As One Nation rises in the polls, the overwhelming criticism of some very worried politicians and a vast phalanx from the commentariat is that it is a ‘party of complaint and without policy’.

For years, the Canberra establishment has dismissed Senator Pauline Hanson’s warnings as ‘populist noise’. The charge has even been made as to what dams, etc., One Nation has built.

The fact is that almost all of what One Nation has proposed has been ignored or blocked. When it comes to ensuring we are not in the position we are now – facing shortages resulting from the Iranian mullahs’ determination to destroy the world rather than be defeated – One Nation has been the party which would have left Australia in a far better position than the other parties have.

As the Mullahs deliberately choke global energy routes in March 2026, the truth is being laid bare: One Nation is the only party that has spent the last decade putting a ‘sovereign survival plan’ in writing. This isn’t a reactive platform; it has been a ten-year crusade that the major parties have systematically blocked.

Meanwhile Labor and Labor Lite – the Coalition controlled by the apparatchiks and the self-styled ‘moderates’ – decided on another suicide note additional to their one on Net Zero: ‘just-in-time’ fuel from Asian refineries. At the same time, they endorsed what Donald Trump exposed as ‘one of the greatest scams in history’. As we have long said, when it comes to the real story about climate catastrophism, just follow the money.

Requirements Under Treaty and Commonsense

So, when it comes to protecting Australians from fuel shortages, what are the requirements imposed by treaty and plain commonsense?

The 90-Day Mandate

Australia is a signatory to the International Energy Agency (IEA) treaty, requiring 90 days of fuel imports in reserve. One Nation has consistently pointed out that we have failed this mandate since 2012.

The ‘On-Water’ Myth

While the majors count fuel currently on tankers in the middle of a war zone as ‘reserves’, One Nation has demanded 90 days of physical, onshore stock. They argue that fuel sitting in America (as part of the 2020 deal) is useless when the tankers to bring it home are under fire in the Strait of Hormuz.

Our Present Appalling Situation – Running on Fumes

In mid-March 2026, Australia is scraping by with just 26 days of petrol and 32 days of diesel. This is a systemic collapse of foresight.

The Fertiliser Wipeout

Because the major parties allowed domestic manufacturing to fail, urea prices have soared past $1,500 a tonne. As One Nation’s Senator Whitten noted in the Senate this week, we are witnessing a ‘food security crisis’ where farmers may be forced to put down livestock because they cannot find the diesel to feed them or the fertiliser to grow the feed.

Minister of Energy Switches from Calm to Panic and the Reactive Pivot

Our dismissive and ‘calm’ Energy Minister Chris Bowen has pivoted to ‘panic’. On March 13, 2026, the government announced an emergency release of 800 million litres and a 20 per cent relaxation of stockholding rules. Now we have had the cosmetic solution: a session of the next-to-useless ‘National Cabinet’, which proved such a disaster with Covid that we still haven’t had the Royal Commission to show what was wrong with that.

The ‘Dirty’ Patch

Their solution is to ‘relax fuel quality standards’, allowing higher-sulphur petrol into the market. This is a confession that the majors have no plan for a ‘full tank’ – only a plan for ‘lesser failure’.

The Refinery Graveyard

Between 2003 and 2021, six major refineries closed under the collective watch of Labor and the Coalition. One Nation was the lone voice warning that ‘offshoring’ our refining to Singapore was a ‘strategic suicide note’.

Port Stanvac (2003 – Coalition)
Clyde (2012 – Labor)
Kurnell (2014 – Coalition)
Bulwer Island (2015 – Coalition)
Kwinana (2021 – Coalition)
Altona (2021 – Coalition)

The Senate Decides

On March 12, 2026, One Nation moved to urgently debate their fuel security bill. Labor and the Coalition joined forces to block the debate.

Summary of One Nation’s Policies and Proposed Legislation

One Nation has been attempting to put Australia in a secure position for over ten years through specific, written policies:

Gas Reservation Marathon

One Nation introduced Domestic Gas Reserve Bills in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and again this month. They argue for a 15 per cent reservation to ensure our own resources aren’t shipped offshore while we starve at home. If there are two fuels we are not short of, it’s gas and coal.

The GTL and CTL Revolution

One Nation is the only party promoting Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) and Coal-to-Liquids (CTL) technology. Their plan involves building modular plants (costing $250M-$500M) to convert our abundant gas and coal into synthetic diesel and petrol. Technically, coal conversion is a proven industrial process used globally (such as by Sasol in South Africa). (Technical estimates indicate that modern CTL production can produce synthetic crude at an equivalent cost of between $80 and $95 USD per barrel, making it highly profitable when international oil prices spike toward $100 or more). Economically, with oil prices hitting $2.50 per litre during this conflict, producing our own ‘synfuel’ for a target price of $1.50 per litre is not just viable – it’s essential. One Nation’s Senator Malcolm Roberts, with his deep background in the coal industry, including as a coal miner, has long championed this ‘sovereign energy’ approach to make Australia self-sufficient.

The Qatar Model & PRRT Reform

Since 2016, they have campaigned to reform the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT) from a ‘profit-based rort’ to a production-based ‘wellhead tax’. This would generate $10 billion a year – modelled on Qatar’s success – to fund regional infrastructure.

Fertiliser

During the 2021-22 crisis, they lobbied to save the Gibson Island fertiliser plant, warning its closure would lead to the very ‘fertiliser wipeout’ we see today.

Substitution and Exploration

They have long championed a National Ethanol Mandate to use our sugar industry as a fuel buffer and advocated for ending moratoriums on offshore exploration (e.g., Otway Basin) to ensure ‘total fuel sovereignty’.

Historical Context: The One Nation Policy Crusade

Year	Legislative Attempt / Warning	Result / Major Party Action
2016	Proposed PRRT reform to a production-based ‘wellhead tax’.	Ignored by Coalition.
2020	Introduced first Domestic Gas Reserve Bill.	Blocked by Labor and Coalition.
2021	Lobbied to save Gibson Island fertiliser plant to secure urea.	Ignored; plant closed in 2022.
2022	Introduced Benefit to Australia Gas Reserve Bill.	Blocked by Labor and Coalition.
2023	Introduced updated Domestic Reserve Bill.	Blocked by Labor and Coalition.
2026	Introduced Domestic Reserve Bill for Iran War emergency.