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Are any external individuals or organisations been paid to contribute in any way to the fuel security study which the 2025 Briefing to the Incoming Minister of Energy says “…includes investigating the reopening of the Marsden Point Refinery and establishing a Fuel Security Plan”; if so, what is the total actual and budgeted expenditure of any such payments?

Answered Question 12147 (2026)
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Scott Willis

List MP · Green Party

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  • Are any external individuals or organisations been paid to contribute in any way to the fuel security study which the 2025 Briefing to the Incoming Minister of Energy says “…includes investigating the reopening of the Marsden Point Refinery and establishing a Fuel Security Plan”; if so, what is the total actual and budgeted expenditure of any such payments?

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Hon Simeon Brown

Member for Pakuranga · National Party · Minister for Energy

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Yes, for the fuel security study. The amount paid was the amount budgeted for the work. I refer the Member to Written Parliamentary Question 12148 (2026).