QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator WONG (South Australia—Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:11): Issues with fuel impact throughout our economy. There are first-round effects, and there are downstream effects. We know that our response of how we deal with what is happening in Iran has to reflect the impact that this crisis has on fuel throughout the economy.

We are very aware of that. So what I would say to you, Senator, is that I can give you an assurance that the government is working through how we seek not only to obtain more supply where we can, to shore up supply as much as we can, but also to understand the effects of this global shock throughout our economy, including in the areas you have outlined. The PRESIDENT: Senator Scarr, first supplementary?