The Coalition will more than double Australia’s minimum fuel reserves to 60 days and deliver at least 1 billion litres of new storage through an $800 million Australian Fuel Security Facility, building long-term resilience against future supply shocks in the Parkes electorate. Under the plan, the threshold amount of fuel held by industry in Australia’s…
Ahead of the Easter break, we had two weeks in Parliament where the fuel crisis was the central issue, as it is in many households and businesses across the country. It was a relief when the Federal Government took on the Coalition’s call to halve the fuel tax to provide urgent relief from escalating fuel…
Jamie Chaffey, Federal Member for Parkes, today called on residents of the Parkes electorate to report fuel shortages in their area using a new website, www.nofuelhere.com.au as communities across regional Australia feel the sting of the nation’s fuel crisis. “I’ve spoken to people across the Parkes electorate who were among the first ones to be impacted by…
I asked the question today of Chris Bowen: How many ships are bringing fuel to Australia in May – because Australians need to know!
Finally, the Labor Government has listened. Now let’s get it right going forward. Here’s my speech to Parliament on Tuesday, 31 March, 2026.
Families and small businesses from the Parkes electorate are being hit hard by a deepening national fuel crisis, with the Coalition calling on the Albanese Government to immediately halve the fuel tax for three months to deliver urgent relief. This is a practical step the Government can take today to ease pressure on households and…
Less than two weeks ago, Energy Minister Chris Bowen scoffed at the Coalition’s efforts to bring the fuel crisis to his attention. There was no problem, he said. Fuel supplies were as high as they had ever been in Australia, he said. At the very time he handed us this platitude, farmers across my electorate…
Federal Member for Parkes Jamie Chaffey today called on residents of the Parkes electorate to report fuel shortages in their area using a new website, www.nofuelhere.com.au as communities across regional Australia feel the sting of the nation’s fuel crisis. “I have had many calls and emails from concerned residents, farmers and business owners who just can’t get…
There is one thing everyone is talking about, not only in Broken Hill, Lightning Ridge, Narrabri and Forbes, not only across the electorate of Parkes, but across all of Australia, and that is the access and cost of fuel. Regional Australia is hurting over the rapid and massive hike in fuel prices and matters are…
This isn’t a panic buying problem – farmers and independent wholesalers are simply not being given access to fuel. And no fuel means no food for the country.