Ian Macfarlane (Groom, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Energy and Resources) Share this | Hansard source

It is because we cannot trust the government to even cross the road without falling over that we move this amendment. We need to ensure that the arrangements to support the biodiesel industry are continued without a break. There is no guarantee that this government can deliver this legislation in the Senate, and on that basis we move this amendment.

This amendment is to supply certainty to the biodiesel industry, unlike what has just been delivered to the LPG, CNG industry, which is a new tax. Because those who sit opposite—

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