Chris Bowen

"a voluntary call, which gives countries time to respond pending their national circumstance"

"For the next few weeks, Australia's supply of petrol and diesel and oil will be the same, if not higher, than it normally would be."

"Easter is a very special time of faith and family. Go take a break - but get no more fuel than you need."

"People shouldn’t take today’s progress and expect prices to fall."

"This is not a positive development, but obviously there's a long way to go in terms of working out just what the impact is."

"We continue to see no ships cancelled that have been contracted for Australia, extra orders being delivered, and we now have security of supply through April and now into May."

"The government will keep working with industry to ensure the security of fuel supply across the board as best we can in these difficult international circumstances."