House debates Questions without Notice

Fuel Prices

Thursday, 5 June 2008 House of Representatives

Steven Ciobo

Steven Ciobo Moncrieff, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Small Business, the Service Economy and Tourism

2:44 pm

My question is addressed to the Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs. I refer to the Fuelwatch regulatory impact statement and advice from Treasury contained in the leaked cabinet document. These documents advise that the proposed Fuelwatch scheme will result in ongoing increased operating costs to individual businesses of $4,000 per year, costing $20 million per annum in total. Why has the minister misled his own colleagues in this leaked caucus submission dated 3 June 2008, which states that the cost to business is zero?

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