, and

(ii) Migration Amendment (2026 Measures No. 1) Bill 2026—1 hour and 15 minutes;

(b) once the total time allotted for consideration of the bills listed in paragraph (a) has expired, the questions be put on all remaining stages of the bills and the Parliamentary Frameworks Legislation Amendment (Reviews) Bill 2026;

(c) if consideration of the bills has not concluded by 1.30 pm:

(i) the routine of business after motions to take note of answers be consideration of the bills, and

(ii) the Senate return to its routine of business after consideration of the bills has concluded;

(d) paragraph (b) operate as a limitation of debate under standing order 142; and

(e) divisions may take place after 4.30 pm for the purposes of the bills.

David Pocock

I ask that paragraph (a)(ii) be put separately.

Sue Lines

The question is that the motion as moved by Minister Gallagher, government business, paragraph (a)(ii), be agreed to.

Sean Bell

I move:

That the following matter be referred to the Environment and Communications References Committee for inquiry and report by 7 September 2026:

Australia's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, with particular reference to:

(a) the legal and procedural steps required for Australia to withdraw from the Paris Agreement;

(b) the implications of withdrawal for Australia's ability to scrap net zero emissions targets;

(c) the positive impacts of scrapping net zero policies on electricity prices, energy reliability and the cost of living for everyday Australians;

(d) the positive impact of removing net zero policies on Australian industry, including manufacturing, mining, farming and fuel refining; and

(e) any other related matters.

Sue Lines

The question is that business of the Senate No. 2, standing in the name of Senator Bell, be agreed to.

Wendy Askew

At the request of Senators McKenzie, McDonald, Cadell and Canavan, I move:

That the following matter be referred to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee for inquiry and report by 1 April 2026:

The security and resilience of Australia's fuel supplies to support transport, logistics, agricultural, fishing, mining, industrial and business uses, including fuel reserves, refining capacity and supply chains, with particular reference to:

(a) the availability and supply of liquid fuels, including petrol, diesel, aviation fuels, marine fuels and Australia's compliance with International Energy Agency obligations;

(b) the resilience of liquid fuel resources to protracted disruptions in the Middle East and to the free movement of vessels through the Strait of Hormuz;

(c) vulnerabilities in the supply and distribution of liquid fuels and strategies to address these vulnerabilities;

(d) potential economic, social and regional impacts of prolonged disruption of global fuel supply chains;

(e) the development and implementation of a national low carbon liquid fuel policy and facilitation of industry investment;

(f) the provision and distribution of infrastructure required to support the Government's ambitious targets for the uptake of electric vehicles to diversify the Australian light car fleet; and

(g) any related matters.

Sue Lines

The question is that business of the Senate No. 1, standing in the name of Senator McKenzie and others, be agreed to.

Sue Lines

The question now is that the amendment moved by Minister Gallagher be agreed to.