Lyn Allison (Victoria, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

It might have been useful to have explained that to the biofuel industry, because it is certainly their understanding that there is a double jeopardy situation in place, particularly for farmers—who might even be assisting in producing biodiesel. The industry believes that they are hugely disadvantaged by this legislation because diesel will become so much cheaper for off-road use than biodiesel. So I would be interested if you were able to confirm once more that diesel for off-road use, where no excise is paid by virtue of the—