Thursday, 2 April 2026

 Melina BATH (Eastern Victoria) (12:56): (2301) My question is to the Premier. Food producers in my Eastern Victoria Region absolutely rely on diesel supply to grow, sow, fertilise, harvest, manage stock and transport food. Without it, our food supply chain is at imminent risk. The Nationals have called for the federal government to halve the fuel excise to relieve the pressure, and we are calling today, for people in my Eastern Victoria Region – farmers and rural communities – for this government to prioritise diesel supply for those farmers into that food supply chain so that people not just at the source but at our supermarkets and grocery stores can at least suppress that ever-increasing threat of rising food prices. The Nationals heard from many, many people at Farm World. We are listening, and we are calling on the Premier to work with the federal government.