Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The whole premise of the Leader of the Opposition's question is completely wrong. He should talk to the Manager of Opposition Business about why it's wrong. The difference is, as the Manager of Opposition Business said:

If Australia had fuel efficiency standards in line with comparable nations, estimates of the fuel saving per passenger vehicle could be above $500 per year, or nearly $28 billion in total by 2040.

He said that in 2017. The member for Bradfield, I am sure, can confirm that when he came up with this policy proposal I, as shadow minister, sat down with him and said there needs to be bipartisan work done on this to get it done. That was my approach. I note the Leader of the Opposition—in a press conference in order to say, 'Look over there!' while they were reversing their position on tax cuts—said that he was up for reform. He said: 'Just come to us. I want to be constructive. I want it to be like the Howard years.' What nonsense! Here we have a policy, one of the architects of which is sitting over there as his key tactician, and he asks stupid questions like that based upon absolutely nothing.

Let's be very clear here: this policy says that Australia will have the same standards that the United States has by 2028. I don't know if anyone over there has watched TV or been to the US, but one of the things I noticed—

Well, apparently that's bad.

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