Dan Tehan (Wannon, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction) | Hansard source

They have their desires on it, don't worry. There might be members who represent the Hunter Valley and the coal-producing areas in the Hunter Valley who hopefully will stand up in the party room on the Labor side and make sure that never happens. It would be good if they could stand up even in the parliament and say, 'Over my dead body will this happen.' We'll wait and see whether they're prepared to do it. It might actually be seat saving if they were prepared to do it. I think it might be seat saving if they were prepared to do it.

Making sure that we've got the fuel that we need to drive our economy forward is absolutely essential. Making sure that that fuel is affordable is absolutely essential, and that's why we support this fuel excise relief. We must say, the coalition led on this, and we want to make sure that the government continues the job. What they're proposing here is actually a sensible dismount. We've just got to continue to watch what happens in the Strait of Hormuz. When the Labor Party follows the coalition, it's amazing how they can get their policy right. When they go off on their own, it's amazing how they get it wrong. I say to this to the Labor Party with the best intentions: if you listen to us and follow our lead more, then you will get yourself in a much better place rather than following the Greens like you have done on the budget.

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