Michael Keenan (Stirling, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Assistant Treasurer. I refer to the minister’s claim, on the AM radio program today, in defence of the FuelWatch scheme in Western Australia:

Well in Perth today you will find that the price of fuel is on average less than the other capital cities.

Can the minister confirm that, according to motormouth.com.au, the average price of fuel today is $1.40 in Brisbane, $1.49 in Melbourne, $1.50 in Sydney and $1.51 in Adelaide and has increased to $1.55 in Perth? Didn’t the minister blatantly mislead listeners about the effectiveness of Labor’s Fuelwatch scheme?

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