House debates Questions without Notice

Fuel Prices

Wednesday, 28 May 2008 House of Representatives

Brendan Nelson

Brendan Nelson Bradfield, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition

2:39 pm

My question is to the Prime Minister. Why won’t the Prime Minister guarantee that Australians won’t pay a cent more on petrol under Fuelwatch?

Kevin Rudd

Kevin Rudd Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister

The former Liberal Prime Minister of Australia stood here with the support of all those opposite and not only said that working families had never been better off but went one better and said irresponsibly that interest rates would be kept at record lows. If I know one thing about the Australian people it is that they are sick and tired of politicians making irresponsible promises. We have introduced a competition policy measure. We have said that it is not a silver bullet but we think that it is the right way ahead. At least we have a policy. Those opposite, as of today, have four different policies. It would be useful if the opposition would provide clarity on that.