Spending Powers for the Finance Minister to Fund Fuel Security
Appropriation (Fuel Security Response) Bill (No. 1) 2025-2026
House of Representatives
Senate
Assent
Introduced by: Senator the Hon Katy Gallagher (ALP)
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
The Debate
What different members said when this bill was debated:
Dr Jim Chalmers ALP
“I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Today, the government introduces the 2025-26 fuel security response appropriation bills. These bills are: Appropriation (Fuel Security Response) Bill (No. 1) 2025-2026; and Appropriation (Fuel Security Response) Bill (No. 2) 2025-2026.”
Darren Chester NAT
“I say at the outset: Australians are hurting. And, after four years of this Albanese government, Australians are worse off, and they know our country is heading in the wrong direction. The Iran war may have started four weeks ago, but Labor’s war on fossil fuels started four years ago. What we have seen in this crisis is a government which has been slow to act.”
Angus Taylor LIB
“When I first came into this role, I made the point that Australians want to see their standard of living restored and want to see their way of life protected. Nothing threatens their standard of living or their way of life more than not having access, at an affordable level, to the energy and fuel they need.”
Basem Abdo ALP
“One thing we have made sure is that our strategic reserves are here in Australia and not in Texas, where the now leader of the opposition had them. Those opposite carry on as though only they understand what Australians feel, but I represent a community in Melbourne’s outer suburbs and I understand what communities are going through at the moment with this global disruption.”
Dan Tehan LIB
“Can I say that, fortunately, through this national fuel crisis, the opposition has been able to lead.”
Michelle Landry LNP
“Australia is facing a serious fuel supply shock, and it’s hitting at the worst possible time. Families in my electorate and right across regional Australia are already under enormous pressure. They are working hard, doing their best to get ahead, but every month it feels like they are falling further behind.”