Kim Beazley (Brand, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

Further, will the Prime Minister protect and promote the growth of ethanol, biodiesel, LPG and CNG through a review of the 2009 date of the government’s plans to apply an excise to those fuels, which will determine whether a deferral or application of the exercise is required? Finally, will the Prime Minister support our position of strengthening the ACCC’s powers to investigate petrol prices by removing the requirement that they cannot do so without the Treasurer’s consent? Does the Prime Minister still maintain that nothing can be done about these crippling fuel prices?

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