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  • Morgan Gibson: I find it very strange that the government is willing to spend $20 million on a fuelwatch scheme that will benefit major oil companies and hurt independent retailers and save at most 2cents a... (24 June 2008)
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  • Noel Kelly: Well the Libs/Nats are beating the bush, as the opposition should. At this stage (of the election cycle) they don't need public policies (That should be all backroom work ATM). The Fuelwatch... (24 June 2008)
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  • Peter Wood: Manufacturing aluminium from bauxite requires huge amounts of electricity and is a significant contributer to Australia's greenhouse gas emissions. It uses much less energy to recycle the... (24 June 2008)
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  • Alan Howard: Interesting article here: http://snurl.com/2nslg The price of retail gasoline could fall by half, to around $2 a gallon, within 30 days of passage of a law to limit speculation in... (24 June 2008)
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  • Sean Carmody: Of course markets become more efficient with greater tranparency, but why single out petrol? Why not MilkWatch, CarInsuranceWatch or DentistWatch? FuelWatch strikes me a mere populism: the Rudd... (23 June 2008)
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  • Cameron Reilly: I think providing transparency on the issue of petrol prices is exactly what the government should be doing. It prevents them from interfering in the market by either placing a ceiling on petrol... (21 June 2008)
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  • Nathanael Coyne: A sensible approach - although I wonder how long this global oil crisis diagnosis activity will take to conclusively identify the issue/s, recommend action and see that action operationalised? ... (20 June 2008)
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  • Scott Bulfin: This is an interesting idea, Mr Wood. Do you have any projections of what such a scheme might cost when you factor in the savings and flow on effects of the recycled materials? An estimated 12... (18 June 2008)
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  • Darren Entwistle: As I live near Midland Brick, also in this members electorate, I can only say that these facilities should not be in proximity of residential areas. In fact I would encourage that whilst we need... (16 June 2008)
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  • Peter Daams: Go the Victory! The Speaker rules :) (16 June 2008)
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  • Nathanael Coyne: Is there a requirement to follow the precedent of previous speakers? (15 June 2008)
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