Warren Truss (Wide Bay, National Party, Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

He is going to take away from regional communities our action to ensure there is no additional cost of transport passed on to those who live outside the capital cities. Shame, shame, shame on Labor: they are so out of touch with regional communities they are not prepared to support the fuel excise rebate paid to ensure that transport costs in regional Australia do not go up when there are increases in the fuel excise. The opposition has made it absolutely clear they do not care in the least about people who live in regional Australia. They are happy to tax and to run up debt; but when there is an opportunity to mitigate those costs they are going to vote against it. Shame!

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