Aaron Violi (Casey, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for the Digital Economy) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Last week I was at Fast Fuel in Mount Evelyn, talking to the owner about how he could not get diesel. At the exact same time, Minister Bowen was telling us that there was no issue here in Australia, that there was no crisis at all. When I left that meeting, a young mum stopped and asked me when fuel prices would go down. She'd put $30 in the tank and said it had to last her two weeks until her next pay. There were literally tears in her eyes.

In question time today, we are going to hear the Treasurer talk about his plan to help. His plan to help is $5 a week that starts on 1 July this year. That's it. That is his only plan to help the Australian people, to help the people in Casey: $5 a week on 1 July, two and a half months away. This is a Treasurer who is big on spin. He will spin it all day today. He's got the backbench following the talking points today, talking about how they're doing something. Well, guess what, Treasurer: words and spin do not put food on the table for my community. It does not bring petrol prices down and it does not help anyone.

This Treasurer has been in this building for over 20 years. He thinks that this spin that he throws actually makes a difference. Well, the Australian people have worked him out. They know he has no plan to support them.