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

Mr Deputy Speaker, I am happy to engage the member for Wakefield in a debate on the car industry. I suspect I know a little bit more about the economics of it than he does. If he wants to start, I am happy to accommodate him. What concerns me about the South Australian Remote Area Energy Supplies Scheme is that, at a time when we are seeing unprecedented rises in electricity prices around Australia, it will add 100 percent—perhaps 120 percent—to the cost of electricity for businesses in the regions in question. The member for Wakefield was quick to point out that households will not be affected, and don't we know that that is all that matters to the Labor Party! They are only ever worried about the vote; they are never worried about small business. The former Leader of the Labor Party put it simply when he said that the Labor Party was not a party that known to support small business, and isn't that the truth!

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