Senate debates

Tuesday, 27 February 2024

Questions without Notice

New Vehicle Efficiency Standard

2:50 pm

Photo of Katy GallagherKaty Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

Well, I must say, there isn't a policy area with a fear campaign that the Liberal and National parties don't want to jump on board of and promote. Instead of working in the national interest, it's always about the scare campaign. It's always about misinformation. It's always about trying to drive fear and disunity against the need to make progress in relation to climate change. They will jump on everything they can and perpetuate these myths.

For the record, we are currently consulting on a New Vehicle Efficiency Standard. Here's a quote:

We've always been committed to getting fuel efficiency standards in place …

Who might have said that? Oh, Josh Frydenberg, Treasurer, April 2022! Here's another one. Let's play a game. Guess who said this:

So when fuel efficiency standards were introduced in the US—

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