Peter Garrett (Kingsford Smith, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for trying to ask this question a second time. I infer from it that the member thinks that the government’s policy or my views are somehow intended to be a vote of confidence for the increase in petrol prices. I want to ask this of the shadow minister: is this the best question that he can come up with? Why isn’t he asking me a question about the environment? Furthermore, why isn’t he asking a question about climate change? If he wants to ask a question—

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