Mr BUCHHOLZ ( Wright ) ( 15:54 ): Well, I'm glad I'm making a small contribution to this debate, because I didn't know what the answer was, but it's all been made clear to us! People in regional Queensland now can just pick up public transport—they can get the bus; they can get the train!—though they'll drive past five service stations that don't have fuel in them to get to the bus station. And it's only Labor that could come up with that solution—only Labor! Last week, here in the parliament, we saw a contribution from the Minister for Climate Change and Energy, who said that we had 34 days of diesel, 32 days of jet fuel and 36 days of unleaded petrol. Five days later, service stations in my electorate, in regional Queensland, are struggling to get fuel. And that's diabolical. They're saying, 'Oh, the reason there are shortages is that there's panic buying.' Yes, because you've got to drive past four service stations that have got no fuel to find one that has got fuel. I'll tell you why. Mr Rob Mitchell: Why? Mr BUCHHOLZ: The member for McEwen makes a very good point. 'Why?' Because what happens in the fuel sector is that there's two clients. There are people who buy on contract—and they might be large transport companies— Mr Rob Mitchell: They don't buy 4,000 litres a day. Mr BUCHHOLZ: Listen. You asked, 'Why?' I'll tell you why. It's really simple. And, if you can fix it, we won't have the problem that we've got at the moment. But rather than interject on me, Member for McEwen, spend a bit of time with your energy minister trying to find a solution to this, because all you guys want to do is finger-point and blame everyone else. Let me tell you why. There's two— The DEPUTY SPEAKER ( Ms Claydon ): I'm just going to ask— Mr BUCHHOLZ: No, let me tell you why, Madam Speaker. The DEPUTY SPEAKER: Comments are to be directed through me. This is getting a little too personal. So thank you, Member for Wright. Mr BUCHHOLZ: Madam Speaker, you are dead right. You had the opportunity to interject on the member yourself. Madam Speaker, can I suggest— Mr Abdo: What's that even mean? Mr BUCHHOLZ: To pull a speaker up when he interjected. That didn't happen—to pull the speaker up. The member for McEwen asked, 'Why?' The DEPUTY SPEAKER: Member for Wright, I am going to intervene on you, right now. You know better than that. You know better than that. You have been in this chair's position. I do expect a little more cooperation than that. My interjection was directed to you both, so please don't take it one way. If you want to second-guess all of my decisions in the chair, that's going to make it a very difficult relationship for you and me. So please proceed. I just ask you and everybody in the chamber: this is not a personal debate here; it's a matter of public importance; direct your comments through me, so that it isn't—that's why that standing order exists. I give the call to the member for Wright. Mr BUCHHOLZ: Service stations in my electorate do not have fuel. There are two clients in the fuel world. There are those that buy on contract. They're, like, large transport companies; they're the big retailers; they're the Coles and the Woolworths. They say to the refiners: 'I want this much volume, and I'm prepared to pay this much margin.' Then there's the second buyer: there's the buyer who buys it on spot price, who buys on a daily rotation. Most of the wholesalers, the fuel distributors, in my electorate, buy in that market. The minister for energy cannot have it both ways—cannot come in here and say: 'The boats are arriving; we've got the fuel,' and yet, when my spot buyers go to buy from the terminals, they're told: 'There is no fuel for you today.' The fuel's there, or it's not. They're the two markets. If we're going to fix this problem, if the government is confident that the supply is there, then release the contracted fuel to the spot market, to get rid of the panic buying which is in the market at the moment—because it is the government's lack of intervention in this. It is the refiners who are profiteering. Now, I understand the government has done the right thing by saying: 'ACCC, go your hardest.' But I cannot remember a point in history where the ACCC has had a successful victory over the large operators; it's always the smaller operators. This problem can be solved. I'm going to take up the minister's invitation, that he offered today, to go and meet with him, to discuss how we turn this around, because Australians don't want to hear us squabbling; they want this fixed. And they don't want to see what we've just seen happen in this chamber right now.