John Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I am certainly aware of the remarks of the Treasurer and, as so often happens, the member for Lalor has misquoted my colleague. The Treasurer, of course, can speak for himself, and very well, in relation to those matters. While people are being reminded of matters could I remind the member for Lalor of the remarks of the member for Rankin on this subject. The member for Rankin wrote a very good article on this subject in which he pointed out that, in effect, those who sought to pretend that the price of petrol in Australia was determined by other than world market forces were deluding themselves.

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