Agriculture minister says government monitoring any price gouging of fertiliser

Julie Collins, the federal minister for agriculture, said the government is monitoring any price gouging for fertiliser amid the turmoil in the Middle East.

Much of the world’s fertiliser is made in the region, which is then shipped around the world via the strait of Hormuz. The shipping channel is effectively blocked as the war continues.

Collins said the government is in the process of making sure price gouging is addressed, urging Australians to act in the national interest. She told RN Breakfast:

I think our government has been very clear that this should not be seen as a commercial opportunity for anybody. This is about what is in the national interest. This is a conflict that is impacting globally, and what we need Australians to do is to act in the national interest, and that includes everybody along that supply chain.