John Cobb (Calare, National Party, Shadow Minister for Regional Development) Share this | Hansard source

As the Leader of the Nationals has just said, it is trying to help people, but those opposite do not like it because it is not their idea. Fuelwatch will cost them nothing and give them nothing. It is good spin, but it certainly will not help the people of Calare. Something serious has to happen to help people. In an area like mine, where travel is part of everyday life—whether it is for pleasure, whether it is for business or whatever it might be—something must happen to relieve the pressure on working families—the favourite phrase of the Prime Minister. There are no harder-working families than the ones in the biggest electorate in New South Wales, Calare, and I think they deserve more than they are getting. They need more than someone watching their fuel prices. Let us give them the five cents, because for a lot of them it is 150 bucks a year—and it might be a lot more than that for many of them.

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