Australia should be less reliant on fuel from Asian neighbours and instead restore manufacturing from domestic oil supplies, Pauline Hanson says.
In a speech to the National Press Club on Wednesday, the One Nation leader said it was a shame Australia had to use fuel and fertiliser from Muslim-majority countries such as Indonesia following the Middle East crisis.
She said the lack of refineries in Australia had exacerbated the downturn in domestic manufacturing.
"Poor management has got us in this situation when it comes to the refineries, when it comes to actually oil, and I'm saying, 'dig baby dig'," she said.
"We need to utilise our resources here in this nation to build the wealth again that we can deliver the services to this generation or future.
