STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS

Mr TEHAN (Wannon—Manager of Opposition Business) (13:59): Australians are hurting. They don't know whether they're going to get the fuel that they need. They look at the petrol pump every time they go to fill their cars up and the price is extraordinary.

It's causing them an enormous amount of pain, and what they want to see is leadership. The Prime Minister has not been leading. The first thing the Prime Minister should do today is get to that dispatch box and apologise to the Australian people for his failure of leadership.

We haven't seen a failure of leadership like this since December. That's twice now, in a national emergency— (Time expired) The SPEAKER: In accordance with standing order 43, the time for members' statements has now concluded.