It does not take a seasoned political analyst to grasp the tactic the opposition is taking today to attack the government. The Coalition is trying to force the government to admit there is a fuel supply crisis, and that it is Labor’s fault.
Labor’s response has remained consistent: each minister comes to the despatch box, insists there’s no supply crisis, then claims the Coalition is making things worse by scaring people into panic buying fuel.
This has been the back and forth we have been seeing all week, but today the mood in the chamber is becoming increasingly tense.
In the government’s most recent response, Resources Minister Madeleine King has said Australians are better off under the government during the Middle East war, and its market shocks, than they would be under the Coalition.
“The Australian people … will be far better placed to withstand the international shocks caused by the conflict in the Middle East, with this government looking out for their interests and always acting in the national interest,” she said.
“These Labor MPs … will fight always in the national interest, and I guarantee that they will work to make sure that the Australian people are well supplied with fuel.”
