Jim Turnour (Leichhardt, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

to move:

That the House:

(1)

congratulates the Government on bringing down a budget that:

(a)

begins tackling Australia’s 16 year high inflation rate and puts downward pressure on interest rates so as to ease the pressure on family budgets;

(b)

delivers on the Government’s election commitments restoring confidence in an electorate cynical about political promises; and

(c)

sets out a plan to tackle the long term challenges facing the nation so as to secure our prosperity into the future.

to move:

That the House:

(1)

notes the Government’s moves to promote competition and transparency in the petrol market Australia by:

(a)

giving the consumer watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, formal monitoring power for petrol;

(b)

the appointment of Australia’s first Petrol Commissioner, Mr Pat Walker, to provide a renewed focus on the petrol market; and

(c)

the Government’s intention to introduce a National Fuel Watch Scheme.

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