Scott McLaughlin proved a quarter of a second quicker than the field as the pace increased in the second practice session at Barbagallo.
Practice 1 pace-setters Fabian Coulthard and James Courtney again set the early benchmarks before a series of drivers took newer tyres during the final 10 minutes.
Will Davison, David Reynolds and eventually McLaughlin popped to the top of the order, with the Volvo running consecutive laps of 56.21s and 55.92s to end up with the two fastest times.
Reynolds’ effort proved good enough for second fastest, albeit 0.25s behind the Volvo.
Coulthard was third after a late lap of his own, ahead of Mark Winterbottom, Davison and Dale Wood.
Nick Percat, Jack Perkins, Tim Slade and Rick Kelly completed the top 10, with Slade having spent the middle part of the session atop the order.
The tough slog meanwhile continued down at Red Bull Racing, with Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes 22nd and 23rd respectively.
The third and final 20 minute practice session of the day is scheduled for 1410 local time.
See below for the full Practice 2 result
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap |
| 1 | 33 | Scott McLaughlin | Valvoline Racing GRM | Volvo S60 | 0:55.9161 | |
| 2 | 55 | David Reynolds | The Bottle-O Racing Team | Ford Falcon FG | 0:56.1677 | 0:00.2516 |
| 3 | 14 | Fabian Coulthard | Lockwood Racing | Holden Commodore VF | 0:56.2019 | 0:00.2858 |
| 4 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | Ford Pepsi Max Crew | Ford Falcon FG | 0:56.2605 | 0:00.3444 |
| 5 | 9 | Will Davison | Erebus Motorsport V8 | Mercedes E63 AMG | 0:56.3182 | 0:00.4021 |
| 6 | 21 | Dale Wood | Team Advam/GB | Holden Commodore VF | 0:56.3227 | 0:00.4066 |
| 7 | 222 | Nick Percat | Walkinshaw Racing | Holden Commodore VF | 0:56.3308 | 0:00.4147 |
| 8 | 18 | Jack Perkins | Team JELD-WEN | Ford Falcon FG | 0:56.3656 | 0:00.4495 |
| 9 | 47 | Tim Slade | Supercheap Auto Racing | Holden Commodore VF | 0:56.3876 | 0:00.4715 |
| 10 | 15 | Rick Kelly | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Nissan Altima | 0:56.3879 | 0:00.4718 |
| 11 | 16 | Scott Pye | Wilson Security Racing | Ford Falcon FG | 0:56.4124 | 0:00.4963 |
| 12 | 17 | David Wall | Wilson Security Racing | Ford Falcon FG | 0:56.4252 | 0:00.5091 |
| 13 | 36 | Michael Caruso | Norton Hornets | Nissan Altima | 0:56.5100 | 0:00.5939 |
| 14 | 6 | Chaz Mostert | Ford Pepsi Max Crew | Ford Falcon FG | 0:56.5177 | 0:00.6016 |
| 15 | 2 | Garth Tander | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VF | 0:56.5484 | 0:00.6323 |
| 16 | 4 | Lee Holdsworth | Erebus Motorsport V8 | Mercedes E63 AMG | 0:56.5844 | 0:00.6683 |
| 17 | 97 | Shane Van Gisbergen | Team Tekno VIP Petfoods | Holden Commodore VF | 0:56.6650 | 0:00.7489 |
| 18 | 8 | Jason Bright | Team BOC | Holden Commodore VF | 0:56.7715 | 0:00.8554 |
| 19 | 23 | Russell Ingall | Repair Management Aust Racing | Holden Commodore VF | 0:56.7732 | 0:00.8571 |
| 20 | 34 | Robert Dahlgren | Valvoline Racing GRM | Volvo S60 | 0:56.8610 | 0:00.9449 |
| 21 | 22 | James Courtney | Holden Racing Team | Holden Commodore VF | 0:56.8908 | 0:00.9747 |
| 22 | 1 | Jamie Whincup | Red Bull Racing Australia | Holden Commodore VF | 0:56.9451 | 0:01.0290 |
| 23 | 888 | Craig Lowndes | Red Bull Racing Australia | Holden Commodore VF | 0:56.9664 | 0:01.0503 |
| 24 | 7 | Todd Kelly | Jack Daniel’s Racing | Nissan Altima | 0:56.9782 | 0:01.0621 |
| 25 | 360 | James Moffat | Norton Hornets | Nissan Altima | 0:57.5679 | 0:01.6518 |
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