Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Strategic Reserve) Bill 2026

Senator ROBERTS (Queensland) (19:42): Minister, from the start, One Nation has completely opposed the United Nations net zero scam. Only One Nation has said from the start and continues to say, 'Scrap United Nations's net zero.' The Nationals say, 'Scrap net zero by 2050.' They support the net zero concept but want to delay implementation. The Liberals say the same.

They still support UN's net zero; they just want to drop net zero by 2050. The Liberals started net zero under Prime Minister Morrison after he'd promised at the election just 18 months earlier not to adopt it. The Nationals went along with it blindly.

The Labor Party has adopted One Nation suggestions— Senator Canavan: Barnaby did! Senator ROBERTS: He now realises he was wrong, and he's probably said so, to his credit. That shows his integrity and courage.

Labor has adopted One Nation's suggestions. We were the first to raise the looming fuel crisis back on Monday 2 March, three days after the Israelis attacked Iran. We were ridiculed for that—called far-right-wing extremists, I think—by the Labor Party.

I can distinctly visualise Senator Tim Ayres over there saying that as he pointed towards me. It doesn't bother us, because we know that he was desperate. But we thank you for adopting so many of our policies over that last four weeks, and you're still adopting them.

Thank you. Will you adopt our advice to scrap UN net zero? Will you at least acknowledge that the hydrocarbon fuels coal, oil and natural gas are essential for modern civilisation—in particular, oil for transport?

Will you acknowledge that we need to be self-sufficient in the entire hydrocarbon supply chain, from drilling rig through to petrol pump?