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Australia politics live: Albanese cancels trip to Gallipoli for Anzac Day; Taylor asks PM ‘what has changed since yesterday?’ ahead of address to nation | Australian politics

Based on recent updates, Australia politics live: Albanese cancels trip to Gallipoli for Anzac Day; Taylor asks PM ‘what has changed since yesterday?’ ahead of address to nation | Australian politics.

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Albanese prepares to address the nation tonight

Tom McIlroy

Anthony Albanese is preparing to address the nation this evening, as the war in Iran grows and economic fallout intensifies.

Guardian Australia understands an address is being planned for tonight.

The prime minister is expected to speak from Canberra after today’s sitting of parliament.

Albanese will also address the National Press Club in Canberra tomorrow.

Prime minister Anthony Albanese. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

The Albanese government’s long-awaited plans on gambling reform, and its response to the report of the late MP Peta Murphy, could come as soon as tomorrow. But reported elements of the plan have been slammed as “half-arsed” by independent senator David Pocock and others who have long called for a strong response to curb gambling ads.

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Well-informed sources in the gambling industry and gambling harm-reduction advocacy believed there would be an imminent announcement about gambling ads, more than 1,000 days after Murphy’s landmark “You win some, you lose more” report called for a phased-in ban on online wagering advertising.

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s on both sides said there had been recent meetings with the communications minister, Anika Wells, and that they felt like there was “movement” where discussions had been previously intractable.

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Albanese said last week in parliament that the government was still working on the issue and conceded “more needs to be done”, citing three key areas of his focus: minimising children’s exposure to gambling ads, “breaking the connection between wagering and sport”, and issues around saturation and targeting of gambling ads.

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Advocates for reform saw this as a turning point, with fresh language from the PM, and a sign that movement was imminent. Some Labor MPs who had been quietly agitating for change within the caucus also saw it as a sign of coming news.

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The Nine newspapers reported the gambling reforms could include a cap on volume of ads that can be shown, a longer blackout period for ads before and after sporting matches, and a ban on ads in stadiums or on jerseys. However, that falls short of some of the key Murphy report recommendations, including a total ban on wagering ads.

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Pocock called it “half-baked” and a “betrayal”, and said he would be critical if the government released part of its long-awaited response “under the cover of major global conflict”. Kate Chaney, a fellow independent who was on Murphy’s original committee, said the reported proposal had “a long way to go”. She said:

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After more than 1,000 days of silence on gambling reform, any government action would be a step forward … there are significant recommendations from the Murphy report that are glaring omissions from this government proposal.
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Fuel was unsurprisingly the focus again of today’s question time, with the Coalition pressing Labor on whether more fuel shipments have been cancelled (no) and what’s changed to prompt the prime minister to make a national address (nothing, he said).

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Anthony Albanese confirmed that he has cancelled a trip to Gallipoli for Anzac Day to prioritise dealing with the fuel crisis.

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The PM said he wants to disconnect the link between sports and gambling, particularly for young people, when asked what he will do on online gambling advertising.

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Liberal MP Andrew Wallace was the only member to get booted out today.

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Independent MP Kate Chaney asked when the government will release a mandatory framework for automated decision-making, to stop something like robodebt ever happening again – the government said work is being done on it at the moment.

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The prime minister gets the final dixer today, from the member for Melbourne, Sarah Witty.

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He calls her the “best member for Melbourne, we’ve had here for some time.” The seat was held by the former Greens leader Adam Bandt from 2010 to 2025.

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“Hear, hear,” say the Labor benches AND the Liberal benches.

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“Always looking for unity, Mr Speaker, always looking for unity,” laughs Albanese.

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Who is a critical user, asks Nationals frontbencher Kevin Hogan, who tries again after Anne Webster failed to get an answer from the PM.

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Chris Bowen provides a list of essential workers and services but it’s from the Liquid Fuel Emergency Act (which the government has said it doesn’t want to trigger), passed when Angus Taylor was energy minister.

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So we still don’t know who exactly will qualify as a critical user under the federal government’s national fuel security plan.

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Bowen says:

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The instrument that is current outlines the essential and critical services. They are: an ambulance service, a corrective service, a fire or rescue service, a police service, a public transport service, a State Emergency Service or taxi service. Mr. Speaker, this is a determination issued by the minister for energy. I’m happy to table the current determination, which reads, I Angus Taylor, minister for energy, make the following determination.
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Back to serious business, Anne Webster asks the government who will be classified as a “critical user” under the national fuel security plan.

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The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, doesn’t clarify who will be a critical user.

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I was asked about the national cabinet document that was agreed unanimously at national cabinet, and we know from [the opposition’s] talking points, backed up by the questions that they’ve asked here today, that they actually want things to get harder for Australians, because they think it will be better for them.
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He’s referring to a story in the Daily Telegraph this morning, saying that Coalition MPs are being told to “push the line that Labor lacks a plan ‘to get fuel to where it is needed’ and that the government is not ruling out ‘heavy-handed mandates’”.

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The opposition stands up to make a point of order to get the PM to answer the question but Albanese has already sat down.

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Back to the crossbench, Nicolette Boele asks the energy minister, Chris Bowen, if the government will stand firm on a gas reservation scheme despite reservations from the gas industry.

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Finally, a straight answer! Bowen says the government is fully committed to the east coast reservation scheme.

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He says the government has asked for submissions on the scheme and will now design it.

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We are very much absolutely confirmed and determined to introduce the gas reservation policy announced by the minister for resources and I just before Christmas, and we announced it would start on the first of January 2027.
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The cabinet will decide the parameters of the gas reservation on the recommendation jointly of the minister of resources and I, and we intend to make sure it works for Australians.
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The Liberal frontbencher Angie Bell asks the government if it will work with the Queensland Coalition government and fast-track projects to drill oil.

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Anthony Albanese gives something of a non-answer and starts by saying the federal Coalition “won’t be involved with this”.

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He says broadly that the federal government works constructively with the Crisafulli government.

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When it comes to any proposals, they go through our environmental laws, which we improved last year, without the support of those opposite so that what we can do is actually do things faster and more efficiently.
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The Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie is up next and asks the government to confirm if ministers are cancelling events through April, and why, if there isn’t a fuel shortage.

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The prime minister says that he has cancelled a trip to Gallipoli for Anzac Day this year.

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He says he has “prioritised” the government’s response to the fuel crisis.

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Because of the circumstances of travel to Turkey at the moment, obviously I have cancelled it. I’ve prioritised what we are dealing with at the moment, engaging with our regional partners. That’s responsible and the right thing to do.
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Angus Taylor begins, asking the prime minister “what has changed since yesterday?”, when the prime minister said fuel supplies haven’t changed, to today announcing he will deliver a national address tonight.

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Anthony Albanese says “nothing has changed”.

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He says that like Andrew Hastie has said publicly, everyone has to “keep calm and carry on”.

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The last time a prime minister made an address to the nation, it was Scott Morrison on 12 March 2020 talking about the Covid pandemic.

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The issues are real. The war in the Middle East is real.
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[Hastie] said this, and this will be consistent with what I will say tonight. This is where every Australian has to just keep calm and carry on. Do what they can to look after themselves and their neighbours. We’ve got a lot of oil and gas and other precious commodities trapped in the Persian Gulf behind the strait of Hormuz. So until the war is resolved, we’re going to feel supply pressures. That was real when the member for Canning said it. It’s real when every member of the government understands it.
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Martin Parkinson, a former Treasury secretary, says Australia’s obsession with migrant numbers has overshadowed the urgent need to reform a migration program that has left half of all permanent arrivals working below their skill level.

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Speaking at the National Press Club, Parkinson said the country was “staring into stagflation” as the Iran war pushes up inflation and drags on growth, and that there was more need now than ever to lift our productivity.

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What we are seeing is yet another example of the most depressing experience of my 40 years in government – the repeated misdiagnosis of policy problems combined with the lack of political will, or perhaps political skill, to level with the Australian people.
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We have built a system that prevents migrants, not just those who may come in the future, but those who are already here, from working at their full capacity.
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No matter where you sit on the size of the migration program debate, you have to recognise that a more immediate question is whether Australia is getting the economic value it should from the skilled people it has already invited here, and those it will invite in the future.
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Also speaking at the National Press Club, Violet Roumeliotis, the chief executive officer of Settlement Services International, said “what success looks like is simple”:

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A system where qualified people have a clear recognition pathway, get assessed quickly and fairly, can afford any gap training or recognition of prior learning required, and move into work quickly, with employers able to trust the process and Australians able to trust the quality.
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Petrol prices have stopped rising in some cities, as suppliers adjust to the new normal.

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The government on Monday announced it would halve the fuel excise, cutting 26.3 cents from the per-litre price of petrol and diesel, which coincided with a pause in price spirals.

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Prices had been rising almost every day in Australia’s capital cities since the start of March, Informed s data shows.

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Unleaded petrol slipped from Monday to Tuesday to average 258.8 cents a litre in Brisbane and 257.4 in Sydney. It held at about 259 cents a litre in Melbourne and 258 in Canberra from Sunday.

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Prices had slowed around the rest of the country before Monday’s announcement. From Friday to Tuesday, unleaded held steady in Adelaide at about 259 cents per litre and in Darwin at 264 cents.

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Unleaded went backwards in Hobart, from 260 cents to 257.5, over the same period. It fell in Perth from 258.3 cents to 251.7 from Thursday to Tuesday.

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Diesel prices continued to rise daily in all capitals except Sydney and Brisbane, which stayed at about 322 and 323 cents a litre respectively from Monday to Tuesday.

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In a statement this morning, the Executive Council of Australia Jewry (ECAJ) said it was concerned by the passing of the new laws, adding its opposition came from a “place of solidarity” with the “desire for justice felt by victims and their families” in Israel.

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The legislation makes the death penalty the default punishment for Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank found guilty of intentionally carrying out deadly attacks deemed acts of terrorism by a military court.

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The law, initiated by the far-right Otzma Yehudit party led by Israel’s national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, has drawn sharp criticism from opponents who warned it would mark a significant escalation in Israel’s penal policy.

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ECAJ’s statement noted the law applied differently depending on nationality – Israeli or Palestinian – and would be decided by a military court with limited judicial discretion.

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The statement continued:

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The Otzma Yehudit party’s campaign for this legislation represents a troubling departure from the principles that have guided Israeli law and Jewish tradition. We trust that Israel’s supreme court will carefully scrutinise this legislation.
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The Zionist Federation of Australia released a similar statement this morning, with president, Jeremy Liebler, saying “Jewish law and tradition insist on the equal worth of every human life as a reflection of the divine image”.

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The opposition has stepped up for a press conference, and accused the prime minister of continuing to not provide clarity on the ongoing fuel crisis.

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Opposition leader Angus Taylor says the promised GST return, agreed to by the states and commonwealth at the national cabinet is now “in doubt”.

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What we need from the government is absolute clarity about the plan from here, how we make sure that we have the affordable supplies, reliable supplies, that we need across our communities, across the country.
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He says that while the opposition supports the measures announced this morning to support small businesses, he says the government hasn’t always supported the industry.

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Before the fuel crisis that we’ve got in front of us, we had seen a record level of insolvencies among small businesses in this country, small businesses are being hurt by this government’s policies, by this government’s complete indifference to the plight of small businesses.
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Thousands of vehicles disappeared from Sydney’s roads over the last month, in a sign motorists are looking to save on spiralling fuel costs.

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New South Wales government data shows traffic fell 5% from the prior year on some major arterial roads.

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In the last full week of March, Pennant Hills Road traffic was down 2.6% on the last week of February, before war in Iran sent petrol prices surging, or a huge 5% on the same week in the prior year.

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Traffic fell compared to the prior year by 4.4% on Victoria Road, 2.3% on Parramatta Road and 1.8% on Military Road. On Anzac Parade in Sydney’s east, traffic had been elevated in late February, 5% higher than a year prior, but by the end of March it was running 1% lower.

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Public transport usage has barely changed in NSW, with just under 2.38m average weekday Opal network trips in the last full week of March – same as in 2025.

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The streets around Sydney airport have also emptied out. Traffic counts fell down 9% on Airport Drive and 5% on Qantas Drive from the last week of February to the last full week of March.

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Anthony Albanese is preparing to address the nation this evening, as the war in Iran grows and economic fallout intensifies.

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Guardian Australia understands an address is being planned for tonight.

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The prime minister is expected to speak from Canberra after today’s sitting of parliament.

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Albanese will also address the National Press Club in Canberra tomorrow.

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While there have been comparisons between the shock of Covid and the fuel crisis, the government has maintained the two are not the same.

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The government – under its four-stage plan – says it wants to avoid any mandate situation on fuel or where there would be interventions to make more people work from home.

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Jim Chalmers reiterates the message when asked if fuel mandates are “inevitable” at some time after the Easter long weekend.

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The treasurer says that a lot of the work, if not all the work the government is doing, is to “try and avoid some of those harsher, heavier handed interventions”.

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This is a significant economic shock, a bit like the others, including Covid, but it’s not the same, and we go to great lengths to make sure that people understand that we are doing our best to avoid Covid-style interventions.
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The makers of Claude.ai will become the first company to sign on to Australia’s national AI plan after a meeting with Anthony Albanese this morning.

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Anthropic, one of the world’s largest AI companies, will meet with the prime minister, science minister, Tim Ayres, and assistant science minister, Andrew Charlton, to sign a memorandum of understanding.

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The memorandum, which is not legally binding, sets out an agreement to track AI progress and “promote safety, support supply chain security and power Australia’s research, development and innovation sector”.

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Ayres said:

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The Australian government and Anthropic are working together to harness AI responsibly – securing investment into Australia’s energy grid, driving economic resilience and safety for all Australians.
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The tax office will provide temporary relief for businesses unable to meet their tax obligations, while the government will help small businesses access faster credit, as part of measures to keep small businesses afloat.

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The treasurer, Jim Chalmers, is announcing the measures at a press conference in parliament.

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The tax office relief will include, “more generous payment plans, remission of interest and penalties, and support in varying PAYG instalments where there has been a downturn in taxable income.”

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And the government will extend the Small Business Responsible Lending Obligation exemption for a further 10 years.

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Chalmers says these are “common sense steps”:

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What we’re announcing today will make our systems more flexible, our supply chains more responsive, and also businesses more supportive as well.
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Obviously, there is a threshold for where this kind of concessional treatment will be provided, but the ATO is prepared to provide that kind of support in circumstances which are obviously because of what we’re seeing in the Middle East.
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Chalmers says the extension of the responsible lending obligation will ensure business aren’t “slugged with additional regulatory burden and delays when they’re accessing loans”.

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After failing to reach an agreement yesterday, Mark Butler hopes the states will come back to the table and to discuss returning some of the GST windfall from higher fuel prices.

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At the national cabinet, states agreed to give back some of the GST accrued during the fuel crisis. As GST is a percentage of price, when the price goes up, it also increases.

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Butler told the Today show this morning, that the federal government is keen for the states to agree on an arrangement.

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They did agree at the national cabinet on Monday to pass this windfall gain back to motorists. We wanted that to happen through an arrangement between the commonwealth and the states whereby we’d be able to deliver an additional cut to the fuel excise, which would flow in the same way through to bowsers. But they haven’t yet been able to agree that amongst themselves. We want them to do that. We want them to get back around the table over the course of the next day or so.
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Butler is on a panel with Matt Canavan, who says the PM “promised” the GST windfall return and has “broken that promise within days.”

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While other politicians have dodged commenting on Donald Trump’s latest social media attack on European allies, Clare O’Neil has dismissed the whole thing as “nothing particularly out of the ordinary” from the US president.

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Speaking to Sunrise this morning on a panel with shadow frontbencher Michaelia Cash, O’Neil said the commentary from the US president is “absolutely inconsistent” with the longstanding partnership and friendship between Australia and the US.

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I think in the scale of late night missives from Donald Trump, this is nothing particularly out of the ordinary. When it comes to the conflict in Iran, we have a pretty simple view … we want to see de-escalation of this conflict, not escalation. And we want to see a clear timeframe for how this conflict will be brought to an end.
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Cash says the message for Australia is that “we must be stronger, more focused and more prepared when it comes to our own fuel security here at home”.

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She points out that the US has singled out Australia twice, and there’s been mixed messaging between the PM and the deputy PM over whether the US has made any requests to Australia for support.

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Richard Marles told the ABC’s 730 on 10 March that “A number of other countries, including the US have made requests which are centred on helping to provide for the defence of the Gulf countries.” While the prime minister has said, “there is no request being made to Australia that has not been agreed to.”

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Welcome

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Good morning, Krishani Dhanji here with you for the final sitting day of the fortnight.

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After a couple of technical glitches we are here with you and ready to go!

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Australians will face the biggest rise in insurance premiums in almost 10 years, after the government approved an average premium increase of 4.41% that will come into effect today.

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The government’s fuel excise has just come into effect – but Labor says don’t expect the savings to show up today. Meanwhile both sides of politics are avoiding responding to Donald Trump’s latest criticism of European nations, telling them to “get your own oil”, after he criticised them for not supporting the US’s offensive efforts in the Middle East.

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And Labor’s draft national platform has been released, removing the party’s longstanding opposition to mandatory jail terms, and includes more assertive language on China. You can read the full story here.

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There’s plenty happening so let’s get stuck in.

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The largest increase in private health insurance premiums in almost 10 years comes into effect today.

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After multiple requests asking insurers to resubmit their premiums, the government in February approved an average premium increase of 4.41% from 1 April 2026.

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The health minister, Mark Butler, said the ultimate increase reflected the rising costs of providing care and ensuring the viability of private hospitals.

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However, with premiums rising faster than inflation, many consumers are questioning the value proposition. You can read more about why some are losing confidence here:

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‘Half-arsed’: Pocock and other independents slam reported gambling reforms

Josh Butler

Senator David Pocock at a press conference last week. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

After more than 1,000 days of silence on gambling reform, any government action would be a step forward … there are significant recommendations from the Murphy report that are glaring omissions from this government proposal.

Thanks, Krishani, for all you do! And folks, please do not be expecting any brilliance. I’ll be lucky if I can buff myself past dull. Fortunately we have a whole swag of shining star reporters who will deliver on the brilliance for you all!

Krishani Dhanji

Thank you all for joining me on the blog this sitting week, I’ll leave you with the brilliant Tory Shepherd for the rest of the afternoon.

Take care!

Tl;dr here’s what happened in question time

Fuel was unsurprisingly the focus again of today’s question time, with the Coalition pressing Labor on whether more fuel shipments have been cancelled (no) and what’s changed to prompt the prime minister to make a national address (nothing, he said).
Anthony Albanese confirmed that he has cancelled a trip to Gallipoli for Anzac Day to prioritise dealing with the fuel crisis.
The PM said he wants to disconnect the link between sports and gambling, particularly for young people, when asked what he will do on online gambling advertising.
Liberal MP Andrew Wallace was the only member to get booted out today.
Independent MP Kate Chaney asked when the government will release a mandatory framework for automated decision-making, to stop something like robodebt ever happening again – the government said work is being done on it at the moment.

Question time ends

The prime minister gets the final dixer today, from the member for Melbourne, Sarah Witty.

He calls her the “best member for Melbourne, we’ve had here for some time.” The seat was held by the former Greens leader Adam Bandt from 2010 to 2025.

Sarah Witty delivers her first speech in the House of Representatives in July 2025. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

“Hear, hear,” say the Labor benches AND the Liberal benches.

“Always looking for unity, Mr Speaker, always looking for unity,” laughs Albanese.

Chris Bowen expects spot cargoes of fuel to increase

The Nationals MP Michelle Landry does a bit of a copy-and-paste of an earlier question, asking if any more shipments of fuel to Australia have been cancelled or delayed.

Chris Bowen says the prime minister has already answered that question, and he gives a very similar answer.

He says he doesn’t know what “case” the opposition is trying to make:

There were six ships scheduled to arrive, sometime in April, that were cancelled, and they have been replaced and then replaced by more with three spot cargoes. And I expect that number of spot cargoes to increase materially with the passage of the government’s bill to enable export finance Australia to support the import of fuel.

Andrew Gee asks for support package for businesses ‘smashed’ by road closure in his electorate

Independent MP Andrew Gee has a major road closure in his electorate and has spent weeks trying to push the federal government to do something about it.

This morning he tried to suspend standing orders in the house to get the government to act, and is now asking Anthony Albanese if the government will offer a support package for local businesses “smashed” by the closure.

Albanese tells Gee to talk to the NSW government about fixing the road closure, and that the latest advice is that the section of road will be closed for three months.

He says the government this morning announced support for small businesses who are being hit by the crisis in the Middle East, which could also help businesses in his electorate, and adds:

New South Wales has also put in place significant support for business and commuters.

Bowen evades question on ‘critical users’ under national fuel security plan

Who is a critical user, asks Nationals frontbencher Kevin Hogan, who tries again after Anne Webster failed to get an answer from the PM.

Chris Bowen speaks during Question Time. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

So we still don’t know who exactly will qualify as a critical user under the federal government’s national fuel security plan.

Bowen says:

The instrument that is current outlines the essential and critical services. They are: an ambulance service, a corrective service, a fire or rescue service, a police service, a public transport service, a State Emergency Service or taxi service. Mr. Speaker, this is a determination issued by the minister for energy. I’m happy to table the current determination, which reads, I Angus Taylor, minister for energy, make the following determination.

Rowland says framework for automated decision making is under development

Since the robodebt royal commission, the government has still not established a legislated framework for automated decision-making, to avoid it happening ever again, says the independent MP Kate Chaney. She asks when the government will put forward a framework.

The attorney general, Michelle Rowland, says the government is still developing a “consistent whole-of-government framework for the use of automated decision-making”.

Rowland says the government is undertaking consultation and engagement on the design of the framework but that it is coming.

I can assure the member, the framework is being developed carefully and methodically to ensure that it supports innovation whilst maintaining strong protections for individuals, especially where decisions affect rights, entitlements or obligations, and striking that right balance is essential.

Michelle Rowland at a press conference in January. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Coalition asks PM to define ‘critical users’ under fuel security plan

Back to serious business, Anne Webster asks the government who will be classified as a “critical user” under the national fuel security plan.

Liberal MP Anne Webster pictured in October 2025. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, doesn’t clarify who will be a critical user.

He says:

I was asked about the national cabinet document that was agreed unanimously at national cabinet, and we know from [the opposition’s] talking points, backed up by the questions that they’ve asked here today, that they actually want things to get harder for Australians, because they think it will be better for them.

The opposition stands up to make a point of order to get the PM to answer the question but Albanese has already sat down.

Who knew so much would happen during a dixer?

During a question to the assistant treasurer, Daniel Mulino, on the government’s reforms to combat unfair and “jerk” pricing, Liberal MP Andrew Wallace gets yeeted out.

Then Mulino delivered this sledge:

There are many products that deliver little or no value. Subscriptions to news sites that you only use once, ongoing charges for apps that your kids downloaded, or membership of the Liberal party.

Dan Tehan, no doubt unhappy with the drive-by, gets up to protest. He doesn’t get very far but Milton Dick tells Mulino to be relevant.

Government backs its commitment to east coast gas reservation scheme

Back to the crossbench, Nicolette Boele asks the energy minister, Chris Bowen, if the government will stand firm on a gas reservation scheme despite reservations from the gas industry.

The independent member for Bradfield, Nicolette Boele, at a press conference in November 2025. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Finally, a straight answer! Bowen says the government is fully committed to the east coast reservation scheme.

He says the government has asked for submissions on the scheme and will now design it.

We are very much absolutely confirmed and determined to introduce the gas reservation policy announced by the minister for resources and I just before Christmas, and we announced it would start on the first of January 2027.
The cabinet will decide the parameters of the gas reservation on the recommendation jointly of the minister of resources and I, and we intend to make sure it works for Australians.

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