Russian oil ban
Senator Byrne joked about reading the record later, and the Leader responded on the EU ban on Russian oil, praising the consensus and criticising Hungary's stance.
I am looking forward to seeing the record of this and reading this later.
Comment on this
Senator Byrne spoke about the very welcome ban by the European Union, which brought the leaders of all of the European countries together to agree this.
Two thirds of imports of Russian oil are being banned. Senator Malcolm Byrne is right that it is shipped oil and not piped oil. We have not gone the full way there yet but this acknowledges that some countries in the EU are more affected than others by this. As always in the EU it is about consensus and bringing everyone along the same pathway. I acknowledge the Senator's comments on Viktor Orbán. Hungary has been disgraceful but there is nothing new on that front. Senator Malcolm Byrne also spoke about blockchain and the significance of this week.