House debates Petroleum Retail Legislation Repeal Bill 2006

Consideration in Detail

Wednesday, 16 August 2006 House of Representatives

Ian Macfarlane

Ian Macfarlane Groom, Liberal Party, Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources

10:46 am

I have waited half an hour; I would prefer not to be interjected on while I try to answer the question. Those motorists who will benefit from LPG have the opportunity now to choose this as an alternative fuel. There is no cap on the scheme, there is no means test and there is no exclusion of vehicles. My understanding is that somewhere in excess of three million vehicles currently in the fleet can be converted to LPG. To save the member for Hunter doing his sums, that is about a third of the vehicles in the fleet. There are about 10 million vehicles out there. Of course, this is not the only part of the energy policy the Prime Minister announced on Monday—

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