Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

As I said, the excise started on 1 April. That will flow through to consumers over the coming days. I'm pleased to report—and this is a South Australian answer—that the Adelaide Advertiser reported that fuel prices were down 30c per litre and unleaded was dropping to $2.29 on Wednesday morning in much of the state's metro area and regional centres, while diesel had also dropped below the $3 bar, following the federal government's announcement on Monday to cut the fuel excise by half, reducing the cost of fuel and saving drivers around $16 when filling up a 60-litre tank. I hope, Senator, that you will welcome that. But I suspect she'll be back where the talking points are, which is—you really don't want to talk about these talking points? Did you give them away?