Gary Nairn (Eden-Monaro, Liberal Party, Special Minister of State) Share this | Hansard source

It is quite true that I said that LPG is not available in all rural and regional areas. It is available in about 3,000 service stations across Australia, but not in all rural and regional areas, and that is what my letter said. The policy at the time was that we did not need to look at every single change. As I said, I think things are changing quite dramatically. We are certainly encouraging a greater use of LPG. In fact, the announcements yesterday will make a huge difference ultimately in that availability of LPG, which will change the situation quite dramatically. It is a bit like ethanol, which is changing dramatically.

I do not know whether the member for Throsby has ever used ethanol in her car. I certainly use ethanol in mine. I filled up at an independent service station in Queanbeyan, the first service station in this region to provide E10. Take your cars down to Brett in Queanbeyan and get some E10, as I have been doing. The whole range is changing and this whole area will change a lot more in the weeks and months and years to come.

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