Documents relating to the Fuel and Fertiliser Security Facility

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This FOI release concerns the Fuel and Fertiliser Security Facility and the Middle East conflict's effect on Australian fertiliser supply, with a focus on urea. It includes a 17 March 2026 letter from Fertilizer Australia to Minister Collins proposing five policy responses, among them easing Russia fertiliser trade restrictions, loosening ammonium nitrate concentration limits, and appointing a taskforce. Also included are a March 2026 industry draft "risk-sharing" policy proposal for government underwriting of cargoes, a briefing for the Minister, draft media releases, and talking points. Released material notes that Export Finance Australia has supported ten cargoes totalling about 340,000 tonnes of urea, plus a further 250,000 tonnes from Indonesia and about 98,500 tonnes in additional shipments. The underwriting approach was described as not a subsidy or grant. Some passages are redacted, and the release does not show whether the ammonium nitrate and Russia recommendations were adopted.