Bob Katter (Kennedy, Katter's Australian Party) Share this | Hansard source

Australia is 30 per cent self-sufficient in oil, yet only three per cent in petrol. As a big five in grain and sugar—ethanol feedstocks—we're uniquely placed for self-sufficiency, yet we live at the mercy of the Middle East. Prime Minister, will you, like China, India, Europe, America, Indonesia and Brazil, mandate ethanol, providing $12,000 a year to every Australian family and, quoting Morris Iemma, saving over a thousand lives a year? Most importantly, my horse has died and it'll save me four kilometres a walk to buy food.

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