Chris Bowen (Prospect, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

The AAA, the premium motoring organisation in Australia, said:

The AAA motoring clubs—the NRMA, RACV, RACQ—

And all the state motoring organisations—

welcome ... Mr Walker’s appointment and we believe the scope of his brief will ensure motorists are paying a fair and reasonable cost for their fuel.

There is just one more. I did say I would inform the House of third-party independent commentators. I must admit: the next one is not a third-party independent commentator. She is the former leader of the Country Liberal Party in the Northern Territory. She said on 18 December, after I was interviewed on Darwin ABC radio:

We know governments and the ACCC are doing what they can on petrol, and I don’t think people expect more than that. I am pleased to hear what the federal minister had to say this morning.

I am glad that at least one conservative leader has taken a constructive approach to the issue of petrol prices in Australia. I note that the leader of the National Party has called for the GST to be reduced on petrol. Eleven years in office and they never came up with that idea.

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