Shadow Portfolio — 25 March 2026

The Leader of the Opposition, Mr Taylor, used Question Time on 25 March to press the Prime Minister directly on a fuel supply crisis affecting service stations across the country. His opening question demanded a precise account of how many service stations were currently out of fuel [TA-260325-house-8e0b2c08f739:s130]. He returned to the issue later in Question Time, sharpening the attack by citing a figure of almost 500 service stations that had run dry and demanding government action on resupply [TA-260325-house-8e0b2c08f739:s144].

The repeated questioning on the same issue within a single sitting signals a deliberate parliamentary strategy: forcing the Prime Minister to own the crisis on the record rather than deflecting to portfolio ministers. The records cover only Mr Taylor's questions and do not include the Prime Minister's responses; the government's stated position on the fuel shortages is therefore not available from this segment.