The Nationals Leader, Senator Matt Canavan, wants a patriotic ‘Australia on steroids’ and his address to the National Press Club on Wednesday echoed what I have been saying for many years.

On Friday the Coalition called upon the Albanese Labor Government to halve the fuel excise for 3 months – delivering 26.3 cents per litre relief at the bowser. Saving most drivers around $20 on a tank of fuel.

In Question Time the Prime Minister keeps looking across the dispatch box to the Coalition for answers, because he has none - only complaints and accusations that ring ever hollow the more years of terrible government he leads.

TOPICS: fuel crisis, farmer planting decisions, rising input costs, transport costs to market, Economic Resilience Program eligibility, farm debt

This MPI is about leadership and the PM's failure to lead. I do have a few pages here that might address that issue, but I really want to look at one.

Nowhere is Labor's scorched earth approach to regional Australia more evident than in their administration of the National Disability Insurance Scheme, very sadly.

“The CEWH needs to ensure every litre of water it holds is getting positive environmental outcomes with maximum efficiency. The Coalition’s Inquiry will ensure every litre of water that can be made available to irrigators is made available.”

Mallee petrol stations have been running out of diesel and unleaded. Minister Bowen admits over 100 Victorian petrol stations have run out of fuel, far more than in most other states.

Bitumen is too expensive. Communities are cutting back on essential travel and regional Australians are being left behind despite the Prime Minister's promise to the contrary.