Thursday, 2 April 2026

 Chris CREWTHER (Mornington) (14:42): (1612) My constituency question is for the Premier. What information can the Premier give on her government’s support for Mornington electorate locals struggling with high fuel prices? The Liberals and Nationals demanded that the Premier call on the Prime Minister to offer fuel excise relief. While this has now been done, the Premier was silent. The Premier’s offer of free public transport is insufficient for us, because 82 per cent of the peninsula has no public transport and 1 per cent take public transport to work. We rely on cars. Tourists may go elsewhere these holidays using peninsula taxpayer funded free public transport instead of driving to the peninsula. This government must work with the federal government to back independent fuel operators like Endeavour Group, which is a local business, and support more local oil production and refinery capacity like Geelong’s, which supplies more than half of Victoria’s fuel. They must increase minimum storage levels and also keep product and profit here.