QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator KOVACIC (New South Wales) (15:58): My question is to the Minister for Industry and Innovation, Senator Ayres. There have been media reports that Australia's largest ammonia plant, the Yara Pilbara facility near Karratha, will be offline for up to two months. In addition, the Australian has reported that a second ammonia manufacturer in Kooragang, in New South Wales, is now also offline.

Given these operations are critical suppliers of product used in the agriculture and mining sectors and noting this is occurring while fertiliser and ammonia supplies through the Strait of Hormuz have been halted, what steps have you taken as industry minister to ensure that these facilities get back online as soon as possible?