Tony Windsor (New England, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

I put out a press release in my electorate last week saying that this was possibly the worst piece of legislation that I had seen in 15 years of politics. I will elaborate on that in a moment. One of the things the Fuel Tax Bill 2006 and cognate bill do, particularly at this time in our history, is send so many mixed messages to a number of industries, and particularly fuel users generally, as to the future of renewable energies. There is also the principle of taxing energy as a source of revenue. Before elaborating on that particular issue I would like to read to the chamber—and I am delighted to see so many in the gallery to listen to this speech—an article from the Chicago Tribune of 19 May 2006: ‘Big 3 big on ethanol expansion’.

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