Ian Macfarlane (Groom, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Energy and Resources) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

(1) Clause 2, page 1 (line 9) to page 2 (line 6), omit subclauses (1) and (2), substitute:

This Act commences, or is taken to have commenced, on 30 June 2011.

In moving the amendment to this bill, the coalition is simply trying to give business and industry some certainty. I know those who sit opposite think certainty is delivered by imposing a tax, and they have just imposed a tax on some 800,000 vehicles, most of which are owned by families. The purpose of this amendment is to ensure that on 30 June 2011 the production assistance measures to the biodiesel industry—

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